Analysing Gendered Microaggressions in Bengalurus IT Sector: A Sentiment-Based Inquiry

Title

Analysing Gendered Microaggressions in Bengalurus IT Sector: A Sentiment-Based Inquiry

Creator

Jacob, Sharon Elizabeth; Jayakumar, Kavitha

Description

Gender microaggressions experienced by women in Bengalurus IT sector forms the subject of this paper employing sentiment analysis tools such as VADER and BERT to process survey responses, interview transcripts, and publicly available reviews of employees from the platform Glassdoor. A mixed-methods design is chosen so that computational sentimental analysis can be integrated along with qualitative insights such that patterns of emotional response and disparities across hierarchical levels can be identified. The results obtained highlight that sentiments vary significantly across organisational roles and underscores the significant psychological impact these microaggressions have on job satisfaction and career growth. The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2026.

Source

Studies in Systems, Decision and Control;Volume;613;pp.791-802

Date

01-01-2026

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

Subject

Gender microaggressions; Sentiment analysis; Women in IT sector

Coverage

Jacob S.E., CHRIST University, Karnataka, Bengaluru, India; Jayakumar K., CHRIST University, Karnataka, Bengaluru, India

Rights

Restricted Access; Hardcopy may be available in the library

Relation

ISSN: 21984182;

Format

online

Language

English

Type

Book chapter

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-99470-8_80

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