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What's Wrong with the Pipeline? Assumptions about Gender and Culture in IT Work.

In scholarly and practical discourse, the under-representation of women in technology and science is often attributed to a shortage of women "in the pipeline." In this essay, we analyze this dominant metaphor and argue that it imposes an appealing but simplistic symbol onto a labor market filled wit...

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Published in:Women's Studies Vol. 37; no. 3; pp. 176 - 202
Main Authors: SOE, LOUISE, YAKURA, ELAINEK.
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Apr/May2008
Subjects:
Women's employment
Women in technology
Sex discrimination in employment
Labor supply
Social psychology
Social attitudes
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