Title
Gender gap in IT in Latin America
Date Issued
01 January 2020
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
Conference Proceeding
Author(s)
Guzman I.R.
Berardi R.
Tapia P.C.
Rodriguez N.
Maciel C.
Marin-Raventos G.
Publisher(s)
Association for Information Systems
Abstract
The underrepresentation of women in IT related majors such as computer science, computer engineering, and information systems (IS) has been evident all over the world. As a result, many private and public institutions have created programs aimed to increase enrollment, recruitment, and placement of women in the field and reduce the gender gap in the field. Several journal publications about this kind of research can be found in the scientific literature about studies mostly conducted in the United States, Europe, Asia and Australia, but very few publications about this kind of research in Latin American countries is available in the literature despite the fact that in the last ten years, countries in Latin America also developed a variety of programs with the same goal with the support of international organizations like the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), giant technology corporations like IBM, and local governments. There are very few publications in international scientific outlets about Gender Gap in IT in Latin America. In this panel, seven Latin American academics will share recent related projects they have been part of, compare project results, challenges, and discuss what kind of dissemination practices could be more appropriate.
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias de la información
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85097717815
Resource of which it is part
26th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2020
ISBN of the container
9781733632546
Conference
26th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2020
Sponsor(s)
Indira Guzman, PhD, is the Director of Doctoral Programs of the College of Business Administration and Professor of Management Information Systems at Trident University in Cypress, California, USA. Her research has been published in journals such as The DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems, Information Technology and People, Women’s Studies, the Journal of Digital Information, and the Communication of the Association of Information Systems. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Donetsk National Technical University, a master’s degree in Information Management and a Ph.D. in Information Science and Technology from Syracuse University. Dr. Guzman was awarded the prestigious NSF Research Fellowship and is a Fulbright Scholar.
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