Isolated in a technologically connected world?: Changes in the Core Professional Ties of Female Researchers in Ghana, Kenya, and Kerala, India

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-1-2012

Abstract

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. © 2012 Midwest Sociological Society.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Sociological Quarterly

First Page

143

Last Page

165

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