Calling on CSI forum women -- we're looking for women in IT who would consider being interviewed as part of a Massey University research project.
So any women in IT reading this, please put your hands up (see contact details below). If forum members know of any women working in IT who might be interested, please forward this to them. It should produce some interesting and useful data. The researchers, Barbara Crump, Keri Logan and Andrea McIlroy work in the College of Business, Massey University, Wellington Campus . They have been awarded some funding from the New Horizons for Women Trust to research women in the IT industry. International studies have identified gendered patterns in computing work and differences in styles of working between men and women in the IT industry. The Massey researchers aim to investigate the New Zealand situation by interviewing women working in the industry. The objectives are to: * identify the nature and extent of the masculine-gendered culture in the computing workplace and whether it is perceived as discouraging or blocking womenintheir IT careers * identify the existence (and impact of) employment practices affecting women in IT such as training opportunities, promotion and rewards, mentoring, family-friendly measures, eg, child care provision, etc. * ascertain the division of labour within particular spheres of work to which men and women are allocated in the IT workforce * compare results of regional differences (if any) * identify attitudinal differences between men and women regarding IT work They're looking for women working in IT who could spare 30 to 60 minutes to talk about their IT employment experience. Send details of age, position held, qualifications and length of time in the IT industry . They'll be coming to Christchurch to interview study participants. Interviews will be confidential and no individual will be identifiable in the publication of the results. Contact: Dr Barbara Crump Senior Lecturer, Department of Information Systems College of Business, Massey University at Wellington [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cheers, Vicki Hyde ========================================== Canterbury Software Inc. -- success through connections networking, events, workshops, forums for the IT industry http://canterburysoftware.org.nz ========================================== --> via Canterbury Software email forum: Success through Connections Email your messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Searchable list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Leave or rejoin the list: http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/forum.htm
