The Culture of Women in Tech : An Unsuitable Job for a Woman.

Cover -- THE CULTURE OF WOMEN IN TECH -- THE CULTURE OF WOMEN IN TECH: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF TABLES -- PREFACE -- Introduction -- The Global Progression of Tech Diversity -- Researching Global Tech Culture -- Tech Clusters -- Methodology -- Combining Digital Research and Ethics -- Participants: Workers in Tech Clusters -- Organisation of the Book -- 1. Tech Work After TechnoFem -- Technofeminist Scholarship -- Adding 'Gender' to the Social Shaping of Technology -- 'Difference' as a Point of Conflict in Tech -- Shifting Women's Autonomy Online -- 2. The Problem with the Label 'Women in Tech' -- The Problem: The Dream Condition … and the Reality -- The Straitjacket of the WiT Label as a Status Characteristic -- How Women Modify the WiT Label as a Form of 'Identity Work' -- 'WiT': Enabling Sexism? -- Conclusion -- 3. Taking up Space as a Woman in Tech -- Dominant Conditions of Space in Tech Clusters -- The Bonds That Disconnect: Gender-spatial Boundaries -- 4. Finding Work and Working Through Masculine Tech Toxicity -- The Intimacies of Labour -- Recruitment as a Gendered Activity: Doing 'The Work of a Man Without a Family' -- How Women Build Social Capital into Professional Contexts -- Women as Leaders and Moving up the Ladder -- Management Structure -- Career Progression and Formal Planning -- Recruitment and Diversity Statement -- Performance Evaluations -- Conclusion -- 5. The Place of Women's Activism in Tech Clusters in the Era of #everydaysexism and #MeToo -- An Awakening: The #everydaysexism and #MeToo Movements -- Speaking Out and Bringing Support In -- In Search of Reform -- Conclusion: A Suitable Job: How Might Women and Men Find an Equal Place in Global Tech Clusters? -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

Including a series of commentaries derived from research undertaken by the author with women working in tech clusters located within 'tech cities' in the UK, USA and East Asia regions, this book exposes the serious 'problem' of women's position in the tech industry and helps to find solutions and ways forward.

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