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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Woodfield, Ruth. Women, work and computing. Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2000 (DLC) 00028367 (OCoLC)44915396 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Ruth Woodfield |
ISBN: | 0511011768 9780511011764 0511034385 9780511034381 0511151667 9780511151668 9780521771894 0521771897 9780511488948 0511488947 1107119472 9781107119475 0511049625 9780511049620 1280429518 9781280429514 |
OCLC Number: | 51028544 |
Language Note: | English. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 209 pages) |
Contents: | g1. The myth of the neutral computer -- 2. Computers, communication and change -- 3. Softech: a 'twenty-first-century organisation' -- 4. Male and female pathways through the unit -- 5. Hybrids and hierarchies -- 6. Understanding the relationship between gender and skill -- 7. The female future and new subjectivities -- Conclusion: is the future female? |
Responsibility: | Ruth Woodfield. |
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'Woodfield's discussion of her research and her detailed analysis of her interviews with Softech employees provides a fascinating window into an intense and highly selective work environment. This together with her discussion of the nature and validity of ethnographic work makes this book an excellent model for post-graduate research students designing similar studies of work environments.' Sociology Read more...


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