Women and IT contracting work - a testing process.
Grey, Susan ; Healy, Geraldine
New Technology, Work and Employment
2004
19
1
March
30-42
computer services industry ; contracting ; gender ; highly qualified worker ; women workers
Gender equality & Women
English
Bibliogr.
"This paper explores the career and work experiences of a little researched group: highly skilled women IT contractors. It considers their reasons for entering the IT field, including the decision to become contractors. It demonstrates the complexity of power and influence of IT contractors and the resilience of the gender order in IT work."
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