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From the editors
Welcome to the final issue of 2006 and to our final issue as Co-Editors. We recall being very happy that the outgoing editors in 2002 left us with sufficient papers to fill most of the issues of 2002. We too are pleased to be able to do the same for the ...
From the chair
I am pleased to announce the incoming editors of Data Base: Editor-in-Chief: Tom Stafford, University of Memphis, [email protected] and Global Co-Editor: Patrick Y.K. Chau, The University of Hong Kong, [email protected] join me in ...
Let the sisters speak: understanding information technology from the standpoint of the 'other'
In this paper, I examine how and why the situated knowledge and lived experiences of working-class African American women shape their standpoint on information technology (IT). Using the biblical metaphor of the exodus and narratives of ascent, these ...
Is the information systems profession gendered?: characterization of IS professionals and IS career
In spite of a more "feminine" nature of the information systems (IS) discipline due to its greater perceived social component, stereotypes and educational prejudices that are prevalent in the computer science discipline are assumed to exist in the ...
Gender, achievement, and persistence in an undergraduate computer science program
The proportion of computer science (CS) bachelor's degree recipients who are women has consistently been small and is declining. This study investigates factors that predict performance and persistence in an undergraduate CS program and explores why ...
Barriers facing women in the IT work force
The percentage of women working in Information Technology (IT) is falling as revealed by the 2003 Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) Blue Ribbon Panel on Information Technology (IT) Diversity report; the percentage of women in the IT ...
Hostile work environment.com: increasing participation of underrepresented groups, lessons learned from the dot-com era
Data is presented from three cases studies of three small IT-focused businesses that were created and failed within the context of the Dot-Com era (1996-2001). This era can be characterized as a time in which the IT industry was facing an acute shortage ...