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Technology

The tech gender gap reproduces biases in new technology and impoverishes the talent pool for innovation. Learn about the ways in which workplaces can close the tech gender gap, and how we can leverage tech to bring these interventions to scale across sectors.

The More You Know: Information Effects in Job Application Rates by Gender in a Large Field Experiment

Showing the number of current applicants for a job posting increases the likelihood that job seekers—especially women—will apply.

Laura Gee (2018)

Does Encouragement Matter in Improving Gender Imbalances in Technical Fields? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial

Encouragement via email can increase female students’ interest in STEM conferences.

Cait Unkovic, Maya Sen, Kevin M. Quinn (2016)

Does a Flexibility/Support Organizational Initiative Improve High-Tech Employees’ Well-Being? Evidence from the Work, Family, and Health Network

An organizational intervention that promotes workers’ flexibility and supervisor support increases job-related well-being among IT workers, as well as general well-being among women.

Phyllis Moen, Erin L. Kelly, Wen Fan, Shi-Rong Lee, David Almeida, Ellen Ernst Kossek, Orfeu M. Buxton (2016)

Computing Whether She Belongs: Stereotypes Undermine Girls’ Interest and Sense of Belonging in Computer Science

A classroom with a non-stereotypical look creates more inclusive signals of who belongs—increasing high school girls’ interest in computer science without deterring boys.

Allison Master, Sapna Cheryan, Andrew N. Meltzoff (2016)

Topic Overview

Technology

Does Encouragement Matter in Improving Gender Imbalances in Technical Fields? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial

Encouragement via email can increase female students’ interest in STEM conferences.

Cait Unkovic, Maya Sen, Kevin M. Quinn (2016)

Computing Whether She Belongs: Stereotypes Undermine Girls’ Interest and Sense of Belonging in Computer Science

A classroom with a non-stereotypical look creates more inclusive signals of who belongs—increasing high school girls’ interest in computer science without deterring boys.

Allison Master, Sapna Cheryan, Andrew N. Meltzoff (2016)

The More You Know: Information Effects in Job Application Rates by Gender in a Large Field Experiment

Showing the number of current applicants for a job posting increases the likelihood that job seekers—especially women—will apply.

Laura Gee (2018)

Does a Flexibility/Support Organizational Initiative Improve High-Tech Employees’ Well-Being? Evidence from the Work, Family, and Health Network

An organizational intervention that promotes workers’ flexibility and supervisor support increases job-related well-being among IT workers, as well as general well-being among women.

Phyllis Moen, Erin L. Kelly, Wen Fan, Shi-Rong Lee, David Almeida, Ellen Ernst Kossek, Orfeu M. Buxton (2016)