Computer Chips and Paper Clips: Technology and Women's Employment, Volume I

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Drawing on the historical changes in five areas?the jobs of telephone operators, workers in the printing and publishing industries, information and data processors, retail clerks, and nurses?this volume offers a comprehensive examination of how microelectronics and telecommunications have affected women's work and their working environments and looks ahead to what can be expected for women workers in the next decade. It also offers perspectives on how workers can more easily adapt to the changing workplace and addresses the controversial topic of job insecurity as a result of an influx of advanced electronic systems.

Table of Contents
  • Front Matter
  • 1. Technological Change and Women Workers in the Office
  • 2. Historical Patterns of Technological Change
  • 3. Effects of Technological Change: Employment Levels and Occupational Shifts
  • 4. Effects of Technological Change: The Quality of Employment
  • 5. Conclusions and Recommendations
  • References
  • Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff
  • Index
  • ISBN10 0309036887
  • ISBN13 9780309036887
  • Publish Date 1 February 1986
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 29 June 2021
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint National Academies Press
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 236
  • Language English