Explaining the IT gender gap: Australian stories for the new millennium

Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-20

  Trauth, Eileen M ^a   Nielsen, Susan H ^b   Von Hellens, Liisa A ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; BD0102 Changes in workforce; BD05 Cultural differences; EH0206 IS Recruiting; EH0208 IS Skills Requirements; MISQ Roadmap: BD0106 Discrimination

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; DATA REDUCTION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

SOCIO-CULTURAL FACTORS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0042626620     PISSN: 1443458X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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