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Record W7002071965

Microsexism: Macro Impact

2020· other· en· W7002071965 on OpenAlexaboutno aff

Bibliographic record

VenueOCAD University Open Research Repository (OCAD University) · 2020
Typeother
Languageen
Field
Topic
Canadian institutionsnot available
Fundersnot available
KeywordsEthnographyStatus quoExperiential learningFutures contractAffect (linguistics)Process (computing)WageDyad
DOInot available

Abstract

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This Major Research Project (MRP) was a journey more than a destination. Although there was a distinct outcome, much was revealed through the methodological processes that made the particulars of it possible. 
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\nThe journey had a two-pronged approach. Firstly, it dove into the essence of women’s experiences of microsexism in the workplace. It studied how subtle bias often unconsciously serves to sideline women’s self esteem, careers, and advancement. Then into the heart of Canada’s legislative, institutional, and organizational inability to close the gender wage gap, and to achieve balanced representation at senior levels and on boards. All of which ladders up to negatively affect a business’s success and the macro economy. A revelation along the way was that male allies are vital to eliminating microsexism in the workplace, that without their belief in its existence and participation to eliminate it, gender equality in the workplace will remain stalled. Most men are willing but may not know how. 
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\nSecondly, it was a journey through the Ethnographic Experiential Futures (EXF) method of using ethnographic research to design images of the future as an experience. It was a process of discovering firsthand how ethnographic research data can be analyzed and synthesized to design an experience that resonates with its audience. The outcome is an immersive installation called Kaleidoscope Anima. It uses light, sound, mirrors and colour to shower participants with emotional triggers as they move from the present status quo workplace culture toward a preferred future of gender equality and economic stability. It is followed up by a four-point strategic plan, which outlines easy to implement tactics for individuals to use at work. The suggestion is that after experiencing the powerful emotions from the installation, participants may be left with an intent but no means. The four steps—think, speak, act and invest—guide, rather than scold, male allies to recognize the potential of a gender equal workplace to be a win-win for their own careers, business and personal lives.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame distilled prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesMeta-epidemiology (narrow), Science and technology studies, Open science, Research integrity, Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)
Consensus categoriesMeta-epidemiology (narrow), Research integrity
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Not applicable · Consensus signal: Not applicable
GenreCandidate signal: Other · Consensus signal: Other
Teacher disagreement score0.486
Threshold uncertainty score1.000

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.002
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0020.001
Bibliometrics0.0050.007
Science and technology studies0.0020.002
Scholarly communication0.0010.001
Open science0.0100.004
Research integrity0.0020.004
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.009

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.076
GPT teacher head0.342
Teacher spread0.266 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; both teacher heads agree on what is shown here.

Study designNot applicable
Domainnot available
GenreOther

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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