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

EIA-0204430梅杰，黛布拉A.，戴维斯，唐纳德D.，曼，琼，桑切斯-胡克莱斯，詹尼斯五.旧自治领大学标题：机会和包容的气候：改善IT中妇女和少数民族的招聘，保留和进步ITWF奖提供支持，调查信息技术（IT）工作场所的特点如何促进妇女和少数民族的保留和进步。 在第一年，将招募几个拥有不同规模和人口组成的IT部门的工作机构参与研究。 将从人力资源总监、IT主管和IT员工那里收集调查和访谈数据，以评估每个部门的机会和包容气氛。 目标是确定IT部门中女性和少数民族职业成功的障碍和推动因素。在第二年，将在每个参与组织中进行调查反馈干预，以鼓励IT部门利用其优势，改善其在所有员工的机会和包容性方面的弱点。 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。 其目的不仅是协助参加组织建立一个包容性的工作场所环境，而且是通过出版物和介绍，与信息技术领域的其他组织和对工作场所多样性问题感兴趣的研究人员交流“最佳做法”。

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.