A comparison of job satisfaction between IT and non-IT women incumbents in clerical, professional, and managerial positions

Data Base for Advances in Information Systems

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 39-54

  LeRouge, Cynthia M ^a   Wiley, Jack W ^b   Maertz Jr , Carl P ^a,c  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kenexa High Performance Institute   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

IT women; Job level; Job satisfaction; Occupation choice

Indexed keywords

IT CAREER; IT JOBS; IT WOMEN; JOB LEVEL; JOB SECURITY; OCCUPATION CHOICE; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; WOMEN IN IT;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; JOB SATISFACTION; MANAGERS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84885676699     PISSN: 00950033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/2488968.2488972     Document Type: Article

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