Psychological gender issues in computing

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-25

  Brosnan, Mark J ^a   Davidson, Marilyn J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002615163     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.1996.tb00045.x     Document Type: Article

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