%0 Journal Article
%T PERSPECTIVES Women's Representation in ICT Employment: Approaches to Bringing about Organisational Change
%A Judith Glover
%A Christina Evans
%J International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology
%D 2011
%I The Open University
%X Women's representation in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) employment remains low in the UK and even shows a small decrease over the last 10 years, with a similar picture in Europe. This Perspectives article reviews an approach to bringing about changes in organisational diversity ¨C the so-called ¡®business case approach¡¯. The business case approach is often contrasted with a ¡®social justice approach¡¯, and many writers argue that the businesscase approach will be ineffective in the long run without social justice underpinnings. We argue that this is a difficult judgement to make and we make the case for two approaches that might bring about change: the systematic evaluation of existing change initiatives so that effectiveness could be established; and a systems approach to organisational change.
%K Women¡¯s employment
%K science
%K engineering and technology
%K organisational practice
%U http://genderandset.open.ac.uk/index.php/genderandset/article/view/189/337