The implications of a critical agenda in gender and IS research

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 185-202

  Howcroft, Debra ^a   Trauth, Eileen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical research; Gender and IT; Women and technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 40249094794     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: 13652575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2575.2008.00294.x     Document Type: Article

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