Four essays on the entanglement of career choices and gender in the information and communication technology industry

In the first article, I will focus on the career choice itself and identify core components that a career choice regarding the ICT-industry is comprised of. In the second article, the thesis focuses on the Indian ICT-industry. The Indian ICT-industry consists of a comparably high percentage of female employees, namely 35% at the entry-level, but at the same time struggles with high attrition rates at higher levels. Therefore, the Indian ICT-industry serves as a best practice example for attracting women to the ICT-industry, and simultaneously assists us in under-standing the reasons why they tend not to stay. In the third article, the thesis focuses on the stability of career choices by analyzing the short- and long-term persistence of females and males in computing disciplines. In the fourth article, the thesis analyzes the motivation structure of people that plan to enter the ICT-industry. This is to identify what kinds of people are attracted to the ICT-industry and to reveal differences in their vocational behavior.

Level thesis:degree_level

thesis.doctoral

Grantor dc:publisher

Universität Passau

Year

2017

Author dc:creator

• Roy, Nobina

Contributors dc:contributor

• Jungwirth, Carola
• Fiedler, Marina

Statement dc:rights

• Standardbedingung laut Einverständniserklärung

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