ITWF: Climate for Opportunity and Inclusion: Improving the Recruitment, Retention and Advancement of Women and Minorities in Information Technology (IT)

major, Debra A., Davis, Donald D., Mann, Joan, sanchez - hules, Janis V.Old Dominion university题目：机会和包容的环境：改善IT行业女性和少数族裔的招聘、保留和发展。ITWF奖项为调查信息技术（IT）工作场所的特点如何促进女性和少数族裔的保留和发展提供了支持。在第一年，我们将招募几个拥有不同规模和人口组成的IT部门的工作组织参与这项研究。将从人力资源总监、IT主管和IT员工中收集调查和访谈数据，以评估每个部门的机会和包容性环境。目标是确定IT部门中女性和少数族裔职业成功的障碍和推动因素。在第二年，我们会在每个参与机构进行调查反馈干预，以鼓励资讯科技部门发挥其优势，改善其弱点，为所有员工提供机会和包容。在第三年，将再次收集调查和访谈数据，以评估第二年实施的干预措施的有效性。其目标不仅是帮助参与组织建立一个包容性的工作环境，而且还制定了“最佳实践”，可以通过出版物和演讲与IT领域的其他人和对工作场所多样性问题感兴趣的研究人员分享。

EIA-0204430Major, Debra A., Davis, Donald D., Mann, Joan, Sanchez-Hucles, Janis V.Old Dominion UniversityTitle: Climate for Opportunity and Inclusion: Improving the Recruitment, Retention and Advancement of Women and Minorities in ITThis ITWF award provides support to investigate how characteristics of the information technology (IT) workplace can foster increased retention and advancement of women and minorities. In the first year, several work organizations with IT departments of varying sizes and demographic compositions will be recruited to participate in the study. Survey and interview data will be collected from human resource directors, IT supervisors and IT employees in order to assess the climate for opportunity and inclusion of each department. The goal is to identify barriers and enablers to the career success of women and minorities in IT departments. In the second year, a survey feedback intervention will be conducted in each participating organization to encourage IT departments to capitalize on their strengths and improve their weaknesses with regard to opportunity and inclusion for all employees. In the third year, survey and interview data will again be collected to assess the effectiveness of the interventions implemented during the second year. The objective is not only to assist the participating organizations in establishing an inclusive workplace environment, but also to develop "best practices" that can be shared, through publications and presentations, with others in the IT field and researchers interested in workplace diversity issues.