National cultures and gender balance in ICT

Author(s):  
Ricardo Colomo-Palacios ◽  
Cristina Casado-Lumbreras
Author(s):  
Lilah Grace Canevaro

The Epilogue considers the semantic and poetological connections between words and weaving, and offers a broader perspective that brings in Tennyson, Waterhouse, and William Morris. Through Aristophanes and Plato it reflects on the cultural, social, and generic expectations of weaving and gender. Female voice is considered, in response to Samuel Butler but also in light of recent scholarship, translation, and literature that has changed the gender balance of Homeric studies. The Epilogue situates this book at a turning point, and reiterates its place in the discourse. Again through Morris, it returns to the all-important issue of representation, offering a final reflection on the particular status of objects in poetry.


CJEM ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (S1) ◽  
pp. S1-S9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Doug Sinclair ◽  
James R. Worthington ◽  
Gary Joubert ◽  
Brian R. Holroyd ◽  
James Stempien ◽  
...  

AbstractObjectivesA panel of emergency medicine (EM) leaders endeavoured to define the key elements of leadership and its models, as well as to formulate consensus recommendations to build and strengthen academic leadership in the Canadian EM community in the areas of mentorship, education, and resources.MethodsThe expert panel comprised EM leaders from across Canada and met regularly by teleconference over the course of 9 months. From the breadth of backgrounds and experience, as well as a literature review and the development of a leadership video series, broad themes for recommendations around the building and strengthening of EM leadership were presented at the CAEP 2015 Academic Symposium held in Edmonton, Alberta. Feedback from the attendees (about 80 emergency physicians interested in leadership) was sought. Subsequently, draft recommendations were developed by the panel through attendee feedback, further review of the leadership video series, and expert opinion. The recommendations were distributed to the CAEP Academic Section for further feedback and updated by consensus of the expert panel.ResultsThe methods informed the panel who framed recommendations around four themes: 1) leadership preparation and training, 2) self-reflection/emotional intelligence, 3) academic leadership skills, and 4) gender balance in academic EM leadership. The recommendations aimed to support and nurture the next generation of academic EM leaders in Canada and included leadership mentors, availability of formal educational courses/programs in leadership, self-directed education of aspiring leaders, creation of a Canadian subgroup with the AACEM/SAEM Chair Development Program, and gender balance in leadership roles.ConclusionsThese recommendations serve as a roadmap for all EM leaders (and aspiring leaders) to build on their success, inspire their colleagues, and foster the next generation of Canadian EM academic leaders.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofia Moratti

Research has shown that low openness and low transparency in the process of recruitment of new (associate) professors put women at a systematic disadvantage. Examples include professorships awarded by direct invitation (as opposed to job calls); contexts where nominally open job calls routinely get only one applicant; and procedural rules that allow the filtering out of qualified applicants without sharing the grounds of the decision with the candidates. We investigated one decade (2007–2017) of hiring of new (associate) professors in one Faculty at the largest university in Norway, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) (n = 79). The Faculty is a highly gender-equal setting, in that the share of women among associate professors has been >40% for over a decade. We found (1) a high share (about 40%) of women among applicants, maintained among winners; (2) a very sporadic use of direct invitations (two in a decade) and no sign that their use advantages men; (3) no nominally ‘open’ job calls with only one applicant; (4) no disadvantage for women when the pool of applicants is small; (5) no systematic filtering out of women when low-transparency internal formal preselection procedures are used because of organizational contingencies (e.g., a high number of applicants). We found an overall high degree of openness in the selection procedure when compared to other Scandinavian and Western European studies. Contrary to our expectations (based on the relevant literature), we found no link between low openness in the selection process and gender inequality in the outcome. The latter finding must be interpreted in context. We conclude that the overall good gender balance locally is an antidote to the potential biasing effect of low-openness and low-transparency procedures, so long as such procedures are used only exceptionally, and their use is clearly tied with organizational contingencies. At the same time, we found no indication that low-openness and low-transparency procedures systematically advantage women.


