Millennials and masculinity: A shifting tide of gender typing of ICT?

16th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2010, AMCIS 2010

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages 5022-5031

  Trauth, Eileen M ^a   Joshi, K D ^b   Kvasny, Lynette ^b   Chong, Jing ^b   Kulturel, Sadan ^b   Mahar, Jan ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female; Feminine; Gender; Gender and ICT; Gender Stereotypes; Hegemonic Masculinity; Individual Differences Theory of Gender and IT; IT Profession; IT Skills; Male; Masculine; Men; Millennials; Women

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; FEMININE; GENDER; GENDER AND ICT; GENDER STEREOTYPES; HEGEMONIC MASCULINITY; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; IT PROFESSION; IT SKILLS; MALE; MASCULINE; MEN; MILLENNIALS; WOMEN;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 84870279095     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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