Computer Chips and Paper Clips : Technology and Women's Employment, Volume I
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| Title: | Computer Chips and Paper Clips : Technology and Women's Employment, Volume I |
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| Description: | Drawing on the historical changes in five areas—the jobs of telephone operators, workers in the printing and publishing industries, information and data processors, retail clerks, and nurses—this volume offers a comprehensive examination of how microelectronics and telecommunications have affected women's work and their working environments and looks ahead to what can be expected for women workers in the next decade. It also offers perspectives on how workers can more easily adapt to the changing workplace and addresses the controversial topic of job insecurity as a result of an influx of advanced electronic systems. |
| Authors: | National Research Council, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Women's Employment and Related Social Issues, Panel on Technology and Women's Employment |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Women white collar workers--Effect of technological innovations on, Office practice--Automation, Microelectronics--Social aspects, Women--Employment, Women--Employment--Government policy--United States |
| Categories: | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Drawing on the historical changes in five areas—the jobs of telephone operators, workers in the printing and publishing industries, information and data processors, retail clerks, and nurses—this volume offers a comprehensive examination of how microelectronics and telecommunications have affected women's work and their working environments and looks ahead to what can be expected for women workers in the next decade. It also offers perspectives on how workers can more easily adapt to the changing workplace and addresses the controversial topic of job insecurity as a result of an influx of advanced electronic systems. |
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| ISBN: | 9780309036887 9780585168357 9780309594622 |
