Computer Chips and Paper Clips: Technology and Women's Employment, Volume I - Softcover

National Research Council; Commission On Behavioral And Social Sciences And Education; Committee On Women's Employment And Related Social Issues; Panel On Technology And Women's Employment

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309036887 ISBN 13: 9780309036887

Publisher: National Academies Press, 1986

Synopsis

Drawing on the historical changes in five areas--the jobs of telephone operators, workers in the printing and publishing industries, information and data processors, retail clerks, and nurses--this volume offers a comprehensive examination of how microelectronics and telecommunications have affected women's work and their working environments and looks ahead to what can be expected for women workers in the next decade. It also offers perspectives on how workers can more easily adapt to the changing workplace and addresses the controversial topic of job insecurity as a result of an influx of advanced electronic systems.

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• 1. Technological Change and Women Workers in the Office
• 2. Historical Patterns of Technological Change
• 3. Effects of Technological Change: Employment Levels and Occupational Shifts
• 4. Effects of Technological Change: The Quality of Employment
• 5. Conclusions and Recommendations
• References
• Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff
• Index

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Panel on Technology and Women's Employment, Committee on Women's Employment and Related Social Issues, National Research Council

About this edition

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0309036887
• ISBN 13: 9780309036887
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 236