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INCREASING GENDER DIVERSITY IN THE IT WORKFORCE: CHARACTERIZING AND EVALUATING ORGANIZATIONAL EFFORTS

Pels, Sarah E.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1338573882

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2012, Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Ohio University, Business Administration.
The objective of the study is gain a better understanding of gender diversity efforts within organizations and their effectiveness. To this end the study develops a framework for characterizing and measuring the effectiveness of organizational efforts for gender diversity using a comparative case study. An extensive framework is developed that encompasses effort characteristics including catalysts, objectives, methods and practices, and measurement strategies. The framework also captures factors that help gauge effort effectiveness including perceived effort outcomes, barriers and challenge for women in IT, and informal ways women in IT overcome these barriers. The framework is further developed using an empirical comparative case study that evaluates the characteristics of nine organizational efforts. The data proves to be rich and full of interesting trends, as it was analyzed across different companies, industries, initiative types, and employee role types. As a result of the analysis, this study provides five recommendations to improve the current state of gender diversity in the IT workforce.
Hala Annabi, PhD (Advisor)
128 p.
Gender; Industrial Engineering; Information Systems; Information Technology
gender diversity; diversity; IT; Information Technology; workforce diversity; organizational initiative; gender initiatives; initiative evaluation; program effectiveness

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  • Pels, S. E. (2012). INCREASING GENDER DIVERSITY IN THE IT WORKFORCE: CHARACTERIZING AND EVALUATING ORGANIZATIONAL EFFORTS [Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1338573882

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Pels, Sarah. INCREASING GENDER DIVERSITY IN THE IT WORKFORCE: CHARACTERIZING AND EVALUATING ORGANIZATIONAL EFFORTS. 2012. Ohio University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1338573882.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Pels, Sarah. "INCREASING GENDER DIVERSITY IN THE IT WORKFORCE: CHARACTERIZING AND EVALUATING ORGANIZATIONAL EFFORTS." Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1338573882

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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