Age, gender, and work
Subtitle: small information technology firms in the new economy
By: edited by Julie Ann McMullin
Publisher: UBC Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Vancouver
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9780774819718
Subjects: Corporate culture; Small business; Sex role in the work environment; Information services industry; Employees; Women computer industry employees; Age and employment
Description: "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 volitle stock market have made IT and increasingly risky business--for some employees more than others. This volume examines how women and older workers in small IT companies are disproportionately vulnerable to economic uncertainty within their industry. Drawing on original survey and interview data, the authors explore how gender and age affect work and workplace culture to produce a fresh contribution to the literature of inequality." -- Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Gender, age and work in the new economy / Julie McMullin and Heather Dryburgh; title: Methods / Emily Jovic, Julie McMullin and Tammy Duerden Comeau; title: Firms as "gender regimes" : the experiences of women in IT workplaces / Gillian Ranson and Heather Dryburgh; title: Variants of masculinity within masculinist IT workplace regimes / Tammy Duerden Comeau and Candace L. Kemp; title: Negotiating work and family in the IT industry / Ingrid Arnet Connidis and Candace L. Kemp; title: Generational and age discourse in IT firms / Julie McMullin, Emily Jovic and Tammy Duerden Comeau; title: Aging and age discrimination in IT firms / Julie McMullin and Tammy Duerden Comeau; title: Conclusion : inequality regimes and new economy work / Emily Jovic and Julie McMullin.