ICSE 2024
Fri 12 - Sun 21 April 2024 Lisbon, Portugal
Wed 17 Apr 2024 14:45 - 15:00 at Glicínia Quartin - Human and Social 2 Chair(s): Ayushi Rastogi

Micro-inequities are subtle, repetitive, and often unintentional forms of negative messaging, that can account for a significant burden over time. Research shows that racial and gender minority groups are more likely to experience micro-inequities, and that micro-inequities have a significant negative effect on self-esteem, work performance and career advancement. However, research on micro-inequities in the software industry, particularly with an immigration perspective, is non-existent. To bridge this gap, we investigate the experiences of software practitioners, regarding micro-inequities in the software industry from an immigration perspective. We surveyed 135 immigrant and non-immigrant software practitioners working in technical roles about verbal, nonverbal and environmental micro-inequities. Our results show that immigrants experience nine out of 27 investigated forms of micro-inequities significantly more than non-immigrants. These include not being given credit for their work, feeling excluded from key social or networking opportunities and being assumed to be less competent, assertive or intelligent. A conscious effort is needed to reduce micro-inequities from the software industry to serve an increasingly diverse, pluralistic workforce. Our study can serve as an incentive for practitioners to adopt (more) inclusive work practices and to raise awareness about micro-inequities in the community.

Wed 17 Apr

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14:00 - 15:30
14:00
15m
Talk
Causal Relationships and Programming Outcomes: A Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation ExperimentACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award
Research Track
Hammad Ahmad University of Michigan, Madeline Endres University of Michgain, Kaia Newman Carnegie Mellon University, Priscila Santiesteban University of Michigan, Emma Shedden University of Michigan, Westley Weimer University of Michigan
14:15
15m
Talk
Training App Developers in a Software Studio: The Business Nano Challenge Experience
Software Engineering Education and Training
Tania Mara Dors Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Ana Paula Schran de Almeida Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Lohine Mussi Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Fabio Vinicius Binder Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Sheila Reinehr Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR), Andreia Malucelli Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná
14:30
15m
Talk
Breaking Barriers: Investigating the Sense of Belonging Among Women and Non-Binary Students in Software Engineering
Software Engineering Education and Training
Lina Boman University of Gothenburg, Jonatan Andersson University of Gothenburg, Francisco Gomes de Oliveira Neto Chalmers | University of Gothenburg
14:45
15m
Talk
Micro-inequities and immigration backgrounds in the software industry
Software Engineering in Society
Valentin Markulj , Kousar Aslam VU Amsterdam, Emitzá Guzmán Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
15:00
15m
Talk
Alexa, is the skill always safe? Uncover Lenient Skill Vetting Process and Protect User Privacy at Run Time
Software Engineering in Society
Tu Le University of California, Irvine, Dongfang Zhao Indiana University Bloomington, Zihao Wang Indiana University Bloomington, XiaoFeng Wang Indiana University Bloomington, Yuan Tian
Media Attached
15:15
7m
Talk
CodeGRITS: A Research Toolkit for Developer Behavior and Eye Tracking in IDE
Demonstrations
Ningzhi Tang University of Notre Dame, Junwen An , Meng Chen , Aakash Bansal University of Notre Dame, Yu Huang Vanderbilt University, Collin McMillan University of Notre Dame, Toby Jia-Jun Li University of Notre Dame