Communications of the ACM
Information technology and the gender factor
SIGCPR '95 Proceedings of the 1995 ACM SIGCPR conference on Supporting teams, groups, and learning inside and outside the IS function reinventing IS
MIS Quarterly - Special issue on IS curricula and pedagogy
Characterizations of computing careers: students and professionals disagree
Computers & Education
A structured review of reasons for the underrepresentation of women in computing
Proceedings of the 2nd Australasian conference on Computer science education
Departmental differences can point the way to improving female retention in computer science
SIGCSE '99 The proceedings of the thirtieth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Gender stereotyping in a computer science course
SIGCSE '99 The proceedings of the thirtieth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Psychological differences in university computer student populations
SIGCSE '85 Proceedings of the sixteenth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
A worldwide, web-based study of the attitudes of college freshmen toward computing
Proceedings of the 5th annual SIGCSE/SIGCUE ITiCSEconference on Innovation and technology in computer science education
SIGCPR '01 Proceedings of the 2001 ACM SIGCPR conference on Computer personnel research
Communications of the ACM
The Culture of an Information Economy: Influences and Impacts in the Republic of Ireland
The Culture of an Information Economy: Influences and Impacts in the Republic of Ireland
A gendered view of computer professionals: preliminary results of a survey
ACM SIGCSE Bulletin - Women and Computing
An ACM-W literature review on women in computing
ACM SIGCSE Bulletin - Women and Computing
Women in computing: what brings them to it, what keeps them in it?
ACM SIGCSE Bulletin - Women and Computing
Unlocking the clubhouse: women in computing
SIGCSE '03 Proceedings of the 34th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
Proceedings of the special interest group on management information system's 47th annual conference on Computer personnel research
Understanding underrepresentation in IT through intersectionality
Proceedings of the 2012 iConference
Embracing intersectionality in gender and IT career choice research
Proceedings of the 50th annual conference on Computers and People Research
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In spite of a more "feminine" nature of the information systems (IS) discipline due to its greater perceived social component, stereotypes and educational prejudices that are prevalent in the computer science discipline are assumed to exist in the information systems field. The objective of this study is to test the validity of this assumption by uncovering the perceptions of college students toward IS professionals and the IS profession. Our study reveals that stereotypes found to be associated with computer science also seem to permeate the IS field. However, after students are exposed to IS careers, they appear to grasp the unique nature of IS. In other words, while describing an IS professional and the IS profession, men and women were cognizant that the IS profession is a blend of technical, systems, social, and managerial components. This study also sheds some light on the question - Is the IS profession perceived to be gendered? Based on the study's results, we conclude that the students' perceptions of IS careers are to some extent gendered with a greater emphasis on masculine than feminine or gender neutral traits and abilities.