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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-NielsonIntervention 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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Australasian Conference on Information Systems (24th : 2013 : Melbourne, Vic.)Pagination
1 - 10Publisher
RMIT UniversityLocation
Melbourne, Vic.Place of publication
Melbourne, Vic.Start date
2013-12-04End date
2013-12-06Language
engPublication classification
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2013, RMITTitle of proceedings
Proceedings of the 24th Australasian Conference on Information SystemsUsage metrics
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