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Celebrating open access research on gender balance

International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. Today we celebrate by highlighting open access research articles and blog posts in the Social Sciences field covering this year's theme of Gender Balance. We invite you to explore & share the top content in Social Sciences. Our research is fully open access. Get to know our journals today!

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Embodied science and mixed reality: How gesture and motion capture affect physics education from Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications
Being an economic-civic competent citizen: A technology-based assessment of commercial apprentices in Germany and Switzerland from Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training
The professional development of VET teachers in Italy: participation, needs, and barriers. Statistical quantifications and benchmarking in an international perspective from Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training
Commercial competence: comparing test results of paper-and-pencil versus computer-based assessments from Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training
Development and validation of the Value-Expectancy STEM Assessment Scale for students in higher education from International Journal of STEM Education
Primetime learning: collaborative and technology-enhanced studying with genuine teacher presence from International Journal of STEM Education
Motivational factors in makerspaces: a mixed methods study of elementary school students’ situational interest, self-efficacy, and achievement emotions from International Journal of STEM Education
A study of the correlation between STEM career knowledge, mathematics self-efficacy, career interests, and career activities on the likelihood of pursuing a STEM career among middle school students from International Journal of STEM Education
How does anxiety influence language performance? From the perspectives of foreign language classroom anxiety and cognitive test anxiety from Language Testing in Asia
An overview of differential item functioning in multistage computer adaptive testing using three-parameter logistic item response theory from Language Testing in Asia
Beyond the mean estimate: a quantile regression analysis of inequalities in educational outcomes using INVALSI survey data from Large-scale Assessments in Education
Supporting cross-cultural online discussion with formal and informal platforms: a case between Hong Kong and Taiwan from Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning
Comparing the effects of dynamic computer visualization on undergraduate students’ understanding of osmosis with randomized posttest-only control group design from Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning
How does family background affect children’s educational achievement? Evidence from Contemporary China from The Journal of Chinese Sociology
Staying connected with ICT tools: tracking youth respondents in a Chinese context from The Journal of Chinese Sociology

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Economics Top Research Articles on Gender Balance

A phenomenological study of business graduates’ employment experiences in the changing economy from Journal for Labour Market Research
Does education raise productivity and wages equally? The moderating role of age and gender from IZA Journal of Labor Economics
The effect of non-contributory pensions on labour supply and private income transfers: evidence from Singapore from IZA Journal of Labor Policy
The effects of vocational education on adult skills, employment and wages: What can we learn from PIAAC? from SERIEs
Value-added disaggregated social accounting matrix for the Indian economy of the year 2007–2008 from Journal of Economic Structures
Consumption intensity of leafy African indigenous vegetables: towards enhancing nutritional security in rural and urban dwellers in Kenya from Agricultural and Food Economics
The impact of Syrian refugees on natives’ labor market outcomes in Turkey: evidence from a quasi-experimental design from IZA Journal of Labor Policy
Factors affecting purchasing process of digestate: evidence from an economic experiment on Sicilian farmers’ willingness to pay from Agricultural and Food Economics
Acquisition of permanent residence by temporary foreign workers in Canada: a panel study of labour market outcomes before and after the status transition from IZA Journal of Development and Migration
Re-discussion on the rationality of high income of monopoly industries: evidence from the employer-employee matched data from China Finance and Economic Review
Liberalization of European migration and the immigration of skilled people to Sweden from IZA Journal of Development and Migration
International students, immigration and earnings growth: the effect of a pre-immigration host-country university education from IZA Journal of Development and Migration

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Business, Management, & Law Top Research Articles on Gender Balance

The Green Climate Fund – a beacon for climate change action from Asian Journal of Sustainability and Social Responsibility
Tax certified individual auditors and effective tax rates from Business Research
Citation metrics as an additional indicator for evaluating research performance? An analysis of their correlations and validity from Business Research
Information overload in the information age: a review of the literature from business administration, business psychology, and related disciplines with a bibliometric approach and framework development from Frontiers of Business Research in China
How authentic leadership influences employee proactivity: the sequential mediating effects of psychological empowerment and core self-evaluations and the moderating role of employee political skill from Frontiers of Business Research in China
Renewing and improving the business model toward sustainability in theory and practice from International Journal of Corporate Social Responsibility
Concealing social responsibility? Investigating the relationship between CSR, earnings management and the effect of industry through quantitative analysis from International Journal of Corporate Social Responsibility
Ambidextrous leadership, ambidextrous employee, and the interaction between ambidextrous leadership and employee innovative performance from Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship among parents from Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
A maturity model for software startup ecosystems from Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Safety planning for technology: displaced women and girls’ interactions with information and communication technology in Lebanon and harm reduction considerations for humanitarian settings from Journal of International Humanitarian Action

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Palgrave Communications Top Research Articles on Gender Balance

Steps to improve gender diversity in coastal geoscience and engineering from Palgrave Communications
“Publicationism” and scientists’ satisfaction depend on gender, career stage and the wider academic system
Lost in success: women’s maritime careers in Eastern and Southern Africa from Palgrave Communications
Women and power: a theoretical approach using the example of copreneurial businesses from Palgrave Communications
Discourse as virtue ethics: Muslim women in the American Southwest from Palgrave Communications
Rethinking higher education and its relationship with social inequalities: past knowledge, present state and future potential from Palgrave Communications

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Blog Posts - #IWD2019

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Calling for a change in STEM culture to retain underrepresented students

Women and students of color are widely underrepresented in the majority of STEM fields. Most discussions take a ‘deficit’ approach to the problem, citing deficits of minority groups as a reason for the discrepancy. However, a new study looks at how instructional style and perceived professor care influence decisions of students from underrepresented groups to major in STEM.

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Research Topics on Women's Issues

Explore research topics on Women's Issues. Enjoy free access to SpringerNature articles until 31st August 2019. Open access articles are freely available online on a permanent basis.