Taking stock of research on gender and the IT workforce

SIGMIS CPR'10 - Proceedings of the 2010 ACM SIGMIS Computer Personnel Research Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 171-178

  Trauth, Eileen M ^a   Adya, Monica ^b   Armstrong, Deborah J ^c   Joshi, K D ^d   Kvasny, Lynette ^a   Riemenschneider, Cynthia K ^e   Quesenberry, Jeria ^f  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

diversity; feminism; feminist theory; gender; gender differences; gender equity; gender issues; gender research; individual differences; intersectionality; IT careers; IT professionals; social inclusion; theory; women

Indexed keywords

GENDER DIFFERENCES; GENDER EQUITY; GENDER ISSUES; GENDER RESEARCH; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; IT CAREER; IT PROFESSIONAL; SOCIAL INCLUSION;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

RESEARCH;

EID: 77954603321     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1796900.1796965     Document Type: Conference Paper

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