The following data from the (n)onliner-study of the Initiative D21 (2008) in Germany and the annual study (period 2005-07) on the use of Information and Communication Technologies in Greece (Observatory for the Greek IS, 2008) provide a statistically representative overview of the Internet usage in German and Greek house­holds with a focus on the digital […]

According to Eurostat, the EU-25 average of computer usage (computer use on average once a week in the last three months) of women is 54 percent, and of men is 61.3 percent. These results differ between age groups: younger people are more active in using computers than older ones. In all age groups, however, the […]

Differences in the usage of ICT — using Infor­mation — and Communication Technology (e. g. computers, the Internet) — can be found for various characteristics such as age, education, sex, and region. A study by the European Community in 2004 (Eurostat data; see Demunter, 2005) reveals that differences in ICT usage are less to do […]

Comparisons betweenGreece and Germany Bernhard Ertl Universitat der Bundeswehr Munchen, GermanyKathrin Helling Leopold-Franzens-Universitat Innsbruck, GermanyKathy Kikis-Papadakis Institute for Applied Computational Mathematics, Greece ABSTRACT Gender is an important issue in the context of information and communication technologies (ICT). Studies show that ICT use is subject to gender bias, e. g. in relation to ICT use and […]

In this chapter, we discussed gender and IT, and provided evidence from research studies to show how IT sector is gendered. To understand these gender differences are also important to make managers and co-workers realize that “the same mode of communication may be perceived differently by the sexes” (Gefen&Straub, 1997, p.398). We also identified essentialist […]

New technologies mean new work opportunities. Thus, IT and e-commerce have the potential to create jobs, and change the nature of work. For example, telework and home businesses are two phenomena, which are closely linked to the capabilities of IT and the growth of e-commerce (OECD, 1999). Women’s advancement to positions with more power and […]

In most economies, there are often links between capabilities, skills and career outcomes of indi­viduals (Faulkner&Lie, 2007). Also IT sector re­quires special skills and capabilities. But although there is a need for skilled IT workers, many of them are currently underemployed and are using only a limited range of skills repertoirs. Under­employment is a particularly […]

It is a common view that there is a complex and multifaceted relationship between gender and technology (Jansson et al., 2007). According to the studies which show the moderating effect of time between gender and technology, as the computers become more widely available and accessible in society and people become more familiar with computer technologies, […]

IT is a male-dominated industry and most of the high technology oriented people are male (Hor — rigan, 2007). In other words, women are under­represented in IT field (Allen et al., 2006). This sector also suffers from a class divide between highly sought after knowledge workers and highly dispensable temporary workers, and women are placed […]

After the information technology boom in the 1990s, an extremely high demand for IT work­ers occurred in the United States (Little, 1999; Forson&Ozbilgin, 2003). There was an increase in the number ofwomen using Information Commu­nication Technologies (ICTs). But the same cannot be said for the working women in ICT professions. It is possible to have […]