Women in Kolkata's IT Sector - Satisficing Between Work and Household (Paperback, 2014 ed.)

Based on a survey of women workers in Kolkata's IT sector, this book argues that growth of the IT sector has created a demand for skilled professionals. This has provided scope for highly educated urban women to create a space of self-expression and enjoy enhanced status and prestige within their families. These women workers carefully plan their career and daily activities, keeping in mind the need to balance diverse and conflicting needs of work and home. This kind of decision-making occurs outside the utilitarian framework and is better framed in terms of Herbert Simon's 'satisficing' approach, which takes into account the bounded rationality of agents. Written in lucid, non-technical language, the book will be an invaluable addition to existing works on gender and labour studies and will be of interest to social scientists undertaking research on gender, labour and the IT sector.

General

Imprint:	Springer, India, Private Ltd
Country of origin:	India
Series:	SpringerBriefs in Sociology
Release date:	2014
First published:	2014
Authors:	Zakir Husain • Mousumi Dutta
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	133
Edition:	2014 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-81-322-1592-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Work & labour Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Labour economics > General Promotions
LSN:	81-322-1592-3
Barcode:	9788132215929

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