The Encyclopedia of Gender and Information Technology is the only reference work that provides an all-encompassing perspective on the way gender and information technology impact each other. Hundreds of leading international experts have compiled their research about the role of gender in human interaction with IT and the IT profession. Special attention is paid to the contributions, challenges, issues, and experiences of women in the IT field. This innovative encyclopedia contains more than 1,450 key terms and their definitions, supplying readers with the most complete understanding of the subject. These two volumes include 213 entries with over 4,700 references to additional works on gender and information technology in order to stimulate further research. The Encyclopedia of Gender and Information Technology is a must-have publication for every library.
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"This two-volume reference is a must-have resource for academics, practitioners, and policy makers alike." --Prof. Jeria Quesenberry, Pennsylvania State University, USA
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Eileen M. Trauth, Ph.D. is Professor of Information Sciences and Technology and Director of the Center for the Information Society at Pennsylvania State University, USA. Her research is concerned with societal, cultural and organizational influences on information technology and the information technology professions. She has published papers and books on qualitative research methods, global informatics, information policy, information management and information systems skills. She has published eight books and over 100 research papers on her work. She has taught and conducted research in Australia, Canada, France, Ireland, The Netherlands, New Zealand, and the UK. Dr. Trauth is Associate Editor of Information and Organization and serves on the editorial boards of several international journals. Dr. Trauth received her Ph.D. and Masters degrees in information science from the University of Pittsburgh, USA and her Bachelors degree in Education from the University of Dayton, USA. She is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery, the Association for Information Systems, the Information Resources Management Association, the International Federation for Information Processing, and the Fulbright Association.
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critical research, small group research, faculty role, indigenous women, internet governance, cognitive style differences, sector characteristics, funding women, educational choice, open source software development, developing country perspective, interpretive research, learning networks, relationship status, virtual classroom, computer teacher, online report, transformative critical rooms, defining technology, gendered attrition, career field effect, mutual actability, computer science from high school, online teaching styles, shrinking pipeline Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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critical research, small group research, faculty role, indigenous women, internet governance, cognitive style differences, sector characteristics, funding women, educational choice, open source software development, developing country perspective, interpretive research, learning networks, relationship status, virtual classroom, computer teacher, online report, transformative critical rooms, defining technology, gendered attrition, career field effect, mutual actability, computer science from high school, online teaching styles, shrinking pipeline Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Idea Group Inc, United States, Retrieved January, Retrieved February, United Nations, National Science Foundation, Native American, Information Systems, Retrieved June, Retrieved August, Retrieved December, Gender Caucus, Retrieved July, Thousand Oaks, African American, Polity Press, Oxford University Press, World Bank, World Summit, South Africa, World Wide Web, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Cambridge University Press, Retrieved March Browse Sample Pages:
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