Women’s ICT career choices: Four cross-cultural case studies

Multicultural Education and Technology Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 279-289

  Georgiadou, Elli ^a   Abu Hassan, Norihan ^b   Siakas, Kerstin Viola ^c   Wang, Xueming ^d   Ross, Margaret ^e   Anandan, Prem Anand ^e  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MALAYSIA JAPAN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^c ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d NINGXIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e SOUTHAMPTON SOLENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career development; Communication technologies; Gender; National cultures; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952062912     PISSN: 1750497X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17504970911004282     Document Type: Article

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