Globalization, technology diffusion and gender disparity [electronic resource] : social impacts of ICTs / and Rekha Pande and Theo P. van der Weide, editors.
Publication details: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2012.Description: electronic texts (291 p.) : digital filesISBN:- 9781466600218 (ebook)
- Information technology -- Social aspects
- Digital divide
- Internet users -- Sex differences
- Technology and women
- Access and use of ICTs
- Career values and motivation
- Gender and employability
- Gender gap and ICT
- Gender symbolism
- Gender, culture, and ICT
- Gendering professionalism
- Social networking technologies
- Gender divide
- Virtual tourism
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Includes bibliographical references.
1. A digital (r)evolution to the information age / Th.P. van der Weide -- 2. ICT and women empowerment in a rural setting in India / Nirupama Prakash -- 3. Globalization, information and communication technologies, and women's lives / Gillian Youngs -- 4. Gender, culture, and ICT use / B. Ratna Kumari -- 5. Gendering professionalism in the internationalization of information work / Esther Ruiz Ben -- 6. Women, big ideas, and social networking technologies: hidden assumptions / Zhang Wei and Cheris Kramarae -- 7. From drift to draft: international institutional responses to the global digital divide / Roxana Georgiana Radu -- 8. Exclusiveness vs. inclusiveness in software development: the triple-loop-learning approach / Edeltraud Hanappi-Egger -- 9. The gender divide: attitudinal issues inhibiting access / Vinitha Johnson -- 10. Gender symbolism and technology uptake: a literature review / Ruth Nsibirano, Consolata Kabonesa and Aramanzan Madanda -- 11. Gender aspects in the use of ICT in information centres / Shahida Mutaza and Lalitha K. Sami -- 12. User perceptions of information quality in e-learning systems: a gender and cultural perspective / Mona Alkhattabi, Daniel Neagu and Andrea Cullen -- 13. Challenges faced by women: BPO sector / P. Jyothi -- 14. Indian women working in call centers: sites of resistance? / Doreen J. Mattingly --
15. Re-examining the career anchor model: an investigation of career values and motivations among women in the information technology profession / Jeria L. Quesenberry -- 16. Gender and employability patterns amongst UK ICT graduates: investigating the leaky pipeline / Ruth Woodfield -- 17. Virtual tourism as a new form of oppression against women / M N. Rajesh -- 18. Filipino cyborg sexualities, chatroom masculinities, self-ascribed identities, ephemeral selves / Alvin S. Concha -- 19. End-users' acceptance of biometrics authentication to secure e-commerce within the context of Saudi culture: applying the UTAUT model / Fahad AL Harby, Rami Qahwaji and Mumtaz Kamala -- 20. The case of the U.S. mother / cyberspy / undercover Iraqi militant: or, how global women have been incorporated in the technological War on Terror / Winifred R. Poster -- 21. Western work worlds and altering approaches to marriage: an empirical study of women employees of call centers in India / Shelly Tara and P. Vigneswara Ilavarasan -- 22. Gender gaps and information and communication technology: a case study of India / Rekha Pande.
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"This book discusses theoretical aspects of gender issues in ICT and presents a number of case studies from various countries, covering topics such as social networking, ICT use among women, the digital divide, and theoretical approaches to gender gaps and ICT"--Provided by publisher.
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