Microaggressions, Interrupted: The Experience and Effects of Gender Microaggressions for Women in STEM
通过对39位STEM女性领导者的深度访谈，识别了五种常见的性别微侵犯及其对工作身份和职业留任的负面影响，并发现盟友的干预能帮助女性建立韧性、抵消微侵犯的消极作用。
Abstract Women continue to remain underrepresented in STEM, and this gender disparity is particularly pronounced in leadership positions. Through in-depth, qualitative interviews of 39 women leaders in STEM, we identify common gender microaggressions they experience, and explore how these microaggressions affect their leadership experience and outcomes in the workplace. Our findings highlight five types of gender microaggressions women most often encounter, and how and when these microaggressions occur. We explore the negative impact that microaggressions can have on women’s work identities and how they can trigger a cycle of rumination and self-doubt that may ultimately result in women choosing to leave STEM. Importantly, we surface the interventional and empowering role that allies play in triggering a redemptive sensemaking process that can support women leaders to build resilience and counter the negative effects of microaggressions.