Conference turris::womannotes-v1

285.0. "Technology and Women's Employment" by DINER::SHUBIN (Go ahead - make my lunch!) Fri Apr 17 1987 15:35

    I just returned from the CHI+GI '87 conference in Toronto.  (The
    conference was on "computer-human interfaces" and "graphics
    interfaces", hence the name.)  

    While there, I picked up a flyer with the title, "What are the effects
    of new technologies on 13 million working women's jobs?".  It was
    advertising a book called:

		       COMPUTER CHIPS AND PAPER CLIPS:
		     Technology and Women's Employment.
			      Volumes I and II
	Heidi I. Hartmann, Robert E. Kraut and Louise A. Tilly, editors
        Panel on Technology and Women's Employment, National Research 
	Council

    Volume I is already out (ISBN 0-309-03688-7, 1986, 240 pages, 6x9,
    index, paperbound, $19.95). It appears that Volume II will be available
    soon, if it's not already (ISBN 0-309-03727-1, 1986).  The publisher is
    National Academic Press, 2101 Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20418.

    The description of the publisher is as followers: "The National Academy
    Press was created by the National Academy of Sciences to publish the
    reports issued by the Academy and by the National Academy of
    Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research
    Council, all operating under the charter granted to the National
    Academy of Sciences by the Congress of the United States."

    The flyer lists some related books: "Women's work, Men's work"
    ($15.50), "Sex Segregation in the Workplace" (22.95), "Women, Work, and
    Wages" (13.50) and "Comparable Worth" (14.50).  If anyone is interested,
    I can send out a copy of the flyer that I have; otherwise, write to the
    publisher.
    

    The flyer lists the table of contents for Volumes I & II.  Here is a
    summary:

    VOLUME I
    Technological change and women workers in the office
    Historical patterns of technological change
    Effects of technological change: employment levels and occupational
      shifts
    Effects of technological change: the quality of employment
    Conclusions and recommendations
    Index

    VOLUME II
    Overview
    Case studies of women workers and information technology
    Technology and trends in employment
    Policy perspectives


    					-- hs

    It is also interesting to study the effect of organizational structures
    on women's opportunities within the workplace.  Kanter has done a lot
    of research on this issue as have others.  I have found that books
    which present statistics on the issue are helpful to a point, but
    that books on human relations and office politics are also helpful.
    
    Wendy