Reconstructions of Gender and Information Technology: Women Doing IT for Themselves - Couverture rigide

Corneliussen, Hilde G.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9819951860 ISBN 13 : 9789819951864

Editeur : Springer Verlag, Singapore, 2023

Synopsis

This open access book explores what makes women decide to pursue a career in male-dominated fields such as information technology (IT). It reveals how women experience gendered stereotypes but also how they bypass, negotiate, and challenge such stereotypes, reconstructing gender-technology relations in the process. Using the example of Norway to illuminate this challenge in Western countries, the book includes a discussion of the "gender equality paradox", where gender equality exists in parallel with gender segregation in fields such as IT. The discussion illustrates how the norm of gender equality in some cases hinders rather than promotes efforts to increase women's participation in technology-related roles.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

​Hilde G. Corneliussen is Research Professor of Technology and Society at Western Norway Research Institute. Her research and scientific publications are mainly on how to make technology more inclusive for groups at risk of being excluded from the digital transformation, including Gender-Technology Relations: Exploring Stability and Change.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer Verlag, Singapore
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9819951860
• ISBN 13: 9789819951864
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 148
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