Being an 'it' in IT: Gendered identities in IT work

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 368-378

  Adam, Alison ^a   Griffiths, Marie ^a   Keogh, Claire ^a   Moore, Karenza ^a   Richardson, Helen ^a   Tattersall, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender and technology; Gender identity; Women in IT

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749317479     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000631     Document Type: Article

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