What do women want?: An investigation of career anchors among women in the IT workforce

Proceedings of the 2007 ACM SIGMIS Computer Personnel Research Conference: The Global Information Technology Workforce, SIGMIS-CPR 2007

Volumn 2007, Issue , 2007, Pages 122-127

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

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Career anchors; Careers of women in IT; Diversity; Gender differences; Individual differences theory of gender and IT; IT careers; IT profession; IT professionals; IT workforce; Women

Indexed keywords

CAREER ANCHORS; CAREERS OF WOMEN IN IT; GENDER DIFFERENCES; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES THEORY OF GENDER AND IT; IT CAREERS; IT PROFESSION; IT PROFESSIONALS; IT WORKFORCE;

COMPETITION; DATA REDUCTION; PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 34248191655     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1235000.1235030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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