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
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