Gendered futures? Women, the ICT workplace and stories of the future

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 523-542

  Moore, Karenza ^a   Griffiths, Marie ^a   Richardson, Helen ^a   Adam, Alison ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourses; Gender; Information communication technologies; Stories; The future

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; GENDER ISSUE; GENDER RELATIONS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS; WORKPLACE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 49049101779     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2008.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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