Taking a feminist approach to information systems research and using the "thinking tools" provided by the sociologist Pierre Bourdieu

Information Technology and People

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 26-35

  Richardson, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Call centres; Communication technologies; Feminism; Gender; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349280245     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09593840910937472     Document Type: Article

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