Women and Technology

ISBN-13: 9783110143072 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 306 str.

Opis

Das Buch ist ein auf umfassender methodisch vielseitiger Analyse beruhender Sammelband zum Verhältnis Frau und Technologie, Karriere von Frauen in technischen Berufen sowie Frauen und moderne Technologien in der Büroarbeit.

Spis treści

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Some Thoughts about Editing Studies in Technological Innovation and Human Resources (TIHR) -- An Overview or Setting the Stage -- Information for Potential Contributors -- Section 1: Technology-mediated Work -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Women, Men and Information Technology: A Genderbased Comparison of the Impacts of Computing Experienced by White Collar Workers -- Chapter 2: Networking in the Workplace: The Role of Gender in Electronic Communications -- Chapter 3: Women in Science Occupations: Some Impacts of Technological Change -- Section 2: Careers and Work Roles -- Introduction -- Chapter 4: Trying to Combat Professional Obsolescence: The Experience of Women in Technical Careers -- Chapter 5: Home-based Telework and the Politics of Private Woman and Public Man: A Critical Appraisal -- Section 3: Stereotyping and Division of Labor -- Introduction -- Chapter 6: Clerical Work and Information Technology: Implications of Managerial Assumptions -- Conclusion -- A Brief Summary of Volume 4 -- Where Do We Go From Here? Directions for Future Research and Managers -- Author Index -- Subject Index -- Backmatter