Women Talking about It Work: Duality or Dualism?

Proceedings of the ACM SIGMIS CPR Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 68-74

  Nielsen, Sue H ^a   Beekhuyzen, Jenine ^a   Von Hellens, Liisa A ^a   Trauth, Eileen M ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; IT Skills; Structuration theory; Women in IT

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; JOB ANALYSIS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS;

WORKFORCES;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0141894862     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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