• DocumentCode
    1190752
  • Title

    Interpersonal communication and gender in the ICT profession

  • Author

    Kirlidog, Melih ; Aykol, Meric ; Gulsecen, Sevinc

  • Author_Institution
    Comput. Eng. Dept., Marmara Univ., Istanbul
  • Volume
    28
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    48
  • Lastpage
    56
  • Abstract
    This article investigates differences in interpersonal communication skills between female and male ICT professionals in Turkey. These skills are particularly important to the ICT profession because of ever-increasing user involvement and because of the increasing sophistication of ICT projects. A notable difference between genders in this area hints at important consequences in software systems development processes where interpersonal communication has a determining effect.
  • Keywords
    gender issues; human factors; professional aspects; software engineering; ICT professional motivations; ICT-related jobs; gender; interpersonal communication; personality differences; software development; women; Communication system control; Educational programs; Environmental economics; Gender equity; Humans; Psychology; Psychometric testing; Software systems; Software testing; Springs;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Technology and Society Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0278-0097
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MTS.2009.931997
  • Filename
    4799408