Information technology and gender gap: Toward a global view

Electronic Library

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 722-733

  Moghaddam, Golnessa Galyani ^a  

^a SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Computers; Gender; Internet

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049520749     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02640471011081997     Document Type: Article

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