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The Challenge of Gender Bias in the IT Industry

Author

  • Peter Bednar
  • Andy Bisset

Editor

  • Terrell Ward Bynum
  • Henryk Krawczyk
  • Simon Rogerson
  • Stanislaw Szejko
  • Bogdan Wiszniewski

Summary, in English

Contextual Analysis through inquiries into Contextual Dependency is a way to specify and discuss more general issues of unequal distribution of power overall and the importance of gender issues as a specific example. This gives an Information Systems analyst an opportunity to ask some important questions. The sense making activities involved includes efforts to 'visualise' and communicate individual understandings of their unique individual mental constructs. Such potentially enriched dialogues surrounding 'visualised' mental constructs might be used to illustrate experienced relevance and a contextuality of (temporary) 'points' rather than focusing primarily on 'truths' and statistics and just adding to existing organisational dogmas with another equal opportunity 'plan'.

Publishing year

2001

Language

English

Pages

145-154

Publication/Series

[Host publication title missing]

Volume

1

Document type

Conference paper

Publisher

Wydawnictwo Mikom

Topic

  • Information Systems, Social aspects

Keywords

  • Contextual Dependency
  • Systems Analysis
  • Contextual Analysis
  • Gender Bias

Conference name

ETHICOMP 2001: The Social and Ethical Impacts of Information and Communication Technologies

Conference date

2001-06-18 - 2001-06-20

Conference place

Gdansk;, Poland

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 83-7278-141-4