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UNINA9910953209003321 |
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Titolo |
Age, gender, and work : small information technology firms in the new economy / / edited by Julie Ann McMullin |
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Vancouver [B.C.], : UBC Press, c2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-24556-6 |
9786613245564 |
0-7748-1973-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (201 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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McMullinJulie Ann <1965-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Information services industry - Employees |
Small business |
Age and employment |
Sex role in the work environment |
Women computer industry employees |
Corporate culture |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Gender, age and work in the new economy / Julie McMullin and Heather Dryburgh -- Methods / Emily Jovic, Julie McMullin and Tammy Duerden Comeau -- Firms as "gender regimes" : the experiences of women in IT workplaces / Gillian Ranson and Heather Dryburgh -- Variants of masculinity within masculinist IT workplace regimes / Tammy Duerden Comeau and Candace L. Kemp -- Negotiating work and family in the IT industry / Ingrid Arnet Connidis and Candace L. Kemp -- Generational and age discourse in IT firms / Julie McMullin, Emily Jovic and Tammy Duerden Comeau -- Aging and age discrimination in IT firms / Julie McMullin and Tammy Duerden Comeau -- Conclusion : inequality regimes and new economy work / Emily Jovic and Julie McMullin. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In the new knowledge-based economy, information technology (IT) is a major field of employment. However, the fast pace of technological innovation, globalization, and the volatile stock market have made IT an increasingly risky business - for some employees more than for others. This volume examines how women and older workers in small |
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