Table 2.

Descriptors of key terms in this study.

Term	Literature	Definition
Post-graduation plans	Achievement-related choice and persistence (EVT)	Relating to future career paths following the completion of an undergraduate engineering degree
Engineering interest	Intrinsic value (EVT); Interest (identity)	Wanting to know or learn more about engineering
Engineering attainment value	Attainment task value (EVT)	How much a task is important to current and future goals in engineering
Engineering utility value	Utility task value (EVT)	How useful a task is to current and future goals in engineering
Engineering academic self-efficacy	Self-concept of one’s abilities (EVT); performance/ competence (identity)	Confidence in one’s abilities to complete a particular task or be successful in a given situation in engineering
Engineering professional identity (EPI)	Self-Schemata (EVT); Engineering identity (identity)	Defining the overlap between an individual’s personal identity and the identity of an engineer

EVT abbreviates expectancy-value theory