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Ohayia, Chiji A.

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The underrepresentation of African Americans in the information technology professions: An examination of contributing factors.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The underrepresentation of African Americans in the information technology professions: An examination of contributing factors./
Author:	Ohayia, Chiji A.
Description:	152 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 66-08, Section: A, page: 3002.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International66-08A.
Subject:	Business Administration, Management. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3187645
ISBN:	9780542294884

The underrepresentation of African Americans in the information technology professions: An examination of contributing factors.
Ohayia, Chiji A.

The underrepresentation of African Americans in the information technology professions: An examination of contributing factors. - 152 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 66-08, Section: A, page: 3002.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Capella University, 2005.

The underrepresentation of African Americans in the vibrant and well-paying information technology profession has persisted for many years. The purpose of this research is to extend knowledge on the reasons for the underrepresentation of African Americans in the information technology industry by examining the impact of perceived barriers and career decision-making and self-efficacy factors on the representation of African Americans in the information technology field. Participants consisted of 179 African American IT (88) and Non-IT (91) professionals drawn from two predominately African American professional organizations. The career factor checklist (CFC) and career decision-making self-efficacy-short form (CDMSE-SF) instruments were used in this mixed methodology study. The findings revealed the following: African Americans are underrepresented in virtually every industry and none of the participants thought African Americans were overrepresented in IT, results of the CDMSE-SF did not produce any significant differences between the two groups on the various measures of self-efficacy related to work and career, similarly, of the six CFC scales, only "individual factors" scale produced slightly stronger impact on the IT professionals career decision-making. Finally, the study discovered that both the IT and Non-IT coincided that perceived barriers such as limited exposure to technology, lack of retention of existing IT professionals, and lack of understanding of career opportunities were contributing factors to African American representation in the IT profession. The research findings leads to the following conclusions and recommendations: The underrepresentation of African Americans in the workplace is not isolated to the IT profession, however, early introduction/education, the role of internship programs, role models/mentors, teachers, and existing employees provide effective means of closing the technology gap and open doors to a well regarded industry with better than average paying careers.

ISBN: 9780542294884Subjects--Topical Terms:

626628
Business Administration, Management.

The underrepresentation of African Americans in the information technology professions: An examination of contributing factors.
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