Women and Information Technology : Research on Underrepresentation.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The State of Research on Girls and IT -- 2 Examining the Gender Gap in IT by Race: Young Adults' Decisions to Pursue an IT Career -- 3 Lost in Translation: Gender and High School Computer Science -- 4 Recruiting Middle School Girls into IT: Data on Girls' Perceptions and Experiences from a Mixed- Demographic Group -- 5 A Critical Review of the Research on Women's Participation in Postsecondary Computing Education -- 6 A Matter of Degrees: Female Underrepresentation in Computer Science Programs Cross-Nationally -- 7 Just Get Over It or Just Get On with It: Retaining Women in Undergraduate Computing -- 8 The Poverty of the Pipeline Metaphor: The AAAS/ CPST Study of Nontraditional Pathways into IT/CS Education and the Workforce -- 9 Gender Differences among Students in Computer Science and Applied Information Technology -- 10 Confronting the ''Socialization'' Barrier: Cross- Ethnic Differences in Undergraduate Women's Preference for IT Education -- 11 Women in Computer Science or Management Information Systems Courses: A Comparative Analysis -- 12 Traversing the Undergraduate Curriculum in Computer Science: Where Do Students Stumble? -- 13 The Transition of Women from the Academic World to the IT Workplace: A Review of the Relevant Research -- 14 Gender and Professional Commitment among IT Professionals: The Special Case of Female Newcomers to Organizations -- 15 Foot in the Door, Mouse in Hand: Low-Income Women, Short-Term Job Training Programs, and IT Careers -- Conclusion -- Contributors -- Index.

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