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Moremen&fewerwomenpreviouslyworkedinConsul-ng

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MoremenwereCIOsorSystemsDirectors

MorewomenwereAdminorAcademic

TechDirectors

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WorkplaceNorms&Climate

GenderasaPredictorofHoursWorked:OLSRegression

Hoursspentintheoffice(N=185;incomeimputed)

WomenworkedmorehoursINTHEOFFICE

thanmen

FlexibleJobOp-ons:ChisquareGoodnessofFit

Compressedworkweek Moremen/fewerwomenUSEDTHISOPTION

FlexBme Moremen/fewerwomenusedthisopBon

Distributedoffice Moremen/fewerwomenusedthisopBon

WorkplaceNormsandClimateThreetests:Chi-squareGoodness-of-Fit,OLSRegression,Mann-WhitneyU

MannWhitneyU:Noneofthemeasuresofworkplaceclimateshoweda

significantdifferencebetweenwomenandmen’spercepBons

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Men Women

Cleaning 2.47 3.00

Grocery

Shopping 1.62 1.48

Cooking 2.83 3.94

Childcare 8.95 12.69

Eldercare 4.43 5.15

TOTAL 20.30 26.26

Onaveragewomenspent5.96morehours/weekonhouseholdchores*

HouseholdChoresCumula-veAverageHours

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ManagingLifeOutsideofWork

ManagingLifeOutsideofWork

Morewomen

&fewermenhired

CLEANINGassistance

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ManagingLifeOutsideofWorkManagingLifeOutsideofWork

Morewomen

&fewermenhired

COOKINGassistance

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ManagingLifeOutsideofWorkManagingLifeOutsideofWork

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&fewermenhired

CHILDCAREassistance

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Hiring&PromoBonHiringandPromo-onTwotests:Chi-squareGoodness-of-FitandMann-WhitneyU

MannWhitneyU:Noneofthemeasuresofperceivedbiasinhiringand

promoBonprocessesshowedasignificantdifferencebetweenwomenandmen

Morewomen&fewermen

felttheywere

HIREDbecauseoftheirGENDER

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Hiring&PromoBonHiringandPromo-onTwotests:Chi-squareGoodness-of-FitandMann-WhitneyU

MannWhitneyU:Noneofthemeasuresofperceivedbiasinhiringand

promoBonprocessesshowedasignificantdifferencebetweenwomenandmen

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felttheywere

NOTPROMOTEDbecauseoftheirGENDER

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Hiring&PromoBonHiringandPromo-onTwotests:Chi-squareGoodness-of-FitandMann-WhitneyU

MannWhitneyU:Noneofthemeasuresofperceivedbiasinhiringand

promoBonprocessesshowedasignificantdifferencebetweenwomenandmen

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felttheywere

PAIDLESSbecauseoftheirGENDER

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MentorsandRoleModelsTwotests:Chi-squareGoodness-of-FitandMann-WhitneyU

MannWhitneyU:Therewasnosignificantdifferencebetween

howwomenandmenrankedtheinfluenceofrolemodels

MoreMEN&fewer

womenhadinformalmentorspriorto

becomingCIO

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MentorsandRoleModelsTwotests:Chi-squareGoodness-of-FitandMann-WhitneyU

MannWhitneyU:Therewasnosignificantdifferencebetween

howwomenandmenrankedtheinfluenceofrolemodels

MoreWOMEN&

fewermenhadfemaleinformalmentorsprior

tobecomingCIO

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Qualita-veFindings

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FaceBmeisrequiredWomenspendlongerhoursintheofficeandareusing

fewerflexopBons.

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GendernormsWomenspendmoreBme&aremorelikelytopayfor

household&caretakingduBesthanmen

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GoodHRPracBces=FairProcessUnclearHRpracBcesledparBcipantstobelievethehiring

andpromoBonprocesseswerebiased.

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Masculineculture

The“unwrienrules”oftheITworkplace…

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KEEP

CALMAND

NEGOTIATE

ON

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UniqueRole,PoliBcalRoleItispoliBcalatthetop&techniciansneedto

learnnewskills

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HigherEdIT

ENEFITSoutweigh

disadvantages

•  SBmulaBngwork

•  Flexibleenvironment

•  Womenrolemodels•  HEcommunityvalues

mentoring

•  EducaBonalmission

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ALLAPPLES,nooranges

HomogeneouspopulaBon…

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The

Dominant

Discourseis

MASCULINE

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HigherEdoffersPOSITIVE

ENVIRONMENTALopBons

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