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ICT Interventions for Schoolgirls Do Matter! Understanding the Factors Influencing ICT Career Intentions through Partial Least Squares Analysis.

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posted on 2013-01-01, 00:00 authored by E Gorbacheva, Jenine Beekhuyzen, Annemieke Craig, J Coldwell-Nielson
Intervention programs aimed at promoting study and work opportunities in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) field to schoolgirls (Interventions) have been encouraged to combat a decline in the interest among girls to study ICT at school. The goal of our study is to investigate the influence of Interventions on schoolgirls’ intentions to choose a career in the ICT field by analysing the  comprehensive survey data (n = 3577), collected during four interventions in Australia, using the Partial Least Squares method. Our study is also aimed at identifying other factors influencing ICT career intentions. We found that the attitude towards interventions has an indirect influence on ICT career intentions by affecting interest in ICT. Our results also challenge several existing theoretical studies by showing that factors that had previously been suggested as influencers were found to have little or no impact in this study, these being same-sex education and computer usage.

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Event

Australasian Conference on Information Systems (24th : 2013 : Melbourne, Vic.)

Pagination

1 - 10

Publisher

RMIT University

Location

Melbourne, Vic.

Place of publication

Melbourne, Vic.

Start date

2013-12-04

End date

2013-12-06

Language

eng

Publication classification

E1 Full written paper - refereed

Copyright notice

2013, RMIT

Title of proceedings

Proceedings of the 24th Australasian Conference on Information Systems

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