RT Journal Article
T1 Whether your name is Manuel or María matters: gender biases in recommendations to study engineering
A1 Pozo García, Eva María Del
A1 De La Puente Pacheco, Mario Alberto
A1 Fernández Cornejo, José Andrés
A1 Belope Nguema, Sabina
A1 Rodríguez Juárez, Eduardo
A1 Escot Mangas, Lorenzo
A2 Attwood, Feona
AB A controlled experiment was conducted to detect gender biases that participants, acting as advisers, may have when providing guidance to teenagers on their career choice. We presented a fictional profile to the study participants – university students from Spain – of a 15-year-old person, called Manuel or María, with two possible levels of academic record. The participants were asked to evaluate the student’s mathematical ability and provide guidance regarding whether or not he or she should study engineering in the future. We assumed that the effect of being a male target on the recommendation to study engineering is partially mediated by the fact that the participants attribute a greater mathematical ability to males. Our results suggest that a significant degree of gender bias in favour of males persists in the recommendation to study engineering. We propose some practical implications for advisers and for equality policies.
PB Taylor & Francis Ltd
SN 0958-9236
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/101226
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/101226
LA eng
NO Del Pozo-García, E.;  de la Puente, M.A.; Fernández-Cornejo, J.A. ; Belope-Nguema, S.; Rodríguez-Juárez, E.; & Escot,L. "Whether your name is Manuel or María matters: gender biases in recommendations to study engineering", Journal of Gender Studies,Vol 29 (Issue 7), Aug 2020, Pages 805-819, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2020.1805303
NO Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 25 mar 2026