Institute for Women's Health and Leadership, Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine Program, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19129, USA.
J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2012 Dec;21(12):1244-51. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2012.3638. Epub 2012 Oct 26.
Surprisingly little research is available to explain the well-documented organizational and societal influences on persistent inequities in advancement of women faculty.
The Systems of Career Influences Model is a framework for exploring factors influencing women's progression to advanced academic rank, executive positions, and informal leadership roles in academic medicine. The model situates faculty as agents within a complex adaptive system consisting of a trajectory of career advancement with opportunities for formal professional development programming; a dynamic system of influences of organizational policies, practices, and culture; and a dynamic system of individual choices and decisions. These systems of influence may promote or inhibit career advancement. Within this system, women weigh competing influences to make career advancement decisions, and leaders of academic health centers prioritize limited resources to support the school's mission.
The Systems of Career Influences Model proved useful to identify key research questions. We used the model to probe how research in academic career development might be applied to content and methods of formal professional development programs. We generated a series of questions and hypotheses about how professional development programs might influence professional development of health science faculty members. Using the model as a guide, we developed a study using a quantitative and qualitative design. These analyses should provide insight into what works in recruiting and supporting productive men and women faculty in academic medical centers.
令人惊讶的是，几乎没有研究可以解释组织和社会对女性教职员工晋升中持续存在的不平等现象的明显影响。
职业影响系统模型是一个探索影响女性晋升至高级学术职位、行政职位和学术医学中非正式领导角色的因素的框架。该模型将教职员工视为复杂适应系统中的主体，该系统由职业发展轨迹组成，其中包括正式的专业发展计划机会；组织政策、实践和文化的动态影响系统；以及个人选择和决策的动态系统。这些影响系统可能会促进或阻碍职业发展。在这个系统中，女性权衡竞争的影响因素来做出职业发展决策，而学术医疗中心的领导者则优先考虑有限的资源来支持学校的使命。
职业影响系统模型被证明有助于确定关键的研究问题。我们使用该模型探讨学术职业发展研究如何应用于正式专业发展计划的内容和方法。我们提出了一系列关于专业发展计划如何影响卫生科学教师专业发展的问题和假设。我们使用该模型作为指导，制定了一项使用定量和定性设计的研究。这些分析应该深入了解在学术医疗中心中招募和支持有成效的男性和女性教职员工的方法。
