Alison Wynn
Sr Res Scholar
Inter-Departmental Programs
Academic Appointments
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Sr Research Scholar, Inter-Departmental Programs
All Publications
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Pathways toward Change: Ideologies and Gender Equality in a Silicon Valley Technology Company
GENDER & SOCIETY
2019
View details for DOI 10.1177/0891243219876271
View details for Web of Science ID 000492262400001
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Puncturing the pipeline: Do technology companies alienate women in recruiting sessions?
SOCIAL STUDIES OF SCIENCE
2018; 48 (1): 149–64
Abstract
A 'chilly' environment limits women's advancement through the educational pipeline leading to jobs in science and technology. However, we know relatively little about the environment women encounter after making it through the educational pipeline. Do technology companies create environments that may dampen women's interest at the juncture when they are launching their careers? Using original observational data from 84 recruiting sessions hosted by technology companies at a prominent university on the US West Coast, we find that company representatives often engage in behaviors that are known to create a chilly environment for women. Through gender-imbalanced presenter roles, geek culture references, overt use of gender stereotypes, and other gendered speech and actions, representatives may puncture the pipeline, lessening the interest of women at the point of recruitment into technology careers.
View details for PubMedID 29424284
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Pulled in Too Many Directions: The Causes and Consequences of Work-Work Conflict
Sociological Perspectives
2018
View details for DOI 10.1177/0731121418774568
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Combating Gender Bias in Modern Workplaces
Handbook of the Sociology of Gender
Springer. 2018
View details for DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-76333-0_37
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Misery Has Company: The Shared Emotional Consequences of Everwork Among Women and Men
Sociological Forum
2018
View details for DOI 10.1111/socf.12440
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Gender, Parenthood, and Perceived Chances of Promotion
SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
2017; 60 (4): 645–64
View details for DOI 10.1177/0731121416672426
View details for Web of Science ID 000404412200001
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Gendered Perceptions of Cultural and Skill Alignment in Technology Companies
Social Sciences
2017; 6 (2)
View details for DOI 10.3390/socsci6020045