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Patel, R., & Parmentier, M. J. C. (2005). The persistence of traditional gender roles in the information technology sector: A study of female engineers in India. Information Technologies & International Development, 2(3), pp-29.
Patel, Reena, and Mary Jane C. Parmentier. "The persistence of traditional gender roles in the information technology sector: A study of female engineers in India." Information Technologies & International Development 2.3 (2005): pp-29.
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The persistence of traditional gender roles in the information technology sector: A study of female engineers in India.

Computer and Information Science and Engineering Minority-Serving Institutions Research Expansion Program AND Program Evaluation

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As women in India enter the rapidly expanding Information Technology (IT) workforce, it could be predicted that their active participation in this sector will change their socio-economic status within the employing organization and the communities in which they reside. It is often expected that women's participation in the professional realm will contribute to a breakdown of traditional gender roles. And indeed, the data illustrate that women are working in the IT sector in India in increasing numbers. However, data collected in 1992 and …

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