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Gender inequality and the potential for change in technology fields / [electronic book] / Sonja Bernhardt, Patrice Braun and Jane Thomason.

By: Bernhardt, Sonja, 1959- [author].
Contributor(s): Braun, Patrice, 1950- [author] | Thomason, Jane, 1958- [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Advances in human and social aspects of technology book series: Publisher: Hershey PA : IGI Global, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: online resource (xviii, 366 pages) : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781522579755 (hardback); 9781522579762 (e-Book).Subject(s): Women in technology | Women in computer science | Sex discrimination in employment | Information technology -- Social aspects | I WISH Foundation Women's STEM ProjectDDC classification: 331.481004 Online resources: Access eBook
Contents:
Women in technology : historical background -- Women in emerging technology : storytelling profiles -- A new approach -- Popular theories -- Cultural and social contexts and influencing factors -- Structural context and influencing factors -- Individual context -- #SocialIT -- Differences : industries and ethnicity -- Conclusions and recommendations.
List(s) this item appears in: I WISH Foundation Women's STEM Project Collection | Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Collection/EDI Collection

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Over the last few decades, the refrain for many activists in technology fields around the globe has been "attraction, promotion, and retention." Yet the secret to accomplishing this task has not been found. Despite the wide variety of theories proposed in efforts to frame and understand the issues, to date none have been accepted as a universally accurate framework, nor been applicable across varying cultures and ethnicities.

Gender Inequality and the Potential for Change in Technology Fields provides innovative insights into diversity creation through potential solutions, including the attraction of more women to study technology and to enter technology careers, the navigation of suitable promotional pathways, and the retention of women in these industries. This publication examines women in IT professions, artificial intelligence, and social media. It is designed for gender theorists, government officials, policymakers, educators, individual activists and advocates, recruiters, content developers, managers, women and men in technology fields, academicians, researchers, and students.

Includes bibliographic references.

Women in technology : historical background -- Women in emerging technology : storytelling profiles -- A new approach -- Popular theories -- Cultural and social contexts and influencing factors -- Structural context and influencing factors -- Individual context -- #SocialIT -- Differences : industries and ethnicity -- Conclusions and recommendations.

Electronic reproduction.: ProQuest LibCentral. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Collection

EDI Collection

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • 1 Women in Technology: History (p. 1)
  • 2 Emerging Technologies: New Generation (p. 21)
  • 3 Transitioning to the Future (p. 43)
  • 4 Popular Theories (p. 95)
  • 5 Cultural and Social Context (p. 130)
  • 6 Structural Context (p. 176)
  • 7 Individual Context (p. 229)
  • 8 #SocialIT (p. 258)
  • 9 Differences (p. 290)
  • 10 Conclusions and Recommendations (p. 328)