Redressing the gender imbalance in ICT professions: Toward state-level strategic approaches

Australian Educational Computing

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 3-10

  Anderson, Neil ^a,b,c   Klein, Mary ^a   Lankshear, Colin ^a,b,c,d  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b James Cook University ^*

^c AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 33644626828     PISSN: 08169020     EISSN: 08169020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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