Does gender still matter? A study of the views of women in the ICT industry in New Zealand

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 349-370

  Crump, Barbara J ^a   Logan, Keri A ^a   McIlroy, Andrea ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Careers; Culture; Gender; ICT; Information technology; Regional differences

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; GENDER DISPARITY; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; PERCEPTION; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS; WORKPLACE;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 34250330361     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2007.00348.x     Document Type: Article

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