Black Men in IT: Theorizing an Autoethnography of a Black Man's Journey into IT within the United States of America
Black Men in IT: Theorizing an Autoethnography of a Black Man's Journey into IT within the United States of America
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IT 领域的黑人：对美国黑人 IT 之旅的自民族志理论化
DOI：
10.1145/3084179.3084184
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发表时间：
2017
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影响因子：
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通讯作者：
E. Trauth
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文献类型：
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作者：
C. Cain;E. Trauth
本文认为，信息技术（IT）劳动力的多样性相关的问题，包括IT教育和文化现象，目前存在的黑人男子在IT代表性不足，在何种程度上，他们认同与IT领域在美利坚合众国。我们使用autoethnography检查的见解，从第一作者的生活经验和进入IT劳动力，以确定存在的个人和群体的主题，将它们与现有的文献，并提供证据，这些障碍正在克服使用性别和IT的个体差异理论。和理论的应用，强调支持或破坏黑人男性完成IT学位和进入劳动力市场的成就的因素。在方法上，autoethnography还没有被广泛采用的信息系统（IS）的纪律，但我们提供的证据表明，这是一个可行的方法来讨论生活经验，利用范例和支持研究评估autoethnography。作为学者，即使是那些与受影响群体没有直接联系的学者，我们也有责任确保我们尽可能具有包容性，理解和欣赏多样性的价值，并积极培养和授权我们的学生进入并留在IT劳动力队伍中。
This paper considers issues related to the diversity of the information technology (IT) workforce, inclusive of IT education and the cultural phenomenon that currently exists about Black men's underrepresentation in IT and the degree to which they identify with the IT field within the United States of America. We use autoethnography to examine the insights from the first author's lived experiences and entrance into the IT workforce to identify individual and group themes that exist, relate them to existing literature, and provide evidence of those obstacles being overcome using the Individual Differences Theory of Gender and IT. The purpose of this research is to provide a perspective, through an autoethnographic account, and application of theory that highlight factors that support or undermine the achievement of Black men completing IT degrees and entering the workforce. Methodologically, autoethnography has not been widely adopted within the information systems (IS) discipline but we provide evidence that it is a viable approach for discussing lived experiences utilizing an exemplar and supporting research for evaluating autoethnography. As scholars, even those with no direct affiliation with the impacted group, we have a duty to ensure that we are being as inclusive as possible, understand and appreciate the value of diversity, and are taking an active role in cultivating and empowering our students to enter, and remain, in the IT workforce.
影响因子：
7.6
作者：
STEELE, CM;ARONSON, J
通讯作者：
ARONSON, J
影响因子：
16.4
作者：
Steele, CM
通讯作者：
Steele, CM