Women in Technology: Why are Undergraduate Women Underrepresented in the field of Information Technology

Technology in modern society is booming. Products encompassing everything from recreational applications to vocational enterprise/executive software are becoming more integrative and omnipresent in their use. In order to meet increasing demand, the technology workforce has also increased its pace, both in development and employment. As the need for more professionals has grown, so has the gender gap between men and women working in Information Technology. This thesis will seek to explore the reasons why, despite the relevance and increasing number of jobs in the technology workforce, there are relatively few women employed in information systems and computer science related fields.

Name thesis:degree_name

Accounting and Information Systems

Level thesis:degree_level

Honors Thesis

Grantor

University of Nevada, Reno

Year dc:date.issued

2016

Author dc:creator

• Nilsen, Megan

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Simkin, Mark

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Language dc:language.iso

en_US, English

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11714/3297

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarwolf.unr.edu:11714/3297