Let the Sisters Speak: Understanding Information Technology from the Standpoint of the ‘Other’

Data Base for Advances in Information Systems

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 13-25

  Kvasny, Lynette ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical Research; Digital Divide; Ethnicity; Gender; IT Workforce; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857660078     PISSN: 00950033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1185335.1185342     Document Type: Article

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