Computer Chips and Paper Clips

This companion to Volume I presents individually authored papers covering the history, economics, and sociology of women's work and the computer revolution. Topics include the implications for equal employment opportunity in light of new technologies; a case study of the insurance industry and of women in computer-related occupations; a study of temporary, part-time, and at-home employment; and education and retraining opportunities.

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• I. Overview
  Technology, Women, and Work: Policy Perspectives
• II. Case Studies of Women Workers and Information Technology
  The Technological Transformation of White-Collar Work: A Case Study of the Insurance Industry
• Machines Instead of Clerks: Technology and the Feminization of Bookkeeping, 1910-1950
• New Technology and Office Tradition: The Not-So-Changing World of the Secretary
• Integrated Circuits/Segregated Labor: Women in Computer-Related Occupations and High-Tech Industries
• III. Technology and Trends in Women
  Women
• Recent Trends in Clerical Employment: The Impact of Technological Change
• Restructuring Work: Temporary, Part-Time, and At-Home Employment
• IV. Policy Perspectives
  Employer Policies to Enhance the Application of Office System Technology to Clerical Work
• New Office and Business Technolgies: The Structure of Education and (Re)Training Opportunities
• The New Technology and the New Economy: Some Implications for Equal Employment Opportunity
• Managing Technological Change: Responses of Government, Employers, and Trade Unions in Western Europe and Canada
• Biographical Sketches of Contributors
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