"I really didn't have any problems with the male-female thing until ...": Successful women's experiences in IT organizations

Canadian Journal of Sociology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-54

  Demaiter, Erin I ^a   Adams, Tracey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barriers; Gender; Information technology; Organizations; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650220926     PISSN: 03186431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.29173/cjs1126     Document Type: Article

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