Influence of gender on IT professional work identity: Outcomes from a PLS study

SIGMIS CPR 2008 - Proceedings of the 2008 ACM SIGMIS CPR Conference: Refilling the Pipeline: Meeting the Renewed Demand for Information Technology Workers

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 134-140

  Buche, Mari W ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender issues; Intent to leave; IT profession; IT workforce; Job satisfaction; Theory; Work identity

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUES; IT PROFESSION; IT PROFESSIONAL; IT WORKFORCE; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES; SURVEY DATA;

JOB SATISFACTION;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77952252022     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1355238.1355272     Document Type: Conference Paper

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