Career patterns for IT engineering graduates
Holth, Line ; Almasri, Abdullah ; Gonäs, Lena
Economic and Industrial Democracy
2013
34
3
August
519-535
career pattern ; gender ; higher education ; information technology ; labour market ; segregation
Social sciences
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0143831X13492832
English
Bibliogr.
"Women constitute a clear minority in the field of information and communications technology (ICT) in higher education as well as in the job market. At the same time, this field is expected to have a shortage of qualified people in the future. Do women and men engineering graduates have the same career opportunities? This article problematizes the relationship between higher education in engineering and opportunities on the job market. The results show that men reach higher positions to a greater extent than women, and that women remain in low-qualification jobs to a greater extent than men. "
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