Article has more of a research paper aspect to it as

article has more of a research paper aspect to it, as opposed to a conducted study with
information and data. It examines the development of dynamics in the workplace
pertaining to science and technology over the years, specifically focusing on women who
completed their PhDs in 2007 and 2008. It studies how women are underrepresented in
these fields, as well as investigates reasons for the continued gender imbalance. It’s also a
good idea for me to read about specific fields (like science and technology) to get a feel
for where the problem areas are for women in the workplace. The article moves from
identifying the problem to understanding it, including anecdotes and quotations from
interviewees integrated throughout. This is a good source for personal tales of
discrimination, like an advisor not taking one woman seriously because he felt she wasn’t
intelligent enough for the field. It also gives a great list of references that I can visit for
more research, as well.
Filed under keywords like “biased”, “gender discrimination”, and “student
perceptions”, my fourth article is entitled “University Students’ Perceptions of Gender
Discrimination in the Workplace: Reality Versus Fiction”. Three professors in Georgia,
two of which teach at Georgia Southern University and the other at Georgia Gwinnett
College, wrote this article in 2009 about how college-level students view workplace
discrimination. Their hypothesis was that university students disregard the possibility of
gender discrimination in organizational settings, which is an issue because these students
are soon to be “young professionals”, as the article described. The study was conducted
through a survey questionnaire, examining gender-based discrimination and harassment
throughout all work experience over the course of their employment at any career point.

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This article contains tables and statistics throughout, providing insight as to how the
results were spread out. Its findings concluded that overall, “college students, overall,
underestimate the potential existence and affect that gender discrimination has in the
workplace, especially against women” (343). This is extremely important because it
identifies a huge problem across the board: if this sample population of college students
feels this way, then others are bound to, as well. This is why this study pertains to my
research and is valuable towards this topic as a whole.
My fifth article, “Success and Further Goals for Women in the Workforce”, is a
great example of a source that references the positives about women in the workforce. It
frames the progress of working women in way that highlights the goals, but still signifies
where the negatives persist. It discusses equal pay, wages, general sex discrimination, and
the overall idea of women’s rights. By giving background on the history of equal pay, it