A potential explanation for the decline of female participation in computing-related education and careers in the United States is the perception that computing is for males. In this regard, declining participation limits diversity in the IT workforce. Therefore, this paper investigates the impact of two psychological factors, computer anxiety and computer self-efficacy, on gender perception to...

access to stable development requires organized participation of all people, including women in all institutes. reduction of limitations and increase in legal authority of women are necessary to achieve the highest rate of participation. in this regard, a developmental approach demands a balanced increase in the legal knowledge, organizational authorities and civil demands of women particularly...

This study investigates the sources of regional differences in women’s participation in Japan. While it is known that the female participation rate is low in Japan, it is perhaps less known that it differs significantly across regions within the country. In particular, in the Northern Coastal region of Honshu Island, the female participation rate is much higher than elsewhere. The participation...

Many group-living animals actively defend a home range against neighboring groups. In many of these societies, males are the primary participants during group defense, while female participation ranges from seldom to frequent. Among howler monkeys (Alouatta spp.), loud calls (i.e., howling) are often used in the context of intergroup spacing as a form of cooperative group defense. Males initiat...

this study was conducted to examine family social capital and sport participation adolescent students. the statistical population consisted of male and female students in rasht city who were studying at third grade state high schools in 2011-2012 (n=5682). the sample was 415 adolescent students (155 males, 265 females) who were selected by cluster-stratified sampling method using morgan table. ...

RESULTS: Fifty-five participants (31 patients and 24 parents) completed all questionnaires, 98.2% preferred active involvement in therapeutic decision-making. The SDM-Q-9 scores, assessed by patients and physicians, were acceptable (mean 68 out of 100). However, the independently assessed OPTION-5 scores were significantly lower (mean 31 out of 100). In the consultations, physicians rarely aske...

The aim of this paper is to understand recent observations of fertility, female employment, and participation rates in O.E.C.D. countries. These observations indicate that fertility rates are positively correlated with female employment ratios and participation rates across O.E.C.D. countries during the period 1985-1996. Moreover, the time series observations show that fertility rates are procy...

the purpose of this research was to study organizational climate and faculty members' participation in decision making in physical education faculty of tehran university. for this purpose, 30 faculty members of physical education faculty were selected with census method as the statistical sample. data were collected by two questionnaires: organizational climate (?=0.92) and participation i...