Disappearing Women: A Study on Women Who Walked Away from their ICT Careers

Marie Griffiths; Karenza Moore

doi:10.4067/S0718-27242010000100008

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Marie Griffiths University of Salford
Karenza Moore Lancaster University

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https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-27242010000100008

Abstract

Women continue to leave the UK ICT sector in disproportionate numbers, yet little research has documented the processes of this phenomenon. The ‘Disappearing Women’ project, draws on ten in-depth qualitative autobiographical interviews with women who have left (disappeared) the ICT workplace, vowing never to return. The majority of existing studies, in this area, concentrate on women who remain in the ICT workplace, this study, found the ‘disappearing’ who had been overlooked and effectively silenced and allowed their voices to be heard. It is these women who once found, were able to facilitate a more in-depth understanding of why women were leaving the ICT sector, and indifferent working conditions encountered that became determining factors in leaving the ICT sector.

Keywords:

gender
ICT workplace
UK ICT sector
autobiographical interviews
co-produced interviews
women and IT.

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Marie Griffiths, University of Salford

Academic Fellow Salford Business School

Karenza Moore, Lancaster University

Department of Applied Social Sciences, Bowland North, Lancaster University

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Disappearing Women: A Study on Women Who Walked Away from their ICT Careers

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