Men are from toys: women are from tools

This poster compares the hypothesized reasons for why males choose computing versus why females choose computing. Preliminary results of the analysis validate research results from other gender studies.

This poster presents the findings of a study that used grounded theory methodology to analyze hypothesized reasons for why women choose computing as a profession. Preliminary analysis has resulted in four categories of attraction factors that validate ...

Among the research challenges in studying the under representation of women in the IT field is that of developing appropriate theory to provide a basis for understanding and explanation about this gender imbalance. At present, there are two dominant ...