Essays about: "gender bias in female"

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  1. 1. Do Football Players Give Female Coaches the Red Card?

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Erica Froste Myrin; Sigrid Holmgren; [2023]
    Keywords : gender bias; sport; leadership; football; evaluation;

    Abstract : In Swedish elite football, the skewed gender distribution between coaches is conspicuous, and this thesis aims to investigate one channel as to why there are so few female coaches in this environment. Previous research has found that students evaluate female teachers more critically than male teachers, even in components that they cannot control; might this be the case in Swedish elite football as well? We have conducted a framed field experiment on the teams in the highest football division for players 19 years or under in Sweden. READ MORE

  2. 2. Gender Bias in Machine Learning : The Effect of Using Female Versus Male Audio When Classifying Emotions in Speech Using Machine Learning

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Julia Adler; Klara Folke; [2023]
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    Abstract : To avoid discrimination between the genders and to improve the performance of machine learning, it is important to evaluate how different test data can impact how accurate machine learning models can be. This study investigates if the distribution between women and men in the training data affects how accurately different machine learning models can classify emotions used in the speaker’s tone of voice. READ MORE

  3. 3. Factors Impacting Female Career Success in Leadership ´´ Insights from female leaders on their journey of professional growth and leadership ``

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Aram Ahmed; Mohamad ElHaj; [2023]
    Keywords : Leadership; communication; female;

    Abstract : AbstractThe underrepresentation of women in leadership roles has become a global issue. There aremany factors, numerous barriers, and obstacles that prevent women to attain leadership positions and career advancements such as unconscious bias, lack of access to networks and mentors, and a lack of work-life balance support, etc. READ MORE

  4. 4. Leadership structures in enterprises still tend to have a subconscious bias toward male leadership styles. : Strategies and coping mechanisms utilized by successful female leaders in male-dominated professions

    University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik

    Author : Emelie Berglund; Clara Norgren; [2023]
    Keywords : Female leaders; STEM; subconscious gender bias; gender stereotypes; leadership; styles; coping mechanisms;

    Abstract : This study aims to identify barriers to female leadership and expose new strategies to address those barriers. Nevertheless, raise more awareness of the subconscious bias and gender stereotypes that may impede women's career development. READ MORE

  5. 5. Sexy Women and Unmanly Men : Representations of Librarians Onscreen

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Camille Nampetch; [2023]
    Keywords : librarian representation; hegemonic masculinity; the male gaze;

    Abstract : This study investigates the representations of librarians in movies spanning from the years 2012 to 2022 from a gender perspective using thematic analysis. Being a female-dominated profession with an increasing use of technology, the goal is to see how librarians are being portrayed today and how that might affect the perceptions of librarianship. READ MORE