Gendering and segregation in girls’ perceptions of IT as a career choice : a nexus analytic inquiry |
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Author: | Vainionpää, Fanny1; Kinnula, Marianne1; Iivari, Netta1; |
Organizations: |
1INTERACT Research Unit, University of Oulu Oulu, Finland |
Format: | article |
Version: | published version |
Access: | open |
Online Access: | PDF Full Text (PDF, 0.3 MB) |
Persistent link: | http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe202001202628 |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Association for Information Systems,
2019
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Publish Date: | 2020-01-20 |
Description: |
It is an enduring problem that girls are not interested in careers in Information Technology (IT). Our aim is to understand girls’ perceptions and understanding of the IT field as well as factors shaping them, to find ways to get more girls interested in IT/Information Systems careers. As senior high school is the last opportunity to influence girls’ major and career choice we inquired Finnish senior high school students about their future plans and factors affecting their choice. Using nexus analysis as a sensitizing device, we focused on various discourses circulating around, different actors and their relations, as well as experience and background related matters that affect girls’ career choice. Surprisingly gendered understandings of the IT field and career choices were still prevalent among the studied young people, and this supports educational and occupational segregation.
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ISBN Print: | 978-2-9571876-0-7 |
Pages: | 1 - 12 |
Host publication: |
Information Systems Development: Information Systems Beyond 2020 (ISD2019 Proceedings) August 28-24, 2019 Toulon, France |
Host publication editor: |
Siarheyeva, A. Laville, A. Pérocheau, G. Barry, C. Lang, M. Linger, H. Schneider, C. |
Conference: |
International Conference on Information Systems Development |
Type of Publication: |
A4 Article in conference proceedings |
Field of Science: |
113 Computer and information sciences |
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Copyright information: |
© The Authors 2019. |