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Gender, Skilled Migration and IT: a comparative study of India and the UK

性别、技术移民与信息技术：印度和英国的比较研究

基本信息

批准号：
ES/N003993/1
负责人：
Parvati Raghuram
金额：
$ 56.85万
依托单位：
The Open University
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2016
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2016 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FN003993%2F1
关键词：
Gender Skilled Migration comparative study

项目摘要

The global Information Technology (IT) sector is characterised by low participation of women and the UK is no exception. In response, UK organizations (e.g. Women in Technology), committees (e.g. BCS Women) and campaigns (e.g. Computer Clubs for Girls) have been set up to address the problem and increase the small and falling number of women in IT education, training and employment. To complement and provide an evidence base for future interventions this project will adopt a new approach, differentiated from existing research by considering the problem from two unexplored angles simultaneously. First, India, in comparison with most OECD countries, has a much higher proportion of women working as IT specialists; the project will compare the experiences of IT workers in India and the UK to see what the UK can learn from the Indian case. Secondly, the research will explore the insights of migrant women and men who move between UK and India and have experience of both work cultures in order to obtain new insights into gender norms in each country as well as best practice. Through this multidisciplinary, comparative analysis across the two countries, and of the experiences of migrants, 2 significant but separate fields of academic research will be brought together: 1) gender issues in IT, and 2) gender and skilled migration.The questions the research seeks to answer are: a) What are the patterns of gender differences in the labour market among migrant and non-migrant workers in the IT sector in India and the UK? This aims to identify differences in occupational roles, wages, and whether size of firms or other demographic variables matter; b) What processes have led to different gendered patterns of workplace experiences among migrant and non-migrant workers in the IT sector in India and the UK? This question's comparative approach will address a specific knowledge gap by exploring the perspectives of men as well as women, migrants as well as non-migrants, in both countries; c) is oriented around the concerns of businesses and policy-makers and asks, what is the role of firms, industry and national regulations and cultures in creating barriers and opportunities for migrant and non-migrant men and women's career entry and progression and labour markets? The answers will be sought from HR managers and policy makers in both countries;d) acknowledges that many firms are already trying to develop organisational cultures and career pathways to address the gender disparity in the IT sector; it asks, what are the best practices for integrating women into firms in each country and how does this differ by migration status? This question involves exploring the experiences of migrant men as well as migrant and non-migrant women, and establishes mechanisms for sharing best practice between firms and between the two countries.To ensure the research is timely, relevant and will generate useful information, it was developed through conversations with the Indian and UK IT sectors' key professional and trade associations, chartered bodies, IT education campaigners and advocates, and multinational IT companies. During the project, individual representatives from 5 of these organizations - a Professional Advisory Group (PAG) - will meet regularly with the researchers, to discuss the findings and offer advice. The IT companies will facilitate the research by introducing the researchers to voluntary cohorts of men and women IT employees in each country. Because of the urgency of the issue the firms and PAG have asked for 3 best practice guides during the project. At the end of the project, the researchers will produce a targeted report for the PAG organisations and for firms. Through the PAG, this report will be disseminated to their corporate memberships, numbering in the thousands, and to UK and Indian policy makers through focused workshops. Other users of the research include the OECD and IOM with which the researchers have links.

全球信息技术（IT）行业的特点是女性参与率低，英国也不例外。作为回应，英国组织（如技术领域的妇女）、委员会（如BCS妇女）和运动（如女孩计算机俱乐部）已经成立，以解决这一问题，并增加妇女在信息技术教育、培训和就业方面的人数。为了补充并为未来的干预措施提供证据基础，该项目将采用一种新的方法，与现有研究不同，同时从两个未探索的角度考虑问题。首先，与大多数经合组织国家相比，印度从事IT专家工作的女性比例要高得多；该项目将比较印度和英国IT工作者的经验，看看英国能从印度的案例中学到什么。其次，该研究将探索在英国和印度之间流动并具有两种工作文化经验的移民女性和男性的见解，以便获得对每个国家性别规范以及最佳实践的新见解。通过这种跨两国的多学科比较分析，以及对移民经历的比较分析，两个重要但独立的学术研究领域将被整合在一起：1)IT中的性别问题，以及2)性别与技术移民。该研究试图回答的问题是：a)印度和英国IT行业的移民和非移民工人在劳动力市场上的性别差异模式是什么？其目的是确定职业角色、工资以及公司规模或其他人口变量是否重要的差异；b)在印度和英国的IT行业，哪些过程导致了移民和非移民工人在工作场所经历的不同性别模式？这个问题的比较方法将通过探索两国男性和女性、移民和非移民的观点来解决具体的知识差距；C)以企业和决策者关注的问题为导向，询问公司、行业和国家法规和文化在为移民和非移民男性和女性的职业进入和发展以及劳动力市场创造障碍和机会方面的作用是什么？答案将从两国的人力资源经理和政策制定者那里寻求；d)承认许多公司已经在努力发展组织文化和职业道路，以解决IT行业的性别差异；它提出的问题是，在每个国家，让女性融入公司的最佳做法是什么？这些做法因移民身份而有何不同？这个问题涉及探索移徙男性以及移徙和非移徙女性的经验，并建立公司之间和两国之间分享最佳实践的机制。为了确保研究的及时性和相关性，并将产生有用的信息，它是通过与印度和英国it行业的主要专业和行业协会、特许机构、it教育活动家和倡导者以及跨国it公司的对话而开发的。在项目期间，来自其中5个组织的个人代表——一个专业咨询小组（PAG）——将定期与研究人员会面，讨论研究结果并提供建议。IT公司将通过将研究人员介绍给每个国家的自愿男女IT员工队伍来促进研究。由于问题的紧迫性，公司和PAG要求在项目期间提供3个最佳实践指南。在项目结束时，研究人员将为PAG组织和公司制作一份有针对性的报告。通过PAG，这份报告将分发给他们的企业会员，数量达数千人，并通过重点研讨会分发给英国和印度的政策制定者。这项研究的其他使用者包括经合组织和国际移民组织，这些研究人员与它们有联系。