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Workplace climate for LGBT+ physicists: A view from students and professional physicists

Ramón S. Barthelemy, Bryce E. Hughes, Madison Swirtz, Matthew Mikota, and Timothy J. Atherton
Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 18, 010147 – Published 13 June 2022

Abstract

LGBT+ persons in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics have a small growing body of literature addressing their experiences and workplace concerns. This study offers workplace climate analysis of 324 survey respondents in the field of physics. The findings indicate that when building a climate model to predict for consideration to leave and outness, a positive workplace climate was a stronger predictor than a negative workplace climate or experiences of exclusionary behavior. This points to the importance of moving beyond workplace climates that are simply neutral, but to ones that are inclusive and welcoming for LGBT+ physicists. This is the final paper in a series of three.

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  • Received 22 February 2021
  • Revised 28 December 2021
  • Accepted 26 April 2022

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.18.010147

Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI.

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Physics Education Research

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Ramón S. Barthelemy1, Bryce E. Hughes2, Madison Swirtz1, Matthew Mikota1, and Timothy J. Atherton3

  • 1Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
  • 2Department of Education, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA
  • 3Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA

See Also

LGBT+ physicists: Harassment, persistence, and uneven support

Ramón S. Barthelemy, Madison Swirtz, Savannah Garmon, Elizabeth H. Simmons, Kyle Reeves, Michael L. Falk, Wouter Deconinck, Elena A. Long, and Timothy J. Atherton
Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 18, 010124 (2022)

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Vol. 18, Iss. 1 — January - June 2022

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