Reconfiguring the Firewall: Recruiting Women to Information Technology across Cultures and Continents

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This book uncovers the factors that influence women’s interest in and choice of IT as a career field, and how this varies across cultures and regions. The results of the studies are both illuminating and prescriptive for designing and implementing successful programs that cross the secondary, post-secondary, and professional settings, and for establishing an agenda of critical areas for future research about women and information technology. This examination of women’s interest in IT in a cross-cultural context contains practical suggestions to promote the recruitment and retention of women in IT, spanning early education to careers, ideal for:

• college faculty, and advisors who implement activities and programs designed to promote the success of women in science and engineering, and those who fund these programs

• academic researchers

• K-12 educators

• IT industry professionals committed to a diverse workforce