Motivational and Influential Factors for Choice of CS Major: A Gender Aware Study

Author

Habib, Hina ; Ateeq, Muhammad ; Umer, Adnan ; Rehman, Muzammil Ul

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & IT, Islamia Univ. of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

fYear

2014

fDate

11-13 April 2014

Firstpage

84

Lastpage

91

Abstract

Female under representation in CS is widely quoted around the world. Similar to some other Asian countries, in Pakistan female representation in CS degrees is relatively healthy but comparatively low in job market. We conducted a survey to identify the motivational and influential factors for students to join CS major with a focus on gender in order to understand the dynamics of gender representation in academia and job market. Our findings suggest that it is not the technical or stereotypical aspect that hinder growth of females in CS related job market, rather it is mainly driven by social factors.

Keywords

computer science education; gender issues; social aspects of automation; Asian country; CS degree; CS major; CS related job market; Pakistan female representation; female under representation; gender aware study; gender representation; influential factor; motivational factor; social factor; Computers; Educational institutions; Engineering profession; Programming profession; CS Education; Females in CS Education; Influential Factors; Software Industry;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Teaching and Learning in Computing and Engineering (LaTiCE), 2014 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kuching

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LaTiCE.2014.24

Filename

6821834