The Culture of Women in Tech by Mariann Hardey

Author:Mariann Hardey
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781789734256
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Published: 2019-09-23T16:00:00+00:00

Dominant Conditions of Workplace in Tech Clusters Gender-spatial Boundaries Impact on Women Professionals in Tech Clusters

Defining points Material construction of the workplace itself in a way that embodies/reproduces gendered and gendering conditions Participants' accounts of their response to the material and digital boundaries in tech clusters More likely to be affected by restricted movement through office environments

Face negotiation of territory, for example by depersonalising office space

Overwhelmingly experience increased gender discrimination when seen to be performing caring roles in professional spaces e.g. bringing a baby into work, taking time out of work to take on caring roles

Devote more time to accommodating hierarchical constructs

Experience greater pressure to be ‘present’

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