This companion to Volume I presents individually authored papers covering the history, economics, and sociology of women's work and the computer revolution. Topics include the implications for equal employment opportunity in light of new technologies; a case study of the insurance industry and of women in computer-related occupations; a study of temporary, part-time, and at-home employment; and education and retraining opportunities.
- Cover
- Front Matter
- I. Overview<br>Technology, Women, and Work: Policy Perspectives
- II. Case Studies of Women Workers and Information Technology<br>The Technological Transformation of White-Collar Work: A Case Study of the Insurance Industry
- Machines Instead of Clerks: Technology and the Feminization of Bookkeeping, 1910-1950
- New Technology and Office Tradition: The Not-So-Changing World of the Secretary
- Integrated Circuits/Segregated Labor: Women in Computer-Related Occupations and High-Tech Industries
- III. Technology and Trends in Women<br>Women
- Recent Trends in Clerical Employment: The Impact of Technological Change
- Restructuring Work: Temporary, Part-Time, and At-Home Employment
- IV. Policy Perspectives<br>Employer Policies to Enhance the Application of Office System Technology to Clerical Work
- New Office and Business Technolgies: The Structure of Education and (Re)Training Opportunities
- The New Technology and the New Economy: Some Implications for Equal Employment Opportunity
- Managing Technological Change: Responses of Government, Employers, and Trade Unions in Western Europe and Canada
- Biographical Sketches of Contributors
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