Information processing and information technology career interest and choice among high school students

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

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 77-95

  Meszaros, Peggy S ^a   Lee, Soyoung ^a   Laughlin, Anne ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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