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Why Women Are Leaving Male-dominated STEM

July 7, 2025/

New research from Wharton’s Tiantian Yang shows how rejection dampens job-seeking persistence for women in male-dominated fields.

A new study from Wharton management professor Tiantian Yang finds that when women are rejected for contract jobs in male-dominated fields, specifically IT and computer programming, they are far less likely than men to continue looking for work in those industries. Post-rejection, women are also far more likely than men to seek jobs outside tech, and many stop looking for work altogether.

 

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Angie Basiouny


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