Enhancing understanding and addressing gender bias in IT/SE job advertisements

IF 3.7 2区计算机科学 Q1 COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

Journal of Systems and Software Pub Date : 2024-07-31 DOI:10.1016/j.jss.2024.112169

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Abstract

The majority of Information Technology (IT)/Software Engineering (SE) professionals are male. A potential reason for the low number of female IT/SE professionals might be that the roles and the way they are advertised are biased towards male candidates. The aim of this research is to collect information about the present state of practice of gender inclusiveness within IT/SE job advertisements and how, if needed, we might improve this. We conducted a survey of hiring managers and IT/SE professionals (who are employed in IT/SE roles). The survey collected their general views on gender bias within job advertisements. According to their opinions, job advertisements are often biased towards male candidates. Based on the review and suggestions from our participants we developed a set of recommendations to help hiring managers design more gender inclusive SE job advertisements. This will be a first step toward developing a gender balanced SE workforce.

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加强了解并解决 IT/SE 招聘广告中的性别偏见问题

信息技术（IT）/软件工程（SE）专业人员大多为男性。女性信息技术/软件工程专业人员数量较少的一个潜在原因可能是，招聘广告中的职位和招聘方式偏向于男性求职者。本研究的目的是收集有关 IT/SE 招聘广告中性别包容性实践现状的信息，以及如果需要，我们可以如何改进。我们对招聘经理和 IT/SE 专业人员（受雇于 IT/SE 职位）进行了一项调查。调查收集了他们对招聘广告中性别偏见的一般看法。根据他们的意见，招聘广告往往偏向男性应聘者。根据审查结果和参与者的建议，我们提出了一系列建议，以帮助招聘经理设计更具性别包容性的 SE 招聘广告。这将是培养一支性别平衡的 SE 工作队伍的第一步。

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Journal of Systems and Software 工程技术-计算机：理论方法

CiteScore

8.60

自引率

5.70%

发文量

193

审稿时长

16 weeks

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