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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Dutta, Mousumi
Titre(s) : Women in Kolkata's IT sector [Texte électronique] : satisficing between work and household / Mousumi Dutta, Zakir Husain
Publication : New Delhi : Springer, 2014
Description matérielle : 1 online resource (1 texte électronique (xv, 120 pages))
Collection : SpringerBriefs in sociology
Note(s) : Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 28 février 2014). - Comprend des références bibliographiques
Based on a survey of women workers in Kolkatas IT sector, this book argues that growth
of the IT sector has created a demand for skilled professionals. This has provided
scope for highly educated urban women to create a space of self-expression and enjoy
enhanced status and prestige within their families. These women workers carefully
plan their career and daily activities, keeping in mind the need to balance diverse
and conflicting needs of work and home. This kind of decision-making occurs outside
the utilitarian framework and is better framed in terms of Herbert Simons satisficing
approach, which takes into account the bounded rationality of agents. Written in lucid,
non-technical language, the book will be an invaluable addition to existing works
on gender and labour studies, and will be of interest to social scientists undertaking
research on gender, labour and the IT sector
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Husain, Zakir. Fonction indéterminée
Indice(s) Dewey :
338.470 04 (23e éd.) = Informatique (économie)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9788132215936
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44718394c
Notice n° :
FRBNF44718394
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Chapter 1. Women, Work and Agency: An Introduction ; Chapter 2. Women, work and exploitation:
A binary perspective ; Chapter 3. Women and work: Towards an alternative approach
; Chapter 4. NabadigantaWomen workers in Kolkatas IT sector ; Chapter 5. Agency
and satisficing in Kolkatas IT sector ; Chapter 6. Work, Satisficing and Agency.