The culture of women in tech : an unsuitable job for a woman

This book offers a critical analysis of the contemporary and global tech culture and exposes the gender bias of masculine tech ideology and stereotypes. Is the place of 'women in tech' immovable from masculine leadership practices? And what are the cultural, social, personal and economic c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Hardey, Mariann (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019.
SeriesEmerald points.
Subjects
Women in technology.
High technology industries > Employees.
Discrimination in employment.
Women > Employment.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781789734256
9781789734232
DOI10.1108/9781789734232
Physical Description1 online resource (xix, 206 pages).

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Tech work after technofem
  • Chapter 2. The problem with the label 'Women in tech' (WiT)
  • Chapter 3. Taking up space as a woman in tech
  • Chapter 4. Finding work and working through masculine tech toxicity
  • Chapter 5. The place of women's activism in tech clusters in the era of #everydaysexism and #MeToo
  • Conclusion. A suitable job for a woman.

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