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This paper explores the strategies employed by ten successful women IT professionals. Tensions and contradictions are identified in this discourse, particularly with regards to the special skills and qualities which women bring to IT work. It is suggested that the ‘feminine’ skills’ that are widely regarded as being useful in the IT industry, may actually work against women’s advancement to upper management.
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Pringle, R., Nielsen, S., Von Hellens, L., Greenhill, A., Parfitt, L. (2000). Net Gains. In: Balka, E., Smith, R. (eds) Women, Work and Computerization. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 44. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35509-2_4
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