Bridging gender gaps, networking in Computer Science

Gender, Technology and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 319-337

  Cozza, Michela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computer science; gender; mentoring; organizational culture; tech nology; telementoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052397685     PISSN: 09718524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097185241101500207     Document Type: Article

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