Gender and the information technology workforce: Issues of theory and practice

Managing IT Professionals in the Internet Age

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 18-36

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

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34250328539     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-917-5.ch002     Document Type: Chapter

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