Title

Relations Among Ethnicity, Gender, Beliefs, Attitudes, And Intention To Pursue A Career In Information Technology

Abstract

Using data from 159 African Americans and 98 Anglo Americans, we examined relations among ethnicity, gender, information technology (IT) self-efficacy, occupational stereotypes, attitudes toward IT, and IT career intentions. Results revealed that IT self-efficacy and occupational stereotypes were related to attitudes toward IT jobs, and these attitudes were positively related to career intentions. In addition, there were ethnic and gender differences in IT self-efficacy and occupational stereotypes. In particular, African American men reported higher levels of IT self-efficacy, whereas Anglo American women reported lower levels of IT self-efficacy than did members of all other groups. Furthermore, Anglo Americans had more negative stereotypes of IT professionals than did African Americans. Implications for research and practice are discussed. © 2008 Blackwell Publishing, Inc.

Publication Date

4-1-2008

Publication Title

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volume

38

Issue

4

Number of Pages

999-1022

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2008.00336.x

Socpus ID

40949131494 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/40949131494

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