Impact of Gender in Adopting and Using ICTs in Spain

The main objective of this paper is to analyse the impact of gender in adopting and using new information and communication technologies (ICTs) in Spain. It is widely accepted that men tend to be the first to use new technologies and to gain significant benefits from doing so, both at home and work....

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Autores principales:	Gargallo-Castel,Ana, Esteban-Salvador,Luisa, Pérez-Sanz,Javier
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y Negocios 2010
Materias:	gender skills education work information and communication technologies rural area Spain digital divide
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-272420100003000092010-12-28Impact of Gender in Adopting and Using ICTs in SpainGargallo-Castel,AnaEsteban-Salvador,LuisaPérez-Sanz,Javier gender skills education work information and communication technologies rural area Spain digital divide The main objective of this paper is to analyse the impact of gender in adopting and using new information and communication technologies (ICTs) in Spain. It is widely accepted that men tend to be the first to use new technologies and to gain significant benefits from doing so, both at home and work. However, further research on gender and new technologies, such as ICTs, is still needed in order to better understand differences between men and women. On the one hand we show that percentage of ICTs users is higher among men. On the other hand, our results confirm that women also present lower frequency of ICTs use. We examine how the differences in adoption and use of ICTs are moderated by cultural and socioeconomic aspects. Differences appear mainly in the lower levels of education and in the rural area. Therefore, it highlights the necessity of taking into account those aspects to remove the gender digital divide totally. We also underline the importance of changes in gender roles and the increase of the participation of women in the Spanish labour force.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y NegociosJournal of technology management & innovation v.5 n.3 20102010-10-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-27242010000300009en10.4067/S0718-27242010000300009
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spellingShingle	gender skills education work information and communication technologies rural area Spain digital divide Gargallo-Castel,Ana Esteban-Salvador,Luisa Pérez-Sanz,Javier Impact of Gender in Adopting and Using ICTs in Spain
description	The main objective of this paper is to analyse the impact of gender in adopting and using new information and communication technologies (ICTs) in Spain. It is widely accepted that men tend to be the first to use new technologies and to gain significant benefits from doing so, both at home and work. However, further research on gender and new technologies, such as ICTs, is still needed in order to better understand differences between men and women. On the one hand we show that percentage of ICTs users is higher among men. On the other hand, our results confirm that women also present lower frequency of ICTs use. We examine how the differences in adoption and use of ICTs are moderated by cultural and socioeconomic aspects. Differences appear mainly in the lower levels of education and in the rural area. Therefore, it highlights the necessity of taking into account those aspects to remove the gender digital divide totally. We also underline the importance of changes in gender roles and the increase of the participation of women in the Spanish labour force.
author	Gargallo-Castel,Ana Esteban-Salvador,Luisa Pérez-Sanz,Javier
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title	Impact of Gender in Adopting and Using ICTs in Spain
title_short	Impact of Gender in Adopting and Using ICTs in Spain
title_full	Impact of Gender in Adopting and Using ICTs in Spain
title_fullStr	Impact of Gender in Adopting and Using ICTs in Spain
title_full_unstemmed	Impact of Gender in Adopting and Using ICTs in Spain
title_sort	impact of gender in adopting and using icts in spain
publisher	Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y Negocios
publishDate	2010
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