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Hardsoft, formalinformal, worklearning
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Butterwick, Shauna
, Jubas, Kaela
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Communication technologies
/ Gender
/ Knowledge economy
/ Knowledge organizations
/ Workplace learning
2008
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Hardsoft, formalinformal, worklearning
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Butterwick, Shauna
, Jubas, Kaela
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Communication technologies
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/ Knowledge economy
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/ Workplace learning
2008
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Hardsoft, formalinformal, worklearning
2008
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Purpose This paper discusses insights from a study of women working, or seeking or preparing for work, in the information technology IT field. At issue is how and whether alternative career pathways and informally acquired skills and knowledge, as well as the operation of gender in learning and work, are acknowledged by employers, colleagues and participants themselves. Designmethodologyapproach Using the qualitative technique of life and work history, this study mapped varied learning pathways of women working in the IT field. We used a feminist approach to explore this field, which is characterised as both highly masculine and filled with opportunities for all workers, including women. Findings Juxtaposing categories present in the data, such as female and male, formal and informal education, work and learning, hard and soft skills, and centre and periphery, we establish that binary constructs are both persistent and tenuous. Research limitationsimplications Our analysis challenges assumptions about educating the global workforce and the learning pathways within the IT field. Moreover, it suggests the usefulness of further qualitative research on this topic in other geographic locations or fields of work. Originalityvalue In questioning epistemological and social binaries, our analysis contributes to the retheorisation of conceptions of knowledge and learning. In moving from an eitheror to a bothand understanding of them, we offer a different way of talking about how they can be understood.
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Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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