Two articles published

Two of my academic articles appeared in the last week.

The first one looks at how the new soft skills in information communication technology work are gendered. It argued that even though women are said to bring the soft skills needed to ICT work, they rarely get credit for displaying them as they are seen as just natural in women.

The full reference is:

Kelan, E.K. 2008. Emotions in a Rational Profession: The Gendering of Skills in ICT work. Gender, Work & Organization, 15(1): 49-71.

The original article is available here.

The second article is about how ICT worker talk about the scarcity of women in ICT work. I show that gender is indeed something that is confusing for people. They have no easy explanations to account for the scarcity of women in ICT work as the problem is much more complex than that.

The full reference is:

Kelan, E. K. 2007. 'I don't know why' - Accounting for the Scarcity of Women in ICT Work. Women's Studies International Forum, 30: 499-511.

The original article can be downloaded here.

Earlier versions of the two article can also be downloaded from my university website (under Elisabeth Kelan and publications).