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Author : Trauth, Eileen M.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 1451 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2006-06-30
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781591408161
"This two volume set includes 213 entries with over 4,700 references to additional works on gender and information technology"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Eileen M. Trauth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Science
ISBN : 1668431610
"This two volume set includes 213 entries with over 4,700 references to additional works on gender and information technology"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Eileen Moore Trauth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1330 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Science
ISBN : 1668431629
"This two volume set includes 213 entries with over 4,700 references to additional works on gender and information technology"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Eileen Moore Trauth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 613 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Computer science literature
ISBN : OCLC:255174803
Author : Ronald J. Burke,Mary C. Mattis
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781847206879
Scientific and technological advances and innovations are critical to the economic performance of developed countries and the standard of living of the citizens. This book discusses the nature and size of the problem and shows why increasing the number of women and minorities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics industries is vital.
Author : Mehdi Khosrow-Pour,Mehdi Khosrowpour
Publisher : IGI Global Snippet
Page : 4292 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1605660264
"This set of books represents a detailed compendium of authoritative, research-based entries that define the contemporary state of knowledge on technology"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Eileen M. Trauth
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 844 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Computers
ISBN : UOM:39015064683678
Provides a comprehensive perspective on the way gender and information technology impact each other. This two-volume encyclopedia contains several key terms and their definitions in order to supply readers with the an understanding of the subject.
Author : Booth, Shirley,Goodman, Sara,Kirkup, Gill
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05-31
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781615208142
"This book deals with diffe four features of the burgeoning knowledge society: gender, equity, learning, and information technology with the focus on gender - not in the taken-for-granted biological sense of sex but in the socially constituted sense of it"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Kirk, Mary
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2008-09-30
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781599047881
"This book explores the decline in female involvement in technology and other discrimination related to the industry"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Marja Vehviläinen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Expertise
ISBN : IND:30000102905688
Abstract: "This book explores the interwoven construction of gender, expertise, and information technology by starting from three positions of information systems development in Finland -- male computing pioneers' autobiographical accounts, women developers' oral histories, and an office workers' study circle with related interviews -- and, fourthly, from the codes of ethics of international computing professionals' associations ACM and IFIP. By applying Dorothy Smith's theory of conceptual practices of power, information technology is understood as textuality in which texts, e.g. programs, professional journals and electronic messages, are produced and interpreted through people's particular practices and by using particular knowledges of information technology. Both practices and knowledges -- the expertise of information technology -- are organized within materially-based social relations. Gender intertwines with information technology through social practices. Gender is studied on the level of social -- often textually mediated -- relations, in terms of gendering hierarchies and divisions of labour, but also -- inspired by Donna Haraway -- at the level of subjectivity, in terms of definitions of information technology made by subjects. The second major aim of this work is to participate in the development of methodologies on gender and technology research. The study pays attention to persistently male tendencies of information technology but it looks for spaces available for women as well. The computing professions inherited strict gender hierarchies from the punched card systems of the 1950s, and those were strengthened by fraternities of former army acquaintences, in everyday practices of systems development, in public worlds of professional journals and associations, as well as within images of identity. In this setting, the view of male experts and managers gained a status of objective truth. In the 1970s and 1980s, the ideas of flexible management and work design made space for participatory approaches towards systems design. At the same time, large numbers of women entered information technology professions in Finland. Yet, that view of objective truth has not been thoroughly challenged, and there has been little room for textualities developed from women's or any other particular groups' standpoints within information technology expertise. People such as office workers can develop technologies based on their everyday life situations, and this is a real opportunity for challenging both the gendering and the expertise of technology. However, the work done in particular settings does not translate to publicly available textuality."
Author : Eileen Green
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1993-07-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0748400923
This collection brings together two areas of research and debate: firstly the sociology of gender relations in the workplace, and secondly the expanding body of interdisciplinary research into the design of computer systems. The book articulates distinctive gender perspectives in relation to IT.
Author : Henrike Paetz
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783656953418
Master's Thesis from the year 2011 in the subject Gender Studies, grade: Excellent (A) (Sehr gut), Vienna University of Technology (Institut für Managementwissenschaften), course: Master of Business Administration - Entrepreneurship & Innovation, language: English, abstract: In the era of user-centered design several scholars have started to take a closer look at gender as one of the decisive factors for successful innovation. While technology, and specifically information technology (IT), has become the backbone of almost all industries and a key driver for innovation, women are still largely absent from these fields. They are heavily underrepresented as technology designers and neglected as autonomous users with individual needs. This thesis sets out to demonstrate the importance of gender for technology design; it analyzes the reasons for the lack of women in technology using a feminist perspective, and proposes a number of possible approaches how gender awareness could be increased in IT with a special focus on the organizational aspects of business software design. The findings are based on an in-depth literature review and are validated by means of several case studies of female IT professionals in the global software industry. The demographic situation in the 21st century as well as the respective literature and research provide clear evidence of the social and economic benefits of increasing the ‘female factor’ in technology design. Women are a key – and heavily underused - driver for innovation, organizational performance and financial success in most companies. Yet, when analyzing the gendered nature of technology it became clear that its inherent masculinity has to a large extent been responsible for the absence and marginalization of women from IT until today. Current approaches to overcome the ‘women-technology-dilemma’ are often either seeking to help women adapt to the male norm or are over-emphasizing feminine connotated values for technology design. The findings in this thesis underline the social constructivist perspective that neither technology nor gender can be taken as fixed and given but are cultural processes subject to negotiations, contestations and transformation. As a consequence, one of the most important prerequisites for the software industry to make sure the results of their application design fit with the needs of a variety of stakeholders, including female users, is the establishment of a gender aware organizational mindset and a respective design framework using gender as a ‘lens’ and apply it every time new applications are being planned and implemented.
Author : Eli Cohen
Publisher : Informing Science
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781932886283
Author : Eileen M. Trauth,Jeria L. Quesenberry
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2023-02-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781800377929
Written in an accessible style with comprehensive coverage, the Handbook of Gender and Technology provides an excellent foundation examining gender equity in technology fields. Covering the state of the art, chapters consider three key influences – environmental, identity and individual – to highlight interventions to address the gender gap in technology.
Author : Rooksby, Emma,Weckert, John
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2006-10-31
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781591409700
The term digital divide is still used regularly to characterize the injustice associated with inequalities in access to information and communication technologies (ICTs). As the debate continues and becomes more sophisticated, more and more aspects of the distribution of ICTs are singled out as relevant to characterizations of the digital divide and of its moral status. The best way to articulate the digital divide is to relate it to other aspects of social and distributive justice, using a mixture of pre-existing theories within moral and political philosophy. These theories are complemented with contributions from sociology, communication studies, information systems, and a range of other disciplines. Information Technology and Social Justice presents conceptual frameworks for understanding and tackling digital divides. It includes information on access and skills, access and motivation, and other various levels of access. It also presents a detailed analysis of the benefits and value of access to ICTs.