Retaining women in engineering : the empowerment of lean development

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- To the Reader -- Foreword by Durward K. Sobek II. -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I The Problem -- Chapter 1 The Female Engineer Retention Challenge -- Factors Inhibiting Girls and Women from Choosing Engineering -- The Efforts of Progressive Firms -- Finding a New Approach -- Approximately 50% of the Medical School Graduates Are Women -- Why? -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 Two Sides of the Same Coin: Gender Bias and Gender Confidence -- Gender Schema and Stereotypes