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ICSE 2023
Sun 14 - Sat 20 May 2023 Melbourne, Australia
Thu 18 May 2023 11:45 - 12:00 at Meeting Room 101 - Studies on gender in SE Chair(s): Ita Richardson

Professional software development is an occupation dominated by men software engineers. Recently, researchers have been investigating gender inequality in the software development profession from multiple perspectives. While most of the extant literature on gender inequality in software development takes the perspective of female developers, the vast majority of the software development workforce–men software engineers–receives much less attention. In this article, we reported on a quantitative interview study aiming at developing empirical understandings of men software engineers’ orientations in gender inequalities. Through analyzing interview narratives from 21 professional men software engineers, plenty of findings emerged, enabling us to build a theoretical framework characterizing three different types of orientations in gender inequalities. In our theory, men software engineers’ orientation in gender issues could be conceptualized as fundamentalists, integrationists, and transformationists. We introduced each type’s characteristics from three aspects of individuals’ social cognition, which are \emph{belief}, \emph{attitude}, and \emph{action}. We further discussed the implications and the limitations of the study.

Thu 18 May

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11:00 - 12:30
Studies on gender in SESEIS - Software Engineering in Society / Technical Track / SEET - Software Engineering Education and Training at Meeting Room 101
Chair(s): Ita Richardson Lero - The Irish Software Research Centre and University of Limerick
11:00
15m
Talk
“STILL AROUND”: Experiences and Survival Strategies of Veteran Women Software DevelopersDistinguished Paper Award
Technical Track
Sterre van Breukelen Eindhoven University of Technology, Ann Barcomb Department of Electrical and Software Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, Sebastian Baltes SAP SE & University of Adelaide, Alexander Serebrenik Eindhoven University of Technology
Pre-print
11:15
15m
Talk
The ABC of Pair Programming: Gender-dependent Attitude, Behavior and Code of Young Learners
SEET - Software Engineering Education and Training
Isabella Graßl University of Passau, Gordon Fraser University of Passau
Pre-print
11:30
15m
Talk
Engaging Girls in Computer Science: Do Single-Gender Interdisciplinary Classes Help?
SEET - Software Engineering Education and Training
Kai Marquardt Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Lucia Happe Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Ingo Wagner Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Pre-print
11:45
15m
Paper
Fundamentalists, Integrationists, & Transformationists: An Empirical Theory of Men Software Engineers' Orientations in Gender Inequalities
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Yi Wang Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Xinyue Zhang Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Wei Wang Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
12:00
15m
Paper
Draw a Software Engineer Test - An Investigation into Children's Perception of Software Engineering Profession
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Claudia Maria Cutrupi Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Irene Zanardi USI Università della Svizzera italiana, Letizia Jaccheri Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Monica Landoni USI Università della Svizzera italiana
12:15
15m
Full-paper
Benefits and Limitations of Remote Work to LGBTQIA+ Software Professionals
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Ronnie de Souza Santos Cape Breton University, Cleyton V. C. de Magalhaes CESAR School, Paul Ralph Dalhousie University
Pre-print