Gender Differences in Students' Perceptions of Information Technology as a Career
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An exploratory study into male and female first year students’ perceptions of the IT professional is presented. The participants included students studying the Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Information Systems degrees at ACU National in Melbourne, Australia. The study investigated the differences and similarities between the perceptions of males and females as well as where they came by those perceptions.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- JITE
دوره 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006