Paper Info
Title
What prevents finnish women from applying to software engineering roles?: a preliminary analysis of survey data
Abstract
ABSTRACTFinland is considered a country with a good track record in gender equality. Whilst statistics support the notion that Finland is performing well compared to many other countries in terms of workplace equality, there are still many areas for improvement. This paper focuses on the problems that some women face in obtaining software engineering roles. We report a preliminary analysis of survey data from 252 respondents. These are mainly women who have shown an interest in gaining programming roles by joining the Mimmit koodaa initiative, which aims to increase equality and diversity within the software industry. The survey sought to understand what early experiences may influence later career choices and feelings of efficacy and confidence needed to pursue technology-related careers. These initial findings reveal that women's feelings of computing self-efficacy and attitudes towards software engineering are shaped by early experiences. More negative experiences decrease the likelihood of working in software engineering roles in the future, despite expressing an interest in the field.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1145/3377814.3381708
ICSE
Keywords
DocType
ISSN
women in technology, careers, barriers, quantitative, survey, path modeling
Conference
International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering Education and Training (ICSE-SEET'20), May 23-29, 2020, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.36
0
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Annika Wolff111221.67
Antti Knutas25621.53
Savolainen Paula310.36