Professional women in computer programming occupations: The case of Turkey

Career Development International

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 78-87

  Ecevit, Yildiz ^a   Gündüz Hosgör, Ayse ^a   Tokluoglu, Ceylan ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Computer programming; Computer based training; Production; Turkey; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248353365     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430310465480     Document Type: Article

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