Computers in the home: Domestication and gender

Information Technology & People

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 159-174

  Habib, Laurence ^a   Cornford, Tony ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN COMPUTING CENTER   (Norway)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computers; Family life; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986078216     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09593840210430589     Document Type: Article

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