Strengthening the Role of Female Young Professionals in IT-Organizations by Using a PAR Approach in Gender Studies

Michael Ahmadi
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Women interested in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), especially information technology (IT), are still facing several problems considering equality and career chances. Companies realize the opportunities of diversity and yet for several reasons they are struggling to hire or integrate female young professionals. Although gender study research provides promising frameworks there are still issues of making those usable in practical environments. Thus, there does exist a gap between science and practice -- A gap which our project aims to close by promoting the transfer of knowledge between gender studies and IT practice. Therefore, we collaborate with IT-organizations over a timespan of three years using a Participatory Action Research (PAR) approach. This approach offers opportunities to reveal new, relevant insights and create social change in a collaborative way. Thus, my PhD thesis deals on the one hand with the results considering specific gender-related topics we gained in the organizations as well as, on the other hand, with an evaluation of our methodology in this specific context.
在性别研究中使用PAR方法加强年轻女性专业人员在it组织中的作用
对STEM(科学、技术、工程和数学)领域感兴趣的女性,尤其是信息技术(IT)领域的女性,仍然面临着平等和职业机会方面的几个问题。公司意识到了多元化的机会,但由于种种原因,他们在招聘或整合年轻女性专业人士方面遇到了困难。尽管性别研究提供了有希望的框架,但在实际环境中使用这些框架仍然存在问题。因此,科学和实践之间确实存在差距——我们的项目旨在通过促进性别研究和IT实践之间的知识转移来缩小这一差距。因此,我们在三年的时间跨度内使用参与式行动研究(PAR)方法与it组织合作。这种方法提供了揭示新的、相关的见解和以协作的方式创造社会变革的机会。因此,我的博士论文一方面涉及考虑到我们在组织中获得的特定性别相关主题的结果,另一方面,在这一特定背景下对我们的方法进行评估。
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