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Selected determinants of digital transformation and their influence on the number of women in the ICT sector

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  • Hana Krchová

    (Pan-European University, Slovakia)

  • Katarína Švejnová Höesová

    (Bratislava University of Economics and Management, Slovakia)

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Digital transformation offers a great opportunity for the growth of economies and societies across countries around the world. This digital transformation is leading to very rapid growth in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector. ICT currently faces two main challenges. The first problem is the lack of ICT professionals and the second significant problem is the under-representation of women among them. Our article deals with the issue of the influence of selected factors on the increase of women employed in ICT. In our survey, we focused on the influence of the following factors: The amount of GDP resulting from the ICT sector, the average annual wage, the gender gap, the number of employed women, and the number of women who work in ICT and are educated in ICT. We tested these variables on data from the V4 countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia) for the period 2008-2018. Our aim was to find out whether the mentioned Factors are statistically significant and what is their influence on the number of employed women in the ICT sector so that it is possible to positively influence their amount as much as possible.

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  • Hana Krchová & Katarína Švejnová Höesová, 2021. "Selected determinants of digital transformation and their influence on the number of women in the ICT sector," Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues, VsI Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, vol. 8(4), pages 524-535, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:ssi:jouesi:v:8:y:2021:i:4:p:524-535
    DOI: 10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(31)
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    Keywords

    digital transformation; employment of women; gender gap; ICT sector;
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    JEL classification:

    • D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
    • O22 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Project Analysis
    • M15 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - IT Management
    • H43 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Project Evaluation; Social Discount Rate

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