Author: Juliet Webster
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317893484
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
A new book offering a broad overview of the debates about technologies and gender relations at work in a range of occupational areas. Innovative in its approach it deals with gender relations in terms of the ways in which they influence the design and development of technologies, and how gender relations are themselves shaped by technologies. The book will draw heavily on the theoretical perspective looking at the ways in which sexual divisions of labour and gender relations in the workplace profoundly affect the direction and pace of technological change, and tracks the development of certain technologies showing how, through their evolution, they embody these social relations.
Shaping Women's Work
Author: Juliet Webster
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317893484
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
A new book offering a broad overview of the debates about technologies and gender relations at work in a range of occupational areas. Innovative in its approach it deals with gender relations in terms of the ways in which they influence the design and development of technologies, and how gender relations are themselves shaped by technologies. The book will draw heavily on the theoretical perspective looking at the ways in which sexual divisions of labour and gender relations in the workplace profoundly affect the direction and pace of technological change, and tracks the development of certain technologies showing how, through their evolution, they embody these social relations.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317893484
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
A new book offering a broad overview of the debates about technologies and gender relations at work in a range of occupational areas. Innovative in its approach it deals with gender relations in terms of the ways in which they influence the design and development of technologies, and how gender relations are themselves shaped by technologies. The book will draw heavily on the theoretical perspective looking at the ways in which sexual divisions of labour and gender relations in the workplace profoundly affect the direction and pace of technological change, and tracks the development of certain technologies showing how, through their evolution, they embody these social relations.
Computer Chips and Paper Clips
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309036887
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
Drawing on the historical changes in five areasâ€"the jobs of telephone operators, workers in the printing and publishing industries, information and data processors, retail clerks, and nursesâ€"this volume offers a comprehensive examination of how microelectronics and telecommunications have affected women's work and their working environments and looks ahead to what can be expected for women workers in the next decade. It also offers perspectives on how workers can more easily adapt to the changing workplace and addresses the controversial topic of job insecurity as a result of an influx of advanced electronic systems.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309036887
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
Drawing on the historical changes in five areasâ€"the jobs of telephone operators, workers in the printing and publishing industries, information and data processors, retail clerks, and nursesâ€"this volume offers a comprehensive examination of how microelectronics and telecommunications have affected women's work and their working environments and looks ahead to what can be expected for women workers in the next decade. It also offers perspectives on how workers can more easily adapt to the changing workplace and addresses the controversial topic of job insecurity as a result of an influx of advanced electronic systems.
Gender, Information Technology, and Health
Author: Jinky Leilanie Del Prado- Lu
Publisher: UP Press
ISBN: 9789715424820
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
This book explores the intricate relations of gender, health, and information technology in the context of factory work and a globalized economy. Providing rich theoretical explanations to gender, health, and information technology, it shows the impact of a globalized economy on the everyday lives of women workers in a selected manufacturing sector.
Publisher: UP Press
ISBN: 9789715424820
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
This book explores the intricate relations of gender, health, and information technology in the context of factory work and a globalized economy. Providing rich theoretical explanations to gender, health, and information technology, it shows the impact of a globalized economy on the everyday lives of women workers in a selected manufacturing sector.
New Information Technology and Women's Employment
Author: Christine Zmroczek
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Information technology
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Information technology
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Women Encounter Technology
Author: Swasti Mitter
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134799519
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
This collection explores the effects of new technologies on women's employment and on the nature of women's work. The volume is edited by two pre-eminent scholars in the field and contains thirteen articles from leading academics worldwide. The book provides a critique of postmodernism and ecofeminism and demands that new technology is used as a vehicle for gender equality in the developing world.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134799519
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
This collection explores the effects of new technologies on women's employment and on the nature of women's work. The volume is edited by two pre-eminent scholars in the field and contains thirteen articles from leading academics worldwide. The book provides a critique of postmodernism and ecofeminism and demands that new technology is used as a vehicle for gender equality in the developing world.
Shaping Women's Work
Author: Juliet Webster
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317893476
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
A new book offering a broad overview of the debates about technologies and gender relations at work in a range of occupational areas. Innovative in its approach it deals with gender relations in terms of the ways in which they influence the design and development of technologies, and how gender relations are themselves shaped by technologies. The book will draw heavily on the theoretical perspective looking at the ways in which sexual divisions of labour and gender relations in the workplace profoundly affect the direction and pace of technological change, and tracks the development of certain technologies showing how, through their evolution, they embody these social relations.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317893476
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
A new book offering a broad overview of the debates about technologies and gender relations at work in a range of occupational areas. Innovative in its approach it deals with gender relations in terms of the ways in which they influence the design and development of technologies, and how gender relations are themselves shaped by technologies. The book will draw heavily on the theoretical perspective looking at the ways in which sexual divisions of labour and gender relations in the workplace profoundly affect the direction and pace of technological change, and tracks the development of certain technologies showing how, through their evolution, they embody these social relations.
Technology and Woman's Work
Author: Elizabeth Faulkner Baker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology and civilization
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology and civilization
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Computer Chips and Paper Clips
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Women's Employment and Related Social Issues. Panel on Technology and Women's Employment
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Microelectronics
Languages : en
Pages : 714
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Microelectronics
Languages : en
Pages : 714
Book Description
Women and Technology
Author: Urs E. Gattiker
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 9783110143072
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Six theoretical and empirical studies describe the major aspects of technology-mediated work by women in various occupations, organizations, and countries. Each brings its own perspective, approach, and concerns, some comparing the groups they analyze with men and some with other groups of women. They cover technology-mediated work, careers and wor.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 9783110143072
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Six theoretical and empirical studies describe the major aspects of technology-mediated work by women in various occupations, organizations, and countries. Each brings its own perspective, approach, and concerns, some comparing the groups they analyze with men and some with other groups of women. They cover technology-mediated work, careers and wor.
Women and Information Technology
Author: Marilyn J. Davidson
Publisher: Chichester ; New York : Wiley
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
The aim of this book is to present a comprehensive overview of the impact of new information technology on women in terms of both employment as well as human and organizational issues - present and future.
Publisher: Chichester ; New York : Wiley
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
The aim of this book is to present a comprehensive overview of the impact of new information technology on women in terms of both employment as well as human and organizational issues - present and future.