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kralawi Sita ◽  
Erna Herawati

<p>ABSTRACT<br />Men and women’s participation in tea plucking have been divided based on gender and strongly patriarchy-influenced. This division of labor cause a gender relation describes specific case of their relations in tea plantation. This study aims to describe the gender relation among the tea plucking workers at Gambung Tea Plantation, analyzed by qualitative approach, particularly treated as a case study. Data collected by in-depth interviews, observation, focus group discussion, and documentation. It was triangulated and analyzed using Harvard Analytical Framework and Gender Balance Tree in Gender Action Learning System approaches. The result shows that both men and women have equal access employment in plucking tea but their participation divided based on gender and patriarchy-influenced. Women have large participation in manual job description while men dominates on mechanic. Manual labor requires longer working-hour. It cause women have longer on working-hour than men. It is also enhance their burdern, eventhough generally they have double roles. As the consequences, women must work harder on their both roles. However, women’s participation in productive works enable women to generate income that makes them gaining better position within the household, such as a decision maker. It makes them able to access skill capacity.<br />Keywords: gender relation, tea pluckeig worker, tea plantation, Harvard Analytical Framework, Gender Action Learning System</p><p><br />ABSTRAK<br />Partisipasi laki-laki dan perempuan dalam pemetikan teh dibagi berdasarkan gender dan dipengaruhi kuat oleh patriarki. Pembagian kerja ini menimbulkan relasi gender yang menggambarkan kasus tertentu hubungan laki-laki dan perempuan di perkebunan teh. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan relasi gender pada kegiatan pemetikan teh di Perkebunan Teh Gambung, dengan pendekatan kualitatif, dalam studi kasus tertentu. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan metode wawancara mendalam, observasi, diskusi grup terpusat, dan dokumentasi. Data ditriangulasi dan dianalisis menggunakan Harvard Analytical Framework dan Gender Balance Tree dalam Gender Action Learning System. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa baik laki-laki dan perempuan mempunyai akses yang sama dalam pemetikan tetapi partisipasi mereka dibagi berdasarkan gender dan dipengaruhi patriarki. Perempuan mempunyai partisipasi besar dalam pemetikan manual sedangkan laki-laki mendominasi mekanisasi mesin petik. Manual membutuhkan waktu yang tinggi yang menyebabkan perempuan mempunyai waktu kerja yang lebih banyak dari laki-laki dan hal ini menambah beban perempuan yang secara general mempunyai beban ganda. Sebagai konsekuensinya, perempuan harus bekerja lebih keras. Namun, partisipasi perempuan dalam pekerjaan produktif memungkinkan perempuan untuk menghasilkan pendapatan yang memberikan perempuan posisi yang lebih baik dalam rumah tangga, seperti kekuasaan dalam pengambilan keputusan dan posisi tawar dalam mengakses peningkatan kapasitas keterampilan.<br />Kata kunci: relasi gender, pemetik teh, perkebunan teh, Harvard Analytical Framework, Gender Action Learning System</p>


2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-54
Author(s):  
Xiang Fang ◽  
Sooun Lee

The piracy rate in Asia Pacific region has been historically higher than the world average since the BSA global piracy study was first conducted in 2004 (BSA/IDC Global Software Piracy Study 2013). This study aims to identify which demographic factors affect software piracy in two Asian countries, Japan and Vietnam, which have drastically different piracy rates, economic development stages, income levels, and national cultures. The statistical analysis of data reveals that among various factors, country difference, education, and gender most significantly influence software piracy. In addition, this study offers recommendations on how to curb software piracy effectively.


2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 214-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
V Bhaskar

We model the equilibrium sex ratio when parents can choose the sex of their child. With intrinsic son preference, sex selection results in a male-biased sex ratio. This is inefficient due to a marriage market congestion externality. Medical innovations that facilitate selection aggravate the inefficiency. If son preference arises endogenously, due to population growth causing an excess supply of women on the marriage market, selection may improve welfare. Empirically, sex selection causes an excess of males and reduces welfare in China. In most parts of India, cohort sizes are growing, implying an excess supply of women. (JEL J12, J13, J16, O15, P23)


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