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Handbook of Gender and Technology
Environment, Identity, Individual
9781035347360 Edward Elgar Publishing
Written in an accessible style with comprehensive coverage, the Handbook of Gender and Technology provides an excellent foundation examining gender equity in technology fields. Covering the state of the art, chapters consider three key influences – environmental, identity and individual – to highlight interventions to address the gender gap in technology.
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Written in an accessible style with comprehensive coverage, the Handbook of Gender and Technology provides an excellent foundation examining gender equity in technology fields.
Covering the state of the art, chapters consider three key influences – environmental, identity, and individual – to highlight interventions to address the gender gap in technology. Using qualitative and quantitative methods, the expert contributors seek to understand the subjective reality of those experiencing gender barriers and to provide the reader with both theory and research results into gender diversity in technology. This Handbook provides a comprehensive review of issues faced by women and gender minorities in technology fields. It is global in perspective, including chapters about Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, and North America. It is intersectional in approach, including the standpoint of racial and ethnic minorities, persons with disabilities, and members of the LGBTQA+ community.
Providing a unified look at the challenges faced, this insightful Handbook is an excellent resource for scholars interested in gender and social inclusion in technology fields. It also provides an informative guide for policymakers and managers in global organizations tasked with developing interventions using data-driven practices to address the gender gap.
Covering the state of the art, chapters consider three key influences – environmental, identity, and individual – to highlight interventions to address the gender gap in technology. Using qualitative and quantitative methods, the expert contributors seek to understand the subjective reality of those experiencing gender barriers and to provide the reader with both theory and research results into gender diversity in technology. This Handbook provides a comprehensive review of issues faced by women and gender minorities in technology fields. It is global in perspective, including chapters about Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, and North America. It is intersectional in approach, including the standpoint of racial and ethnic minorities, persons with disabilities, and members of the LGBTQA+ community.
Providing a unified look at the challenges faced, this insightful Handbook is an excellent resource for scholars interested in gender and social inclusion in technology fields. It also provides an informative guide for policymakers and managers in global organizations tasked with developing interventions using data-driven practices to address the gender gap.
Critical Acclaim
‘Professors Trauth and Quesenberry pull together the most up-to-date and comprehensive view of the gender imbalance in the IT field that I am aware of. This is a timely infusion of what has been learned to date and why interventions to create more balance do and do not work. Given recent discussions in the Information Systems academic community, this should provide a wonderful resource to elevate the conversation from wheel spinning to serious action taking.’
– Fred Niederman, St. Louis University, US
– Fred Niederman, St. Louis University, US
Contributors
Contributors: Monica Adya, Manju K. Ahuja, Patience Akpan-Obong, Hala Annabi, Deborah J. Armstrong, Jenine Beekhuyzen, Bettina Berendt, Mari W. Buche, Curtis C. Cain, Shiya Cao, Florence Chee, Namjae Cho, Regina Connolly, Elena Gorbacheva, K.D. Joshi, Gyeung-Min Kim, Hee-Sun Kim, Eleanor T. Loiacono, Tricia Massey, Adanna Nedd, Sue Nielsen, Sangeeta Parashar, Eric Patridge, Jeria L. Quesenberry, Isabel Ramos, Ita Richardson, Cynthia K. Riemenschneider, Geoffrey Martin Rockwell, Minna Salminen-Karlsson, Courtney Smith, Todd Suomela, Eileen M. Trauth, Roli Varma, Lynette Yarger
Contents
Contents:
1 Introduction to the Handbook of Gender and Technology 1
Eileen M. Trauth and Jeria L. Quesenberry
2 An overview of the individual differences theory of gender and IT 22
Eileen M. Trauth
PART I ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES
3 Invisible but ubiquitous: leveraging ICTs for development in gendered
systems of exclusion – Nigeria and Cameroon 56
Patience Akpan-Obong
4 The gender gap in information systems service organizations in Korea:
a contextual hierarchy perspective 77
Gyeung-min Kim, Namjae Cho and Hee-Sun Kim
5 The FESTA project: doing gender equality work in STEM faculties in
Europe 90
Minna Salminen-Karlsson
6 National culture and policy institutionalizing workplace change:
supporting women’s career progression in STEM through Athena SWAN 106
