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| Abstract Title: | Workplace Climate for LGBT+ Physicists: Predictor of Outness |
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| Abstract: | We analyzed the climate experiences of LGBT+ physicists through an online survey (N=324) collected by the committee on LGBT+ physicists for the American Physical Society. Results demonstrated the impact of workplace climate (positive and negative), the observation and experience of exclusionary behavior, and status as a student on how out physicists were about their LGBT+ identity. We found that being a student, exposure to exclusionary behavior, and both positive and negative workplace climate were significant predictors of outness to coworkers. The climate model can explain 22% of the variance in outness using these significant features. The results indicate that a positive workplace climate is a strong predictor of outness suggesting the further importance of proactively inclusive physics communities. |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
| Session Time: | Poster Session I |
| Poster Number: | 1.J2 |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Matthew Mikota Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Utah Chicago, IL 60629 |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Ramón Barthelemy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Utah |
