Title: Reconfiguring the firewall : recruiting women to information technology across cultures and continents /
Authors: Burger, Carol J.; Creamer, Elizabeth G.; Meszaros, Peggy S. 1938-
Publisher: AK Peters,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Computers and women.; Women in computer science.; Women computer industry employees Recruiting.; Information technology Study and teaching United States.
Contents: Sizing up the information technology firewall / Carol J. Burger, Elizabeth G. Creamer and Peggy S. Meszaros -- 1. Predicting women’s interest in and choice of a career in information technology : a statistical model / Elizabeth G. Creamer, Soyoung Lee and Peggy S. Meszaros -- Revisiting culture, time, and information processing factors in connecting to girls’ interest and choice of an information technology career at the secondary level / Peggy S. Meszaros and Jane Butler Kahle -- 2. Changing the high school culture to promote interest in information technology careers among high-achieving girls / Ann Howe, Sarah Berenson and Mladen Vouk -- 3. Examining time as a factor in young women’s information technology career decisions / Sarah Berenson, Laurie Williams, Joan Michael and Mladen Vouk -- 4. Information processing and information technology career interest and choice among high school students / Peggy S. Meszaros, Soyoung Lee and Anne Laughlin -- Considering individual, social, and cultural factors in the construction of women’s interest and persistence in information technology at the post-secondary level / Elizabeth G. Creamer and Lesley H. Parker -- 5. A cultural perspective on gender diversity in computing / Lenore Blum, Carol Frieze, Orit Hazzan and M. Bernardine Dias -- 6. Sociopolitical factors and female students’ choice of information technology careers : a South African perspective / Cecille Marsh -- 7. Women’s entry to graduate study in computer science and computer engineering in the United States / J. McGrath Cohoon and Holly Lord -- 8. Women’s interest in information technology : the fun factor / Bettina Bair and Miranda Marcus -- Women and information technology careers / Carol J. Burger and William Aspray --