Age, gender, and work : small information technology firms in the new economy / edited by Julie Ann McMullin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McMullin, Julie Ann, 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information services industry--Employees.

Information services industry.

Small business.

Age and employment.

Sex role in the work environment.

Women computer industry employees.

Corporate culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver [B.C.] : UBC Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 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 on inequality.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-24556-6

9786613245564

0-7748-1973-1

OCLC:

750236153