Exploring the relationship between gender and career outcomes for social scientists: Implications for research on IS scholarship

Information Technology and People

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 178-204

  Gallivan, Michael ^a   Benbunan Finch, Raquel ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Career development; Compensation; Gender; Information systems; Research; Sexual discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949217624     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09593840810881079     Document Type: Article

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