کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
885530 912702 2008 12 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Why are there so few women in information technology? Assessing the role of personality in career choices
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی مدیریت، کسب و کار و حسابداری بازاریابی و مدیریت بازار
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Why are there so few women in information technology? Assessing the role of personality in career choices
چکیده انگلیسی

Despite increases in female labor force participation, women remain substantially under represented in most scientific and technical fields. The small number of women in engineering, physics, chemistry, computer science and other similar fields has variously been attributed to discrimination, differences in ability or choice. This paper uses a unique data set containing information on vocational interests to examine the determinants of entry in to Information Technology occupations. We show that men and women differ systematically in their interests, and that these differences can account for an economically and statistically large fraction of the occupational gender gap.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Economic Psychology - Volume 29, Issue 4, August 2008, Pages 543–554
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