Solidarity in STEM: How Gender Composition Affects Women’s Experience in Work Teams

Niler, Ashley A.; Asencio, Raquel; DeChurch, Leslie A.

doi:10.1007/s11199-019-01046-8

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“…The relevance and novelty of the present study lies on the relationship between parental experience and management skills, by gender, mediated by empathy, filling a gap in the literature. Although it is already recognized: (1) the need of emotionally competent professionals (Bhartia & Vijayalakshmi, ); (2) that women are equally competent to perform management functions (Niler, Asencio & DeChurch, ); and (3) that the roles linked to parenting provides additional personal resources to deal with work (Parker, Cotton, Yates, Baxter & Arend, ), the role of empathy in this model is not clear.…”

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Parenting and management skills: The mediator role of empathy

Nunes-Costa

Lopes

Leite

2020

Scandinavian J Psychology

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Nunes-Costa, R., Lopes, C. & Leite,Â. (2020). Parenting and management skills: The mediator role of empathy. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 61, 388-392.The present study aimed to test the effect of sex as well as the experience of parenting at the level of empathy and management skills and the mediating effect of empathy on the relationship between the experience of parenting and management skills. No differences were found between men and women concerning management skills. Women had higher empathy levels than men. Being a father or mother increased management skills and empathy levels. However, the experience of parenting interferes with management skills by increasing levels of empathy only in men. Career counselors need to considerer not only the processes inherent to each management task, but also the variables that intensify these competences, integrating emotional and relational dimensions.Participants with children obtained higher empathy scores (M = 65.77, SD = 10.28) than those without children

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Parenting and management skills: The mediator role of empathy

Nunes-Costa

Lopes

Leite

2020

Scandinavian J Psychology

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“…In a study conducted by Hyde et al (2008) results suggest that the lack of participation of women in male-dominated professions was not due to intellectual abilities, but rather social influences on women to engage in science and technical fields. However, Niler et al (2020) state that collaborative efforts and group performances increased in instances where women are involved in science teams. This suggests that female representation in work teams is an identified benefit of female collective efficacy that will in essence positively impact team performances ( Niler et al, 2020 ).…”

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“…However, Niler et al (2020) state that collaborative efforts and group performances increased in instances where women are involved in science teams. This suggests that female representation in work teams is an identified benefit of female collective efficacy that will in essence positively impact team performances ( Niler et al, 2020 ).…”

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Seeking support through solidarity: female leader’s experiences of workplace solidarity in male-dominated professions

Pillay

Vermeulen

2023

Front. Psychol.

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IntroductionWhile there is a plethora of research that documents the numerous barriers affecting female leaders in the modern workplace, there is a lack of literature which focuses on strategies or motivating resources that women use to navigate the workplace environment. Despite facing significant barriers in their leadership journeys, there are female leaders who are able to overcome these barriers to achieve leadership positions. These women leaders draw on personal and external motivating factors to assist them in dealing with the challenges associated with being a female leader as a result, research on motivating strategies for women’s career progression is a research topic that warrants immediate attention. Female solidarity as a motivating resource has been gaining traction in the field of leadership studies and can be seen as a supportive resource that can be used by current and aspiring female leaders to progress in underrepresented environments. Although female solidarity is but only one of the many strategies that can be implemented to motivate women in leadership positions, the increase of female solidarity in the workplace is expected to alleviate the conditions that reinforce essentialist notions of the “queen bee syndrome” in which women are seen as unsupportive of each other.MethodA qualitative research approach was used for this study, following an interpretive descriptive design. A total of 13 semi-structured interviews were conducted with female leaders in male-dominated professions within South Africa. Data was analysed using thematic content analysis.ResultsResults of the study were analyzed in line with three primary content areas, i.e., barriers to female solidarity in the workplace, benefits of female solidarity in the workplace and workplace interventions to increase solidarity.DiscussionIn the context of the study the predominant barriers to female solidarity within male-dominated workplaces were identified as unfair workplace behaviours, generational beliefs, societal expectations, organisational cultures, stereotypes and stigmas. The benefits of female solidarity within male-dominated workplaces were identified as career shaping mentorship, female recognition, female representation and female support. Lastly, the interventions that can be implemented to increase female solidarity within male-dominated workplaces were conceptualised as networking, transforming the company culture, socialisation and mentorship.

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“…Women are evaluated more negatively in mixed-gender teams, where their performance is underestimated by male teammates ( Grunspan et al, 2016 ). Increasing the percentage of women teammates produces a corresponding increase in women's team identification and collective efficacy ( Niler et al, 2020 ). Men's sense of team identification, collective efficacy, and team performance is not influenced by gender composition.…”

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Catalyzing Equity in STEM Teams: Harnessing Generative AI for Inclusion and Diversity

Nixon,

Lin,

Snow

2024

Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences

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Collaboration is key to STEM, where multidisciplinary team research can solve complex problems. However, inequality in STEM fields hinders their full potential, due to persistent psychological barriers in underrepresented students’ experience. This paper documents teamwork in STEM and explores the transformative potential of computational modeling and generative AI in promoting STEM-team diversity and inclusion. Leveraging generative AI, this paper outlines two primary areas for advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion. First, formalizing collaboration assessment with inclusive analytics can capture fine-grained learner behavior. Second, adaptive, personalized AI systems can support diversity and inclusion in STEM teams. Four policy recommendations highlight AI's capacity: formalized collaborative skill assessment, inclusive analytics, funding for socio-cognitive research, human-AI teaming for inclusion training. Researchers, educators, and policymakers can build an equitable STEM ecosystem. This roadmap advances AI-enhanced collaboration, offering a vision for the future of STEM where diverse voices are actively encouraged and heard within collaborative scientific endeavors.

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Solidarity in STEM: How Gender Composition Affects Women’s Experience in Work Teams

Cited by 14 publications

References 69 publications

Parenting and management skills: The mediator role of empathy

Parenting and management skills: The mediator role of empathy

Seeking support through solidarity: female leader’s experiences of workplace solidarity in male-dominated professions

Catalyzing Equity in STEM Teams: Harnessing Generative AI for Inclusion and Diversity

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