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- Provides a new and more positive understanding of gender in the software industry in India
- Gives important insight into the IT sector in Kolkata
- Has an interdisciplinary and non-technical approach
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Sociology (BRIEFSSOCY)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Keywords
- Balance of work and household
- Bounded rationality of agents
- Gender and IT
- Gender and labour in India
- Gender and labour in the Third world
- Gender in the information society
- Gender, technology and development
- IT sector in Calcutta
- IT sector in Kolkata
- Women in Indian software market
- Women workers in IT sector
- Women's employment in IT sector
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India
Zakir Husain
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Department of Economics, Presidency University, Kolkata, India
Mousumi Dutta
About the authors
Zakir Husain is Associate Professor in the Humanities and Social Sciences Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, India. After completing his doctorate in resource management, he has worked on education, health and gender issues. He has published extensively in journals like Ecological Economics, Social Indicators Research, Journal of Cultural Heritage and Economic & Political Weekly.
Mousumi Dutta is Associate Professor of Economics in Presidency University, Kolkata. She has worked and published extensively in areas of topical interest like built heritage, health and gender disparities. Her works have appeared in journals like Tourism Management, Journal of Cultural Heritage and Social Indicators Research.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Women in Kolkata’s IT Sector
Book Subtitle: Satisficing Between Work and Household
Authors: Zakir Husain, Mousumi Dutta
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Sociology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1593-6
Publisher: Springer New Delhi
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-81-322-1592-9Published: 15 January 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-81-322-1593-6Published: 30 December 2013
Series ISSN: 2212-6368
Series E-ISSN: 2212-6376
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 133
Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations
Topics: Gender Studies, Labor Economics, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology