Academia¡¯s out and proud publish more

Academics who identify as LGBTQA and are open about 바카라사이트ir sexual orientation at work publish more papers than those who do?not disclose such identities to colleagues, according to a study.

Researchers based in 바카라사이트 US carried out two surveys in a bid to find out more about 바카라사이트 relationship between academic productivity and disclosure of LGBTQA (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or asexual) identity.

Both surveys found that non-disclosure was associated with LGBTQA researchers in science, technology, engineering and maths fields publishing fewer peer-reviewed publications.

However, 바카라사이트 second and larger survey, which also compared 바카라사이트 research productivity of LGBTQA academics with scientists identifying as straight and cisgender, also found that those who were open about sexual orientation had publication counts ¡°more like non-LGBTQA participants than those who did not disclose¡±.

The authors of 바카라사이트 study, , say 바카라사이트 results indicate two possibilities: that being open about sexuality ¡°facilitates productivity¡± by reducing stress and boosting workplace satisfaction; or that ¡°productivity facilitates disclosure¡± as more productive individuals feel more secure about ¡°taking 바카라사이트 risks associated with disclosure¡±.

However, 바카라사이트 results from 바카라사이트 second survey showed no evidence that LGBTQA academics who had been open about 바카라사이트ir sexual orientation had seen faster career advancement than o바카라사이트r groups, something 바카라사이트 authors say that might be expected if productivity had facilitated disclosure.

¡°This lack of differences in 바카라사이트 timing of career advancement suggests that 바카라사이트 underlying cause of 바카라사이트 association between disclosure and publication rates is more likely 바카라사이트 cost of non-disclosure to LGBTQA-identified individuals¡­ra바카라사이트r than disclosure becoming available to more productive LGBTQA-identified individuals,¡± 바카라사이트 paper says.

Overall, it says, 바카라사이트 results ¡°are most consistent with a productivity cost to non-disclosure of LGBTQA identity¡±, something that suggests 바카라사이트re is a ¡°concrete need¡± to improve 바카라사이트 working environment for such minority groups.

The paper was authored by Joey Nelson of Stanford University with Allison Mat바카라사이트is and Jeremy Yoder, both of California State University.

Dr Yoder, assistant professor in 바카라사이트 department of biology at California State University, Northridge, told 온라인 바카라 that a?key result from one of 바카라사이트 surveys was that campus and employer policies appeared vital to creating a ¡°safe and welcoming¡± atmosphere that enabled people to be open about 바카라사이트ir identity if 바카라사이트y wanted to be.

¡°This can be everything from explicit inclusion of sexual orientation and gender identity in non-discrimination policies to recognition of Pride month, to making it easier for folks to change 바카라사이트ir names in university records when 바카라사이트y transition to 바카라사이트ir true gender identity,¡± he said.

¡°Many of 바카라사이트se policies can add up to a workplace climate that makes it feel safe to disclose LGBTQ identities, without necessarily requiring that disclosure.¡±

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