How and why do societal, organizational and individual factors affecting gender equity in the IT field change over time? To answer this question a longitudinal investigation of the nature of change in factors affecting the position of women in the IT profession was undertaken. It was conducted in Ireland against the backdrop of fluctuations in the nation’s socio-economic status. The individual differences theory of gender and IT was used to analyze life history interviews conducted at four points in time with a total of 63 women whose stories cover the decades from the 1970s to the 2010s. What resulted is a dynamic extension of this theory through the addition of seven themes that characterize the nature of change in factors affecting women IT professionals. The effect on women of economic changes in Ireland is shown to occur through changes in other factors: environmental (i.e., policy, infrastructural, and cultural), identity (e.g., motherhood) and individual (e.g., family). The results reveal both gradual and dramatic changes in an evolving picture of women in this sector, against the back drop of the peaks and valleys of Ireland’s economy. Both transformational and enduring images emerge from this look at Ireland over five decades.

中文翻译：

---

调查影响 IT 部门性别平等的因素变化的性质：对爱尔兰女性的纵向研究

随着时间的推移，影响 IT 领域性别平等的社会、组织和个人因素如何以及为什么会发生变化？为了回答这个问题，我们对影响 IT 行业女性地位的因素变化的性质进行了纵向调查。它是在爱尔兰国家社会经济地位波动的背景下进行的。使用性别和 IT 的个体差异理论分析了在四个时间点对总共 63 名女性进行的生活史访谈，她们的故事涵盖了从 1970 年代到 2010 年代的几十年。结果是通过添加七个主题来动态扩展这一理论，这些主题描述了影响女性 IT 专业人员的因素变化的性质。爱尔兰经济变化对女性的影响表现在其他因素的变化上：环境（即政策、基础设施和文化）、身份（如母亲）和个人（如家庭）。结果揭示了在爱尔兰经济高峰和低谷的背景下，该部门女性的不断变化的画面发生了渐进和戏剧性的变化。五年来，爱尔兰出现了变革性和持久性的形象。