Women’s interest in information technology: The fun factor

Reconfiguring the Firewall: Recruiting Women to Information Technology across Cultures and Continents

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 161-175

  Bair, Bettina ^a   Marcus, Miranda ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dukane Ultrasonics   (United States)

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