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    Home / Central Data Catalog / RESEARCH_AND_RELATED_CAPACITY_STRENGTHENING / DDI-KEN-APHRC-IDRCWS-2020-V01 / variable [V57]
RESEARCH_AND_RELATED_CAPACITY_STRENGTHENING

Examining Participation and Quality of Experiences of Women in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics: Postgraduate Training Programs and Careers in East Africa, IDRC Women in STEM

Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, 2021 - 2023
Research and Related Capacity Strengthening (RRCS)
Evelyne Gitau, PhD
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Being_mentorship_relation_affect_progress_Choice of career path (Being_mentorship_relation_affect)

Data file: IDRC Women in STEM Online Survey Dataset

Overview

vald 230
Interval discrete

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Describe how has your being in a mentoring relationship affected your progress in your choice in career path?
Categories
Value Category
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ASSURANCE OF MY CAREER CHOICE
According to my program
Actually, my mentor gave a significant impact on my choices of my career path.
Advice on what to a do.
Affected Positively
Assisted
At first, I was not guided when I had just finished Advance education. I wasted 2 years at the University pursuing a program that wasn't my calling, until when I was talked to by my mentor and God directed my academic path to Education where I
B
Been able to have a clear understanding of what I would like to do in the near future
Broadened the scale of thinking
Choice of career based on my interest in public health
Choice of career path
Clear
Constant guidance
Designed my career path
Effective
Engineering
Excellent
Explain how Is the carreer
Fairly good
Gave me insight
Good
Good but slow progression
Good guidance, positive criticism
Has been good
Has had no effect
Have been guided well
He is very supportive
He was very helpful in choosing my research project
Health systems research
Hearing from others
Helped me focus and make the best choice
I as encouraged to join a research team in STEMby my mentor
I can get a job in orheres universities of Africa or outside of Africa
I have been motivated to progress with my career and education in public health
I have chosen to be a teacher
I have followed my mentor’s path
I have gained confidence to reach publication level as a researcher
I have helped children to choosing proper career path
I have made a choice on myself
I have passion to control and eliminate vector borne diseases such as malaria. I am always happy to support students working on these diseases
I have received guidance on how to realize my career aspirations
I made a major change in my career about 4 years ago into supporting postdoctoral research scientists' career development. My learnings from having mentored other scientists has contributed enormously in helping build the strategy for our organ
I now realise that I am in the right career path
Improved and decided to follow a given path
Influenced a lot
Inspirational
Introduced to in-field major and current practice
Intégration un thé field of data science
It contributes
It has been helpful in terms decision making
It has identified me to a certain career path like for now am a full time medical Parasitologists
It has improved my career
It has not affected it.
It impacted some choices and selection of research areas that need more research and evidence to be able to improve peoples' lives.
It was not easy
It's helpful
Land, Water and Environment management career
Love
Mathematics
Men are in good position
Mentees are likely to follow the career path
Mentoring influenced my career path
Mentoring relationship
Moderate
More motivated
My supevisor/mentor helped me to gow and be focused in my carrier
My career path has been shaped by the mentorship role
My immediate supervisor has always encouraged me to go back for further studies, paving ways and preparing me for future promotions.
My mentor empowered me
My mentor has always been open to hear my perspective regarding my career path and always advised me on the right path to take
My mentor has given me knowledge on how to handle my research path clear
My mentors made it possible for me to join research
My mentorship is voluntarily based.
My research areas and interests were as a result of the mentorship I received
NA
NIl
NONE
Neutral
No
No discernible effect.
No effect
No problem
No regret
None
Not affected
Not at all
Not easy
Not much
Not really
Not so much. We met in career.
Nothing
Parents choose for students
Perfect
Positive
Positive effects
Positive impact
Positively
Positively affected
Positively impressed
Positively influenced
Positively influenced me in the right path
Professional path
Refocused my career towards modeling and data science
Registration with Engineers Board
Role model of my mentor
Satisfied
She has always insisted that I remain in academia and not politics
Significant influence on my career path
Simplified my making of choices
Somewhat influenced career choice
Stunted
Supported my career path.
The carrier path is positively affected
The choice leads to the excellency of my carreer and personal profession plan
The choice of professional path was made after having obtained the master's degree I wanted to transmit what I received to meet the needs in Burundian education
The supervise has helped me to know the path of my career
There is job satisfaction in mentorship
They have adviced my career path
This is neutral
Through positive reinforcement
Time consuming
To support others to progress in their career
Took several years
True
Ueuoen
We're more focused on research rather than care and treatment
YES
Yes
Yes it has shaped my career and those that i mentor
associated
choice of career in life sciences
education
encouraged girls to pursue men dominated jobs
encouragement to undertake PhD studies
gaining interest in field of study
good
has not
helped in the choice of career path
i couldn't choose my carrier path properly
in deepth with qualitative research
in leadership and management
n/a
neutral
no
no contribution
no effect
none
not applicable
not really
ok
positive
positively
positively affected
progressive estblished research base
proper advise
satisfaction in seeing others prosper
support to career path
we can not make choice
yes
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Question pretext
Supervision and mentorship relationships
Question post text
N/A
Interviewer instructions
N/A

Description

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Participant describe how their being in a mentoring relationship affected their progress in choice of their career path
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