Why are there so few women in information technology? Assessing the role of personality in career choices

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 543-554

  Rosenbloom, Joshua L ^a   Ash, Ronald A ^a   Dupont, Brandon ^b   Coder, LeAnne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2228; 3120; 3650; Career choice; Discrimination; J24; J7; Occupational personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749148128     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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