Women's perceptions of technological change in the information society

Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 476-487

  Simon, Anoush ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Communication technologies; Gender; Information society; Libraries; Perception

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DATA REDUCTION; INFORMATION THEORY; LIBRARIES; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

ATTITUDES; COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; GENDER; INFORMATION SOCIETY;

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 33751072350     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00012530610713560     Document Type: Article

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