scholarly journals Work hard, fit in, and applaud her: Women developers blogging about their lived experiences

2020 ◽  
pp. 136787792094102
Author(s):  
Annika Richterich
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Individual Responsibility ◽  
It Industry ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Who Code

Women are under-represented in information technology (IT) professions, globally. It is widely discussed that there is an urgent need to tackle this issue by bringing more women into the IT industry. However, the spotlight is less often put on women currently working as developers in male-dominated environments. How do these women experience their work and deal with problems? International non-profit initiatives such as Women who Code (WwC) aim not only at supporting women in training for and entering IT professions: they also advise them in their daily lives and struggles as developers. Using this network and its blog as a case study, I show that the WwC bloggers are faced with contradictory work norms and experiences. They tend to resort to pragmatic advice, focused on DIY problem solving, and shouldered individual responsibility rather than highlighting systemic failures. This tendency shows similarities to neoliberal feminist rationales and speaks to the need for (re)emphasizing the need for structural changes within the broader discourse concerning women developers.

The congruence of entrepreneurship and India’s excellence in information technology

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sankalpa Bhattacharjee ◽  
Debkumar Chakrabarti
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Time Horizon ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Close Association ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Austrian Economics ◽  
It Industry ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Historical Contextualisation

Purpose The paper aims to unravel the congruence of entrepreneurship and India’s excellence in information technology (IT). Considering the fact that entrepreneurship is a multifaceted concept encompassing a complex set of contiguous and overlapping constructs, the study takes into consideration interlinkages between the institutional environment, the nature of the industry and the responses and expectations that influenced entrepreneurship. The study complements these factors by analysing the sequential transformation of the Indian IT industry owing to the advent of outsourcing opportunities and concomitant ramifications on entrepreneurial activities. In effect, the study highlights the endogeneity in the system wherein entrepreneurs have continually adapted to the industry dynamics resulting in its significant expansion. Design/methodology/approach The methodology adopted is the historical research method. Fundamentally idiographic, it helps in understanding contemporary issues, how they arose and how their characteristics unfolded over time. To this end, historical contextualisation has been carried out as an interpretative or analytical activity to capture the dynamic process of entrepreneurship. The idea was to capture the broad consequences of entrepreneurial interactions and processes over a long-time horizon classified into six different phases since inception. The historical contextualisation enabled us not only to pinpoint the disequilibrium processes at each phase of development that ushered in structural changes in the industry but also to identify and examine the complex interactions between the various factors that led to the growth of entrepreneurship. Findings Findings reveal that the Indian IT industry has undergone a series of disruptive changes since inception. Disequilibrium in the market plays a critical role in the initiation of entrepreneurship. In the formative phases, disequilibrium is initiated by the “adaptive” responses of the entrepreneurs, whereas in the advanced phases, entrepreneurial process is augmented by the “creative” responses resulting in the perpetuation of disequilibrium. Such shifts in entrepreneurial responses indicate a gradual progression from “gradient” to more “heuristic” search efforts on the part of the entrepreneurs. This progression testifies the perpetuation of entrepreneurship in imparting sustainability to the growth momentum of the industry in the foreseeable future. Research limitations/implications The study attempts to fill three important gaps in the literature: First, enrich the Austrian economics with empirical findings. Second, integrate two different strands of literature on entrepreneurship and evolution of India’s IT sector using unique configuration. Third, extend the literature on entrepreneurship in the Indian context to capture entrepreneurial prudence in the Indian IT sector and thereby enrich the literature with newer findings and richer insights. Practical implications Analysis of factors that imparted entrepreneurial prudence in the Indian IT sector can endow policymakers with valuable information for enhancing growth in industries that are having a close association with the IT industry in the “product space”. Originality/value The study is original on account of the unique configuration that it has adopted to unravel the complexity embedded in the concept of entrepreneurship considering a long-time horizon of six decades since inception which includes the analysis of disequilibrium; the entrepreneurship-institution interlinkages; the nature of the industry; and the role of outsourcing.

