Gender in Transnational Knowledge Work

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Peterson, Helen (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Crossroads of Knowledge,
• Subjects: Education.; Gender identity in education.; Sociology.; Sex (Psychology).; Gender expression.; Gender identity.; Gender and Education.; Gender Studies.; Professional & Vocational Education.

This is he first edited book on gender issues in transnational business cooperation concerning knowledge work. This area has so far been researched mainly by organizational theorists, with their background in business studies, finance, communication or sociology, and gender has seldom been taken int...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction,Helen Peterson and Minna Salminen-Karlsson
• A Gendered Analysis of IT Enabled Service Work in the Global Economy, Debra Howcroft and Helen Richardson
• Paradox of Empowerment and Marginalization, Roli Varma
• A Perfect Match? Helen Peterson, Minna Salminen-Karlsson and Sunrita Dhar-Bhattacharjee
• Culturalism as Resistance, Smitha Radhakrishnan
• Top Men in Transnational Companies, Jeff Hearn, Marjut Jyrkinen, Mira Karjalainen, Charlotta Niemistö and Rebecca Piekkari
• Shifting Masculinities in the South Asian Outsourcing Industry, Yasmin Zaidi and Winifred R. Poster
• Contributors.