The Employment of online communities of practice for manifesting feminist behaviors among Eastern Women

Shahla Ghobadi; Stephen Smith

The Employment of online communities of practice for manifesting feminist behaviors among Eastern Women

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Abstract

There is a growing body of literature on the concept of gender and women empowerment through information and communication technologies. However, there is no considerable effort to investigate how information technology affects feminism movements particularly in eastern countries. Drawn from the findings in the current body of literature and using activity theory, this paper postulates the significant moderating impact of online communities of practice in transforming feminist-related attitudes into feminist-related behaviours of eastern women. It then uses quantitative data from an eastern cultural context to check the applicability of the proposed proposition.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 15th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS) 2011
Subtitle of host publication	Quality Research in Pacific Asia
Editors	Peter Seddon
Place of Publication	Brisbane
Publisher	Queensland University of Technology
Pages	1-13
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Print)	9781864356441
Publication status	Published - 2011
Externally published	Yes
Event	Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (15th : 2011) - Brisbane Duration: 7 Jul 2011 → 11 Jul 2011

Conference

Conference	Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (15th : 2011)
City	Brisbane
Period	7/07/11 → 11/07/11

Keywords

Communities of practice (CoP)
Feminism
Women empowerment

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Ghobadi, S & Smith, S 2011, The Employment of online communities of practice for manifesting feminist behaviors among Eastern Women. in P Seddon (ed.), Proceedings of the 15th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS) 2011: Quality Research in Pacific Asia. Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, pp. 1-13, Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (15th : 2011), Brisbane, 7/07/11.

The Employment of online communities of practice for manifesting feminist behaviors among Eastern Women. / Ghobadi, Shahla; Smith, Stephen.
Proceedings of the 15th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS) 2011: Quality Research in Pacific Asia. ed. / Peter Seddon. Brisbane: Queensland University of Technology, 2011. p. 1-13.

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