Through Their Eyes: Women and Human Security in Kashmir

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-173
Author(s):  
Sehar Iqbal
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Security Analysis ◽  
Human Security ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Kashmir Valley ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
State Security ◽  
P 16

‘Women’s responsibilities call upon them to function in many spheres of human experience … (and so) their perspective on human security is comprehensive, including factors overlooked by the state security paradigm’ (Reardon, 2010a, The gender imperative: Human security vs state security, Routledge, p. 16). Recognising this, the following research article records threats to human security in Kashmir as seen from the point of view of a representative cross-section of Kashmiri women. It argues that in the context of the Kashmir valley, no discussion of security is complete without broadening the perspective from state security to human security. Again, no analysis of human security in Kashmir is complete without taking into account Kashmiri women’s experience of human security threats. The lived experiences of women in Kashmir and their perspectives should be at the heart of any human security analysis. This article aims at recording these threats faced by Kashmiri women in their daily lives, using a case study model. It records the lived experiences of 20 women from different ethnicities, religions, regions and locations within the valley. In doing so, it acknowledges not only the constraints of the case study model but also the centrality of women’s rights to identify and confront the threats to their conceptions and experiences of security. It limits itself to the Kashmir valley where the worst of the violence has occurred since 1989. Twenty women from seven districts—Srinagar, Pulwama, Budgam, Kulgam, Anantnag, Baramulla and Kupwara—have been interviewed over a 6-month period. In order to understand diverse conceptions and experiences of threats to human security, care was taken to include women from diverse ethnic and religious communities. The study covers Sikh, Sunni and Shia Muslim, Gujjar, Pahari and Kashmiri Pandit women.

scholarly journals The Dichotomy of Proliferating Information Technology in Globalization of Education: A Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 240
Author(s):  
Sri Herminingrum
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Global Information ◽  
Revolutionary Change ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Global Information System ◽  
Globalization Of Education

The Information Technology (IT) proliferation path cannot be separated from the role of American young entrepreneurs who generate revolutionary change in global information system. This modern existence, of course, leads to the socio-cultural phenomena encompassing dichotomous trends in many aspects of Indonesian daily lives, not to mention in education world. Scrutinizing the data obtained from a one-semester direct observation, structured interview, and questionnaire distribution to 586 students of 11 faculties at Universitas Brawijaya is used as the base of a case study. By employing qualitative method, therefore, the study aims to provide insights about the merits and demerits of the use of IT in globalization of education, which is commonly happening in Indonesia within the last decade. The result shows that the dependence of students as Indonesian digital citizen on the internet-based information tends to impact negatively on the basic values of education, such as influencing the students to be narrow-minded, self-centered, and preferring to gain instant results.

PENERAPAN METODE WATERFALL PADA SISTEM INFORMASI MANAJEMEN BUKU PERPUSTAKAAN BERBASIS WEB

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Yuni Eka Achyani ◽  
Sela Saumi
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information System ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Management Information Systems ◽  
Conventional System ◽  
Management Information ◽  
Computer Data ◽  
Processing Data ◽  
Library Book ◽  
Advanced Information Technology

The development of increasingly advanced information technology can provide many benefits for completing work quickly and accurately. One example that requires the delivery of information quickly and accurately is the field of library, this is in accordance with the function of the library which is the heart of education. Most libraries are still many who adhere to a conventional system, of course this will result in disruption of the continuity of the process of managing books in the library. Therefore, the author takes the theme of this study regarding Library Book Management Information Systems Based on Websites by using the waterfall method on software development as well as methods of observation and literature on data collection. This Information System is the best solution for problem solving in managing library books. With the use of managed computer data technology becomes faster, reducing inefficient time and reducing the occurrence of errors in processing data.

Improvements in Web Based ERP Software Architecture as Implemented on the Cloud

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Shruti Makarand Kanade
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Software Architecture ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Manufacturing Company ◽  
Erp Software

 Cloud computing is the buzz word in today’s Information Technology. It can be used in various fields like banking, health care and education. Some of its major advantages that is pay-per-use and scaling, can be profitably implemented in development of Enterprise Resource Planning or ERP. There are various challenges in implementing an ERP on the cloud. In this paper, we discuss some of them like ERP software architecture by considering a case study of a manufacturing company.

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