Navigating Social Roles in Pursuit of Important Goals: A Communal Goal Congruity Account of STEM Pursuits

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New Routes to Recruiting and Retaining Women in STEM: Policy Implications of a Communal Goal Congruity Perspective (2015, background): “In the communal goal congruity framework, the orientation toward others can include two distinct aspects of collaboration (i.e., working with others) and helping (i.e., working to benefit others; Diekman & Steinberg, 2013).”
How social norms are often a barrier to addressing climate change but can be part of the solution (2020, background): “Consistent with this work, research finds that emphasizing the communal affordances of careers – such as opportunities to work with others on collective problems – can motivate people to pursue these paths (Diekman et al., 2011; Diekman & Steinberg, 2013; Brown et al., 2015).”
Gender differences in STEM undergraduates' vocational interests: People–thing orientation and goal affordances (2015, background): “…of gender differences in career choices is the tenet that women should be more attracted to caregiving and people oriented careers because these occupations are consistentwith feminine gender roles and the goals associatedwith these roles (Diekman et al., 2010, 2011; Diekman & Steinberg, 2013).”