• DocumentCode
    842544
  • Title

    Computer-based office work: stories of gender, design, and use

  • Author

    Stepulevage, Linda

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Cultural & Innovation Studies, Univ. of East London, UK
  • Volume
    25
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2003
  • Firstpage
    67
  • Lastpage
    72
  • Abstract
    We use autobiographical stories to explore the boundaries between the design and use of computer-based office work systems in the US and Great Britain. Office automation systems were introduced in the 1970s and microcomputers and local networks in the early 1980s. In both periods, gender relations in the workplace were significant in the construction of boundaries between design and use.
  • Keywords
    biographies; gender issues; history; local area networks; microcomputers; office automation; office environment; computer-based office work; gender relation; local network; microcomputers; office automation system; system design; system use; Application software; Cities and towns; Computer applications; Concurrent computing; Employment; Microcomputers; Office automation; Physics computing; Process design; Text processing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAHC.2003.1253892
  • Filename
    1253892
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=842544