Jennifer Manne-Goehler1, Karen M Freund2, Anita Raj3, Samantha E Kaplan4, Norma Terrin5, Janis L Breeze6, Phyllis L Carr7. 1. J. Manne-Goehler is a fellow, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9295-0035. 2. K.M. Freund is vice chair of medicine, Department of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. 3. A. Raj is director, Center on Gender, Equity and Health, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California. 4. S.E. Kaplan is assistant dean, Diversity, Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts. 5. N. Terrin is scientific director, Biostatics, Epidemiology, and Research Design, Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Tufts University, and Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts; ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1054-180X. 6. J.L. Breeze is assistant professor and epidemiologist, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design, Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Tufts University, and Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts; ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5458-1010. 7. P.L. Carr is associate physician, Massachusetts General Hospital, and associate professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8823-0967.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Gender differences in faculty advancement persist in academic medicine. Understanding of what drives these differences remains limited. The relationship among self-esteem, gender, and career outcomes has not previously been explored. METHOD: The authors evaluated the association between gender and 2012-2013 career outcomes, specifically, the number of publications, academic rank, leadership positions, and retention, and whether self-esteem as measured in the 1995 National Faculty Survey mediates this relationship. They measured self-esteem using the modified Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. The authors used multivariable logistic regression analysis to understand the association among gender, self-esteem, and the outcomes of rank, leadership, and retention, and negative binomial models for number of publications. Models were adjusted for race, specialty, effort distribution, and years since first faculty appointment. The authors performed a mediation analysis to understand whether self-esteem mediates the relationship between gender and these career outcomes. RESULTS: Overall, self-esteem scores were high. Women had lower self-esteem in 1995 than their male colleagues. In adjusted models, female gender was associated with lower performance on all 4 career outcome metrics. While self-esteem scores were positively associated with all 4 outcomes, the authors' mediation analysis suggested that self-esteem did not mediate the relationship between gender and these 4 career metrics. CONCLUSIONS: Female medical faculty members lag behind men on traditional metrics of faculty achievement. While higher self-esteem is positively associated with faculty achievement, it did not mediate the relationship between gender and career advancement over the 17 years of follow-up and, thus, may not be an ideal target for programs and policies to increase gender parity in academic medicine.
PURPOSE: Gender differences in faculty advancement persist in academic medicine. Understanding of what drives these differences remains limited. The relationship among self-esteem, gender, and career outcomes has not previously been explored. METHOD: The authors evaluated the association between gender and 2012-2013 career outcomes, specifically, the number of publications, academic rank, leadership positions, and retention, and whether self-esteem as measured in the 1995 National Faculty Survey mediates this relationship. They measured self-esteem using the modified Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. The authors used multivariable logistic regression analysis to understand the association among gender, self-esteem, and the outcomes of rank, leadership, and retention, and negative binomial models for number of publications. Models were adjusted for race, specialty, effort distribution, and years since first faculty appointment. The authors performed a mediation analysis to understand whether self-esteem mediates the relationship between gender and these career outcomes. RESULTS: Overall, self-esteem scores were high. Women had lower self-esteem in 1995 than their male colleagues. In adjusted models, female gender was associated with lower performance on all 4 career outcome metrics. While self-esteem scores were positively associated with all 4 outcomes, the authors' mediation analysis suggested that self-esteem did not mediate the relationship between gender and these 4 career metrics. CONCLUSIONS: Female medical faculty members lag behind men on traditional metrics of faculty achievement. While higher self-esteem is positively associated with faculty achievement, it did not mediate the relationship between gender and career advancement over the 17 years of follow-up and, thus, may not be an ideal target for programs and policies to increase gender parity in academic medicine.
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