Challenges and barriers facing women in the IS workforce: how far have we come?

Authors:
Deborah J. Armstrong;Cynthia K. Riemenschneider;Margaret F. Reid;Jason E. Nelms
Affiliations:
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA;Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA;University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA;Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
Venue:
Proceedings of the 49th SIGMIS annual conference on Computer personnel research
Year:
2011

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Abstract

In 2006, Riemenschneider et al. asked women working in the IS department at a Fortune 500 company what workplace barriers they faced that had influenced their voluntary turnover decisions that men did not. The current investigation offers a replication and extension of the Riemenschneider et al. (2006) study. Specifically, this research begins to examine what changes have (or have not) taken place in the IS workplace regarding the challenges and barriers facing women in the IS field. Preliminary findings indicate that while Barriers: Promotion, Managing Family Responsibilities, Work Schedule Flexibility, Work Stress and Turnover were the key concepts identified by Riemenschneider et al. (2006), Work Stress is one of the few key issues that remains salient. What seems to be more salient for the current participants are issues related to the work environment, such as politics and bureaucracy (e.g., Barriers: Politics).