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A01=Committee on Women's Employment and Related Social Issues
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A01=Panel on Technology and Women's Employment
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Product details

  • ISBN 9780309037273
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 01 Feb 1987
  • Publisher: National Academies Press
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Description

This companion to Volume I presents individually authored papers covering the history, economics, and sociology of women's work and the computer revolution. Topics include the implications for equal employment opportunity in light of new technologies; a case study of the insurance industry and of women in computer-related occupations; a study of temporary, part-time, and at-home employment; and education and retraining opportunities.

Table of Contents
  • Front Matter
  • I. Overview
    Technology, Women, and Work: Policy Perspectives
  • II. Case Studies of Women Workers and Information Technology
    The Technological Transformation of White-Collar Work: A Case Study of the Insurance Industry
  • Machines Instead of Clerks: Technology and the Feminization of Bookkeeping, 1910-1950
  • New Technology and Office Tradition: The Not-So-Changing World of the Secretary
  • Integrated Circuits/Segregated Labor: Women in Computer-Related Occupations and High-Tech Industries
  • III. Technology and Trends in Women
    Women
  • Recent Trends in Clerical Employment: The Impact of Technological Change
  • Restructuring Work: Temporary, Part-Time, and At-Home Employment
  • IV. Policy Perspectives
    Employer Policies to Enhance the Application of Office System Technology to Clerical Work
  • New Office and Business Technolgies: The Structure of Education and (Re)Training Opportunities
  • The New Technology and the New Economy: Some Implications for Equal Employment Opportunity
  • Managing Technological Change: Responses of Government, Employers, and Trade Unions in Western Europe and Canada
  • Biographical Sketches of Contributors
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