search query: @indexterm Information technology / total: 1908
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Author: | Eriksson, P. Henttonen, E. Meriläinen, S. |
Title: | Managerial work and gender - Ethnography of cooperative relationships in small software companies |
Journal: | Scandinavian Journal of Management
2008 : DEC, VOL. 24:4, p. 354-363 |
Index terms: | management gender co-operation information technology small business software companies Nordic countries Finland |
Freeterms: | ethnography |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | In this article, new knowledge is provided on how women manage small companies in the context of the Finnish ICT sector. Adopting a social constructionist perspective on management and gender (hereafter as: gdr.), and drawing on ethnographic research methodology, it is examined how women owner-managers (here as: o-mgrs.) of small software companies construct gdr. when working for the establishment and maintenance of various types of cooperative relationships with business partners, customers and employees. It is shown that the gendering processes are not dependent on individual traits, behaviour or interaction per se, but relate to the immediate business contexts in which the o-mgrs. operate. |
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