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The information technology (IT) industry is one of the fastest growing sectors of the world economy and has the ability to be a potential employment generator for women in what could be perceived as non-traditional work roles. This paper is a continuing study regarding the perceptions of women in the IT industry. When the IT industry was in its infancy, it was thought of as a gender neutral profession, however even given affirmative action strategies in most Western countries the IT industry appears to be still dominated by men. This study suggests that even though the IT industry does not exclude women, it does little to promote or employ them and the old corporate ‘boys club’ syndrome continues to perpetuate. The effect of this is to add to the overall world shortage of skilled personnel, and perhaps more seriously, does nothing to address the declining trend of women’s representation in the IT industry.
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O’Neill-Cooper, L., Walker, E. (2002). Gender Perceptions in the IT Industry. In: Harindranath, G., et al. New Perspectives on Information Systems Development. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0595-2_2
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