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Sociocultural Barriers For Female Participation In Stem: A Case Of Saudi Women In Cybersecurity, Alanoud Aljuaid, Xiang Michelle Liu Jul 2023

Sociocultural Barriers For Female Participation In Stem: A Case Of Saudi Women In Cybersecurity, Alanoud Aljuaid, Xiang Michelle Liu

Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice

The participation of women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) workforces is overwhelmingly low as compared to their male counterparts. The low uptake of cybersecurity careers has been documented in the previous studies conducted in the contexts of the West and Eastern worlds. However, most of the past studies mainly covered the Western world leaving more knowledge gaps in the context of Middle Eastern countries such as Saudi Arabia. Thus, to fill the existing knowledge gaps, the current study focused on women in Saudi Arabia. The aim of the study was to investigate the factors behind the underrepresentation of …


Information Revolution: Impact Of Technology On Global Workforce, Kamlesh T. Mehta, Vivek Shah Jan 1997

Information Revolution: Impact Of Technology On Global Workforce, Kamlesh T. Mehta, Vivek Shah

Journal of International Information Management

This paper explores the promises and perils of the Information Revolution and addresses the complex issues such as global labor force, impact of technology on both industrialized and third-world countries. The paper discusses the beneficiaries and losers of the information revolution and an outlook for global employment in the 21st century.