DocumentCode :
592739
Title :
Choice career and work expectations by gender for students of the bachelor in Informática Empresarial, Sede Occidente Universidad de Costa Rica
Author :
Chaves, M.A. ; Ramirez, I.R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Cienc. Naturales, UCR, Alajuela, Costa Rica
fYear :
2012
fDate :
1-5 Oct. 2012
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
10
Abstract :
This article has the purpose of presenting the results of a gender-driven investigation about the perception that students, enrolled in the Bachelor of enterprise computing/Corporate IT offered at the University of Costa Rica (Western Campus), have when choosing a career to enroll in and what their work life expectations are. This essay presents therefore; the factors that encourage women, in the largest regional campus (San Ramon and Grecia), to enroll in this program and it points out what their expectations are for when they will walk out in the working market. This essay also includes an analysis on the similarities and differences found when compared to the opinions of men in this same regional campus.
Keywords :
computer science education; educational institutions; gender issues; Bachelor of enterprise computing; Grecia; Informática Empresarial; San Ramon; Sede Occidente Universidad de Costa Rica; choice career; corporate IT; gender-driven investigation; student gender; work expectations; Art; Educational institutions; Engineering profession; Instruments; Manufacturing; Silicon; Western Campus; career selection; enterprise computing/Corporate IT; gender; work opportunities expectations;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Informatica (CLEI), 2012 XXXVIII Conferencia Latinoamericana En
Conference_Location :
Medellin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0794-9
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/CLEI.2012.6427244
Filename :
6427244
Link To Document :
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