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Technology and Women's Employment, Volume II: Case Studies and Policy Perspectives

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Size: 456 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:1987

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Panel on Technology and Women's Employment,
Committee on Women's Employment and Related Social Issues,
National Research Council
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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 ...
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Front Matter	i-xvi
I. OverviewTechnology, Women, and Work: Policy Perspectives	1-22	(skim)
II. Case Studies of Women Workers and Information TechnologyThe Technological Transformation of White-Collar Work: A Case Study of the Insurance Industry	23-62	(skim)
Machines Instead of Clerks: Technology and the Feminization of Bookkeeping, 1910-1950	63-97	(skim)
New Technology and Office Tradition: The Not-So-Changing World of the Secretary	98-135	(skim)
Integrated Circuits/Segregated Labor: Women in Computer-Related Occupations and High-Tech Industries	136-182	(skim)
III. Technology and Trends in WomenWomen	183-222	(skim)
Recent Trends in Clerical Employment: The Impact of Technological Change	223-267	(skim)
Restructuring Work: Temporary, Part-Time, and At-Home Employment	268-310	(skim)
IV. Policy PerspectivesEmployer Policies to Enhance the Application of Office System Technology to Clerical Work	311-342	(skim)
New Office and Business Technolgies: The Structure of Education and (Re)Training Opportunities	343-372	(skim)
The New Technology and the New Economy: Some Implications for Equal Employment Opportunity	373-394	(skim)
Managing Technological Change: Responses of Government, Employers, and Trade Unions in Western Europe and Canada	395-432	(skim)
Biographical Sketches of Contributors	433-438	(skim)

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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.

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