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Age, gender, and work [electronic resource] : small information technology firms in the new economy / edited by Julie Ann McMullin.

Contributor(s): McMullin, Julie Ann, 1965- | ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Vancouver [B.C.] : UBC Press, c2011Description: vi, 187 p.Subject(s): Information services industry -- Employees | Small business | Age and employment | Sex role in the work environment | Women computer industry employees | Corporate cultureGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 331.11/91004 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Gender, age and work in the new economy / Julie McMullin and Heather Dryburgh -- Methods / Emily Jovic, Julie McMullin and Tammy Duerden Comeau -- Firms as "gender regimes" : the experiences of women in IT workplaces / Gillian Ranson and Heather Dryburgh -- Variants of masculinity within masculinist IT workplace regimes / Tammy Duerden Comeau and Candace L. Kemp -- Negotiating work and family in the IT industry / Ingrid Arnet Connidis and Candace L. Kemp -- Generational and age discourse in IT firms / Julie McMullin, Emily Jovic and Tammy Duerden Comeau -- Aging and age discrimination in IT firms / Julie McMullin and Tammy Duerden Comeau -- Conclusion : inequality regimes and new economy work / Emily Jovic and Julie McMullin.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Gender, age and work in the new economy / Julie McMullin and Heather Dryburgh -- Methods / Emily Jovic, Julie McMullin and Tammy Duerden Comeau -- Firms as "gender regimes" : the experiences of women in IT workplaces / Gillian Ranson and Heather Dryburgh -- Variants of masculinity within masculinist IT workplace regimes / Tammy Duerden Comeau and Candace L. Kemp -- Negotiating work and family in the IT industry / Ingrid Arnet Connidis and Candace L. Kemp -- Generational and age discourse in IT firms / Julie McMullin, Emily Jovic and Tammy Duerden Comeau -- Aging and age discrimination in IT firms / Julie McMullin and Tammy Duerden Comeau -- Conclusion : inequality regimes and new economy work / Emily Jovic and Julie McMullin.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.