Old dreams, new means: An exploration of visions and situated knowledge in information technology

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 371-387

  Jansson, Maria ^a   Mörtberg, Christina ^b   Berg, Elisabeth ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Care assistants; Cyborg; Gender; New old technologies; Socio technical relations

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; FEMINISM; GENDER RELATIONS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; POWER RELATIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

EID: 34250310043     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2007.00349.x     Document Type: Article

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