| Description |
1 online resource (291 pages) |
| Contents |
1. A digital (r)evolution to the information age / Th. P. van der Weide -- 2. ICT and women empowerment in a rural setting in India / Nirupama Prakash -- 3. Globalization, information and communication technologies, and women's lives / Gillian Youngs -- 4. Gender, culture, and ICT use / B. Ratna Kumari -- 5. Gendering professionalism in the internationalization of information work / Esther Ruiz Ben -- 6. Women, big ideas, and social networking technologies: hidden assumptions / Zhang Wei and Cheris Kramarae -- 7. From drift to draft: international institutional responses to the global digital divide / Roxana Georgiana Radu -- 8. Exclusiveness vs. inclusiveness in software development: the triple-loop-learning approach / Edeltraud Hanappi-Egger -- 9. The gender divide: attitudinal issues inhibiting access / Vinitha Johnson -- 10. Gender symbolism and technology uptake: a literature review / Ruth Nsibirano, Consolata Kabonesa and Aramanzan Madanda -- 11. Gender aspects in the use of ICT in information centres / Shahida Mutaza and Lalitha K. Sami -- 12. User perceptions of information quality in e-learning systems: a gender and cultural perspective / Mona Alkhattabi, Daniel Neagu and Andrea Cullen -- 13. Challenges faced by women: BPO sector / P. Jyothi -- 14. Indian women working in call centers: sites of resistance? / Doreen J. Mattingly |
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15. Re-examining the career anchor model: an investigation of career values and motivations among women in the information technology profession / Jeria L. Quesenberry -- 16. Gender and employability patterns amongst UK ICT graduates: investigating the leaky pipeline / Ruth Woodfield -- 17. Virtual tourism as a new form of oppression against women / M N. Rajesh -- 18. Filipino cyborg sexualities, chatroom masculinities, self-ascribed identities, ephemeral selves / Alvin S. Concha -- 19. End-users' acceptance of biometrics authentication to secure e-commerce within the context of Saudi culture: applying the UTAUT model / Fahad AL Harby, Rami Qahwaji and Mumtaz Kamala -- 20. The case of the U.S. mother / cyberspy / undercover Iraqi militant: or, how global women have been incorporated in the technological War on Terror / Winifred R. Poster -- 21. Western work worlds and altering approaches to marriage: an empirical study of women employees of call centers in India / Shelly Tara and P. Vigneswara Ilavarasan -- 22. Gender gaps and information and communication technology: a case study of India / Rekha Pande |
| Summary |
"This book discusses theoretical aspects of gender issues in ICT and presents a number of case studies from various countries, covering topics such as social networking, ICT use among women, the digital divide, and theoretical approaches to gender gaps and ICT"--Provided by publisher |
| Analysis |
Access and use of ICTs |
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Career values and motivation |
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Gender and employability |
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Gender gap and ICT |
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Gender symbolism |
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Gender, culture, and ICT |
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Gendering professionalism |
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Social networking technologies |
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Gender divide |
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Virtual tourism |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
SELzacdaai NL-MaUL |
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Title screen (IGI Global, viewed Jan. 23, 2012) |
| Subject |
Information technology -- Social aspects
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Digital divide.
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Internet users -- Sex differences
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Technology and women.
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Digital divide
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Information technology -- Social aspects
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Technology and women
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Pande, Rekha, 1955-
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Weide, Th. van der
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IGI Global.
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| ISBN |
9781466600218 |
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1466600217 |
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