Paths and Barriers to Positions of Leadership in Software Development - A study through the female ‘lens
Sammanfattning
Studies inthefieldsofBusiness,Managementand
SoftwareEngineeringhaveshownthatwomenmakeupan
important demographicofthework-forceandarecontributing
members totheirworkenvironments,howeverthereisstilla
significant gender-gapinmanyfieldsincludingsoftwareengi-
neering.Thegendergapinpositionsoftechnicalleadership
in softwaredevelopmentisevenlargerdespitethecomparable
performancebetweenmen-andwomen-ledstart-ups.Thisstudy
aims toinvestigatethecauseofthelackoffemalerepresentation
in technicalleadershippositionsinsoftwaredevelopmentby
examining thepathsfemaletechnicalleadershavetaken,the
barriers orobstaclestheyhavefacedandthewaysinwhichthey
havemitigatedthosebarriersorobstacles.
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