Exploring the Importance of Social Networks in the IT Workforce: Experiences with the “Boy’s Club”

10th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1313-1320

  Morgan, Allison J ^a   Trauth, Eileen M ^a   Quesenberry, Jeria L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

gender; individual differences theory; IT workforce; Old Boy s Network; social networks

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

GENDER; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCE THEORY; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; INFORMAL SOCIAL NETWORKS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY WORKFORCES; NETWORK/MAN; OLD BOY’S NETWORK; S NETWORKS; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 77955154091     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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