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ISOLATED IN A TECHNOLOGICALLY CONNECTED WORLD?: Changes in the Core Professional Ties of Female Researchers in Ghana, Kenya, and Kerala, India
Using panel data gathered across two waves (2001 and 2005) from researchers in Ghana, Kenya, and Kerala, India, we examine three questions: (1) To what extent do gender differences exist in the core professional networks of scientists in low-income areas? (2) How do gender differences shift over tim...
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The Sociological Quarterly
2012
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| Online Access: | http://10.26.1.76/ks/005026.pdf |
| Summary: | Using panel data gathered across two waves (2001 and 2005) from researchers in Ghana, Kenya,
and Kerala, India, we examine three questions: (1) To what extent do gender differences exist in the
core professional networks of scientists in low-income areas? (2) How do gender differences shift
over time? (3) Does use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) mediate the
relationship between gender and core network composition? Our results indicate that over a
period marked by dramatic increases in access to and use of various ICTs, the composition and
size of female researchers core professional ties have either not changed significantly or have
changed in an unexpected direction. Indeed, the size of women’s ties are retracting over time
rather than expanding. |
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| Physical Description: | p.143–165 53 (2012) |