TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hardey,Mariann
TI  - The culture of women in tech: an unsuitable job for a woman 
T2  - Emerald points
SN  - 9781789734256
AV  - T36 .H37 2020
U1  - 604.82 23
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
KW  - Women in technology
KW  - High technology industries
KW  - Employees
KW  - Discrimination in employment
KW  - Women
KW  - Employment
KW  - Technology & Engineering
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Ethical & social aspects of IT
KW  - bicssc
N1  - Includes index; Includes bibliographical references; Introduction -- Chapter 1. Tech work after technofem -- Chapter 2. The problem with the label 'Women in tech' (WiT) -- Chapter 3. Taking up space as a woman in tech -- Chapter 4. Finding work and working through masculine tech toxicity -- Chapter 5. The place of women's activism in tech clusters in the era of #everydaysexism and #MeToo -- Conclusion. A suitable job for a woman
N2  - This book offers a critical analysis of the contemporary and global tech culture and exposes the gender bias of masculine tech ideology and stereotypes. Is the place of 'women in tech' immovable from masculine leadership practices? And what are the cultural, social, personal and economic consequences of gender as a point of difference in the context of work in the tech sector? Mariann Hardey examines the rise of entrepreneurial work and leadership, the contemporary urban setting of global tech work, and specifically women's place in tech clusters. The book engages with attempts by women to establish and then sustain their professional status and long-term careers, despite predatory social media trolling and inappropriate sexualized behaviour. Based on a series of commentaries from research undertaken by the author about workers located within 'tech cities' in the UK, USA and East Asia regions, the work exposes the serious problem of women's position in the industry. While this study continues to be critical of the conceits of masculine tech ideology, prejudices and stereotypes, the work contributes to recent calls to help find solutions and ways forward
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/9781789734232
ER  -