The culture of women in tech : an unsuitable job for a woman /

• Main Author: Hardey, Mariann (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019.
• Series: Emerald points.
• Subjects: Women in technology.; High technology industries > Employees.; Discrimination in employment.; Women > Employment.; Technology & Engineering > General.; Ethical & social aspects of IT.

This book offers a critical analysis of the contemporary and global tech culture and exposes the gender bias of masculine tech ideology and stereotypes. Is the place of 'women in tech' immovable from masculine leadership practices? And what are the cultural, social, personal and economic c...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Tech work after technofem
• Chapter 2. The problem with the label 'Women in tech' (WiT)
• Chapter 3. Taking up space as a woman in tech
• Chapter 4. Finding work and working through masculine tech toxicity
• Chapter 5. The place of women's activism in tech clusters in the era of #everydaysexism and #MeToo
• Conclusion. A suitable job for a woman.