Muchiri Michael Njoki

Work place: Department of Information Technology, Kibabii University; Department of Information Technology, Dedan Kimathi University of Science and Technology, Kenya

E-mail: mnmuchiri@yahoo.com

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Research Interests: Information Systems, Multimedia Information System, Social Information Systems

Biography

Muchiri M. Njoki was born at Kiambu in Kenya on 13th February 1977. He is a PhD in Information Technology (student) at Kibabii University in Bungoma County (Kenya). He is an MSc (Computer Based Information Systems) from University of Sunderland (UK) and a BEd (Science) from Kenyatta University, Nairobi (Kenya). He is an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Information Technology at Dedan Kimathi University of Technology (DeKUT), Nyeri (Kenya). He has also held the following positions Acting Director E-Learning Center DeKUT, Mathematics and Physics teacher. Mr. Muchiri’s research interests include, digital inclusion, ICT for Development, and Education and ICT. Mr. Muchiri is a member of the Internet Society Kenyan Chapter.

Author Articles
ICT Definition Implication on ICT Career Choice and Exclusion among Women

By Muchiri Michael Njoki Franklin Wabwoba Elyjoy Muthoni Micheni

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijitcs.2016.05.07, Pub. Date: 8 May 2016

ICT is driving all areas of the economy and is likely to dictate the future for all genders. The narrow definition of ICT has greatly impacted on the female gender choosing ICT as a career of choice. There are few women in the ICT careers. The study sought to determine the nature of ICT career gender exclusion, status and trend of ICT job opportunities, source of ICT gender career exclusion and the contribution of the narrow definition to the exclusion. A mixed method of survey and desktop method was employed in this study. A structured questionnaire was used in this study in order to identify the factors that influence ICT career choice amongst Kenyan lady students. A purposive sample of Information Technology and Computer Science undergraduate university students (77 females, 56 males; age range 17 to 35 years) and 10 postgraduate students in Information Technology from two public universities participated in the study. The paper discusses the emerging unfilled ICT jobs. The study established that the narrow definition negatively influences ICT as a career of Choice among girls. Broadening ICT definition to include ICT related careers that have more social rather than technical aspect accordingly is likely to influence more women to join the field.

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