Handbook of Gender and Technology: Environment, Identity, Individual(International Handbooks on Gender series)

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.

Table of 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

About the Author :
Edited by Eileen M. Trauth, Professor Emeritus, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park and Jeria L. Quesenberry, Teaching Professor of Information Systems, Carnegie Mellon University, US

Review :
‘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.’