ICT inclusion and gender: Tensions in narratives of network engineer training

Information Society

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-37

  Gillard, Hazel ^a   Mitev, Nathalie ^a   Scott, Susan ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community of practice; Digital divide; Gender; ICT skills training; Marginalization; Network engineer; Social exclusion; Work life balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845757213     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240601057254     Document Type: Article

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