Diversity within the Ranks: How Ethnicity Affects Choices in IT

10th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1213-1221

  Woszczynski, Amy ^a   Beise, Catherine ^b   Myers, Martha ^a   Moody, Janette ^c  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THE CITADEL   (United States)

Author keywords

age; disability; Diversity; DPI; ethnicity; gender; IT workforce; sex

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; STUDENTS;

AGE; DISABILITY; DIVERSITY; DIVERSITY PERCEPTION INVENTORY; ETHNICITY; GENDER; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY WORKFORCES; PERCEPTION-BASED; SEX; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS;

MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

EID: 29144483680     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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