Regina Connolly and Ita Richardson
7 Promoting gender equality at two European universities through
structural change interventions: the EQUAL-IST project 126
Elena Gorbacheva and Isabel Ramos
8 Connected and committed? Culture and context in career entrenchment
of Indian and native-born women in the United States IT workforce 149
Monica Adya and Sangeeta Parashar
9 Thriving as women in IT publishing, leadership, and service: challenges
faced and lessons learned 165
Cynthia K. Riemenschneider and Deborah J. Armstrong
PART II IDENTITY INFLUENCES
10 The influence of intersectional identity on women in the IT field 182
Eileen M. Trauth
11 We cannot build equitable artificial intelligence hiring systems without
the inclusion of minoritized technology workers 200
Lynette Yarger, Courtney Smith and Adanna Nedd
12 BLKGENIUS: a social-academic network for combating the
underrepresentation of Black men in computing in the United States 216
Curtis C. Cain
13 Founding oSTEM: trailblazing for LGBTQA+ communities 229
Eric Patridge
14 The chains that bind: gender, disability, race, and IT accommodations 252
Eleanor T. Loiacono and Shiya Cao
15 Gender and work–life balance in the IT field 273
Manju K. Ahuja
PART III INDIVIDUAL INFLUENCES
16 Empowering Techgirls: role modeling and mentoring the next
generation in STEM 296
Tricia Massey, Jenine Beekhuyzen and Sue Nielsen
17 Intervention organizations to increase women’s engagement with IT:
a case study of NCWIT 311
Roli Varma
18 Lessons from women coping with IT workplace barriers 328
Hala Annabi
19 Job crafting to recruit and retain women in the IT workforce: what
would it take to keep you here? 351
Mari W. Buche
20 Applying a feminist ethics of care in conducting internet-based archival
gender research: the case of studying Gamergate Reactions 369
Florence M. Chee, Todd Suomela, Bettina Berendt and
Geoffrey Martin Rockwell
21 Longitudinal effects on individual influences in women’s pursuit of
computer science education 386
Jeria L. Quesenberry
22 Am I good enough? Sources of IT self-efficacy as key impediments to
narrowing the IT gender gap 398
K.D. Joshi
Index 415
1 Introduction to the Handbook of Gender and Technology 1
Eileen M. Trauth and Jeria L. Quesenberry
2 An overview of the individual differences theory of gender and IT 22
Eileen M. Trauth
PART I ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES
3 Invisible but ubiquitous: leveraging ICTs for development in gendered
systems of exclusion – Nigeria and Cameroon 56
Patience Akpan-Obong
4 The gender gap in information systems service organizations in Korea:
a contextual hierarchy perspective 77
Gyeung-min Kim, Namjae Cho and Hee-Sun Kim
5 The FESTA project: doing gender equality work in STEM faculties in
Europe 90
Minna Salminen-Karlsson
6 National culture and policy institutionalizing workplace change:
supporting women’s career progression in STEM through Athena SWAN 106
Regina Connolly and Ita Richardson
7 Promoting gender equality at two European universities through
structural change interventions: the EQUAL-IST project 126
Elena Gorbacheva and Isabel Ramos
8 Connected and committed? Culture and context in career entrenchment
of Indian and native-born women in the United States IT workforce 149
Monica Adya and Sangeeta Parashar
9 Thriving as women in IT publishing, leadership, and service: challenges
faced and lessons learned 165
Cynthia K. Riemenschneider and Deborah J. Armstrong
PART II IDENTITY INFLUENCES
10 The influence of intersectional identity on women in the IT field 182
Eileen M. Trauth
11 We cannot build equitable artificial intelligence hiring systems without
the inclusion of minoritized technology workers 200
Lynette Yarger, Courtney Smith and Adanna Nedd
12 BLKGENIUS: a social-academic network for combating the
underrepresentation of Black men in computing in the United States 216
Curtis C. Cain
13 Founding oSTEM: trailblazing for LGBTQA+ communities 229
Eric Patridge
14 The chains that bind: gender, disability, race, and IT accommodations 252
Eleanor T. Loiacono and Shiya Cao
15 Gender and work–life balance in the IT field 273
Manju K. Ahuja
PART III INDIVIDUAL INFLUENCES
16 Empowering Techgirls: role modeling and mentoring the next
generation in STEM 296
Tricia Massey, Jenine Beekhuyzen and Sue Nielsen
17 Intervention organizations to increase women’s engagement with IT:
a case study of NCWIT 311
Roli Varma
18 Lessons from women coping with IT workplace barriers 328
Hala Annabi
19 Job crafting to recruit and retain women in the IT workforce: what
would it take to keep you here? 351
Mari W. Buche
20 Applying a feminist ethics of care in conducting internet-based archival
gender research: the case of studying Gamergate Reactions 369
Florence M. Chee, Todd Suomela, Bettina Berendt and
Geoffrey Martin Rockwell
21 Longitudinal effects on individual influences in women’s pursuit of
computer science education 386
Jeria L. Quesenberry
22 Am I good enough? Sources of IT self-efficacy as key impediments to
narrowing the IT gender gap 398
K.D. Joshi
Index 415
