A structured review of reasons for the underrepresentation of women in computing

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn Part F129322, Issue , 1997, Pages 91-98

  Teague, Joy ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

CONFERENCE SESSIONS; STRUCTURED REVIEW; WOMEN IN COMPUTING;

EDUCATION COMPUTING;

EID: 84901704222     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/299359.299374     Document Type: Conference Paper

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