GENDER DIFFERENCES IN FACULTY PUBLICATIONSIN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

摘要

The unmet demand for Information Technology faculty has created unprecedented opportunities at academicrninstitutions for qualified individuals. In an academic setting, opportunity is often defined by hiring, promotion,rnand tenure decisions that are in turn strongly influenced by an individual’s publication record. The objectivernof this study was to determine if significant gender differences exist in publication among IT faculty. Specificrnvariables to be examined include gender related differences in the rate of publication as well as the quality &rnranking of journal in which an article is published.