Does gender matter in Peruvian engineering student’s career goals?

The present research aimed to evaluate the relationships between cognitive, behavioral, and social factors that influence career goals among Peruvian engineering students using Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT). To this end, a total of 1195 engineering students were recruited from three universities in the north of Lima, Peru, and completed several questionnaires related to SCCT variables, mastery experience, emotional state, and gender stereotypes. A multigroup analysis was employed to evaluate gender-based differences in the variables. The findings indicate that individual, social, and contextual factors influence the academic and career trajectories of Peruvian women engineering students within the SCCT framework.