Office Automation: The Case of Gender and Power

TY - JOUR

T1 - Office Automation

T2 - The Case of Gender and Power

AU - Morgall, Janine

AU - Vedel, Gitte

PY - 1985/1/1

Y1 - 1985/1/1

N2 - Just what should technology assessment involve? Analyses of information technology in offices show that it is not enough to be concerned with the technology itself. On the contrary, the hierarchy in the work between men and women, as well as the way in which the work is organized, should be a major issue in any attempt at technology assessment. Technology reflects both the capitalist and sexual power structure.

AB - Just what should technology assessment involve? Analyses of information technology in offices show that it is not enough to be concerned with the technology itself. On the contrary, the hierarchy in the work between men and women, as well as the way in which the work is organized, should be a major issue in any attempt at technology assessment. Technology reflects both the capitalist and sexual power structure.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84965846974&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1177/0143831X8561005

DO - 10.1177/0143831X8561005

M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:84965846974

SN - 0143-831X

VL - 6

SP - 93

EP - 112

JO - Economic and Industrial Democracy

JF - Economic and Industrial Democracy

IS - 1

ER -