New Management Approaches in Digitized Work as the Cure for Inequality?

Due to the increasing importance of digitization, ICT and engineering sectors are also growing. In these sectors, there are a lot of high-qualified and well-paid jobs. However, despite the growing importance and popularity of digital solutions, one fact (at least) is, unfortunately, still very stabl...

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Published in:Social sciences (Basel) 2021-04, Vol.10 (4), p.124
Main Authors: Tihlarik, Amelie, Sauer, Stefan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bureaucracy
Communication
digitization
Engineering
Engineers
Female employees
female empowerment
Gender
gender inequality
ICT
Planning
project management
Software
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Summary:Due to the increasing importance of digitization, ICT and engineering sectors are also growing. In these sectors, there are a lot of high-qualified and well-paid jobs. However, despite the growing importance and popularity of digital solutions, one fact (at least) is, unfortunately, still very stable within the ICT and engineering sectors: When it comes to employees, there are still huge differences with respect to gender and gender stereotypes. (Commercial) technology development can be regarded as having masculine connotations both structurally and culturally. Therefore, we address these connotations, especially the roles of androcentric bureaucracy, which could be described as hierarchical, technocentric, and very controlling-oriented, and (the structural possibilities of) self-efficacy. We discuss, conceptually and empirically with a focus on software development, whether new management approaches like agile frameworks and new management roles like Feel-good Managers and Scrum Master could be seen as a cure for inequality or if there are new stereotypical gender-related ascriptions for specific activities or processes.
ISSN:2076-0760
2076-0760
DOI:10.3390/socsci10040124