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Tue 29 Apr 2025 14:00 - 14:25 at 208 - Session 3

Gender diversity on software development teams, contribute to a variety of learning, problem-solving, and decision-making styles. This study explores coordination, communication, and collaboration dynamics with 24 experienced developers, forming 12 same-gender men and women pairs, during remote pair programming. We conducted a controlled, think-aloud lab study, followed by individual retrospective interviews. Woman-woman pairs showcased shared decision-making, employing a divide-and-conquer task management strategy, however they scored lower in productivity on average compared to man-man pairs. Our findings have implications for an inclusive and collaborative software design methodology to be utilized by software practitioners, bridging the gender gap in software engineering (SE).

Tue 29 Apr

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14:00 - 15:30
Session 3GE@ICSE at 208
14:00
25m
Research paper
Analyzing Gender-Based Dynamics in Remote Pair Programming Interactions
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Shandler Mason North Carolina State University, Sandeep Kuttal North Carolina State University
14:25
25m
Research paper
Gender Disparities in Contributions, Leadership, and Collaboration: An Exploratory Study on Software Systems Research
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Shamse Tasnim Cynthia University of Saskatchewan, Saikat Mondal University of Saskatchewan, Joy Krishan Das University of Saskatchewan, Banani Roy University of Saskatchewan
Pre-print
14:50
30m
Other
Discussion Summary
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15:20
10m
Day closing
Closing remarks
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Valentina Lenarduzzi University of Oulu
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