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2907

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This study examines whether women choose to compete with men directly for more complex and therefore riskier IT projects in an online labor market (OLM). A pressing issue for women in IT and for women on OLMs pertains to equal participation by women on these platforms, yet there is an imperfect understanding of whether women compete for OLM projects at the same rate as men? To understand this, we set our study within the institutional context of OLMs, using a combination of within and in-between subjects randomized experiment design to understand how the project’s technological and boundary spanning complexity as well as competition affect women’s decision to participate in OLMs and their wage expectations. As a work-in-progress paper, we established the theoretical foundations of the study and discuss the detailed research design. We are confident to complete the study by September and present preliminary findings at ICIS 2019.

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Too Risky to Bid? Women in OLMs and STEM Competitive Environments

This study examines whether women choose to compete with men directly for more complex and therefore riskier IT projects in an online labor market (OLM). A pressing issue for women in IT and for women on OLMs pertains to equal participation by women on these platforms, yet there is an imperfect understanding of whether women compete for OLM projects at the same rate as men? To understand this, we set our study within the institutional context of OLMs, using a combination of within and in-between subjects randomized experiment design to understand how the project’s technological and boundary spanning complexity as well as competition affect women’s decision to participate in OLMs and their wage expectations. As a work-in-progress paper, we established the theoretical foundations of the study and discuss the detailed research design. We are confident to complete the study by September and present preliminary findings at ICIS 2019.