The influence of environmental context on women in the IT workforce

SIGMIS CPR'05 - Proceedings of the 2005 ACM SIGMIS CPR Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 24-31

  Trauth, Eileen M ^a   Quesenberry, Jeria L ^a   Yeo, Benjamin ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Careers of women in IT; Diversity; Feminism; Feminist theory; Gender; Gender differences; Gender equity; Gender issues; Individual differences theory of gender and IT; IS careers; IS professionals; IT careers; IT profession; IT professionals; IT workforce; Theory

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

FEMINISM; GENDER EQUITY; IT CAREERS; IT PROFESSION; IT PROFESSIONALS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 29144434023     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1055973.1055979     Document Type: Conference Paper

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