Search results for "Digital divide"
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Discriminazioni di genere e trasformazioni del mercato del lavoro
2022
Sin dalla sua origine, l'Organizzazione Internazionale del Lavoro ha posto tra i propri obiettivi primari il miglioramento della protezione sociale ed il raggiungimento della parità di genere nel mondo del lavoro, con la piena ed effettiva partecipazione delle donne alla forza lavoro e alle pari opportunità. Un secolo dopo, molte barriere sono state abbattute soprattutto nei Paesi occidentali; mentre molti altri (nuovi) gaps richiedono politiche di intervento e misure mirate. Il contributo, a partire da una breve ricostruzione del sistema giuridico di protezione antidiscriminatoria, secondo una prospettiva multilivello, esamina le tendenze e gli sviluppi più recenti delle discriminazioni di…
Discriminazioni di genere e trasformazioni del mercato del lavoro
2023
Sin dalla sua origine, l'Organizzazione Internazionale del Lavoro ha posto tra i propri obiettivi primari il miglioramento della protezione sociale ed il raggiungimento della parità di genere nel mondo del lavoro, con la piena ed effettiva partecipazione delle donne alla forza lavoro e alle pari opportunità. Un secolo dopo, molte barriere sono state abbattute soprattutto nei Paesi occidentali; mentre molti altri (nuovi) gaps richiedono politiche di intervento e misure mirate. Il contributo, a partire da una breve ricostruzione del sistema giuridico di protezione antidiscriminatoria, secondo una prospettiva multilivello, esamina le tendenze e gli sviluppi più recenti delle discriminazioni di…
Digital Education, Geography and Multidisciplinarity: Themes, Methods and Critical Issues
2022
In the last few years education has been strongly marked by the digital paradigm: captivating resources, new teaching tools, methodologies and unprecedented interactions between teachers and students have become part of the scientific debate on new teaching/learning processes. This has had positive effects on teachers leading them to new stimuli and new ways of boosting creativity in their didactic approach. The pandemic period has acted as a catalyst of this digital progress in the education field and has also provided the foundation for a scientific reflection on this matter as can be seen in many international congresses and research programs. The visual nature of Geography, both in term…
Influence of Computer-anxiety on the New Forms of Digital Divide
2011
The study analyzes the perceived levels of computer-expertise, computer self-efficacy, Internet attitudes and computer-anxiety in a population of Italian teachers.
Open Access Publishing as a Bridge Across the Digital Divide
2007
In today’s world of snappy catchphrases, the complexity of a phenomenon is often hiddenbehind the simplicity of the terminology. Take, for instance, the concept of the digital divide.In short, the term means that there is a gap between those people who have effective access todigital technologies (and all the benefits that brings) and those who do not (Organization forEconomic Cooperation and Development [OECD], 2001; Selhofer & Husing, 2002). Whilethe definition seems simple enough, in fact, there are numerous reasons for the technologygap among people in the world. Typical reasons for the digital divide include material access(i.e., no access to a computer, lack of access to specific soft…
The organizational use of online stock photos: The impact of representing senior citizens as eternally youthful
2018
The digital divide due to age is declining quickly. But this does not necessarily mean that the willingness to use stock photos depicting older people accompanying digital information is the same among all senior citizens. Three research questions are at the core of this paper: (1) To which extent can various senior citizens (women and men, younger old and older old, living alone or together, full of vitality or fragile) identify with online stock photos of older people accompanying information about pensions, income, health and housing?, (2) Which are the connotations of the visual signs used in such stock photos? and (3) What are the policy implications for organizations aiming at offerin…
Factors Contributing to the Business Digital Divide: A Systematic Literature Review
2021
The main aim of this study is to review the literature relating to the factors that contribute to the business digital divide. A systematic literature review was conducted using two databases (Scopus and Web of Science). A total of 28 articles were selected and analyzed. The selected studies are conducted in various developing and developed countries, including all firm sizes and different sectors, and cover several different digital technologies. Identified factors determining the business digital divide are categorized as technological, organizational, and environmental factors. The discussion and the potentials for further research are also presented.
Grounded Analytic Research: Building Theory from a Body of Research
2012
Track II: Recent Developments in Inductive Research Methods; International audience; In this paper, we present Grounded Analytic Research (GAR) as a method to build theory by synthesizing empirical findings from multiple studies that has been conducted by a single researcher. GAR incorporates concepts from grounded theory, analytic research and systematic literature review. The method was applied in a doctoral dissertation work to build the theoretical concept of Demand Sustainability of public Internet access in the context of bridging the digital divide. We describe GAR and compare it with existing theory building methods that are similar to it in epistemology and ontology.
La fracture numérique 2.0 au travail
2014
National audience; Peut-on voir l’arrivée des TIC dans les organisations comme un vecteur de progrès social ? Nous définirons ici la notion d’intégration comme la capacité pour un individu à obtenir une forme de reconnaissance sociale par le biais de l’accès et de la pratique d’une activité salariée. En ce qui concerne le travail et l’emploi, les TIC peuvent-elles, malgré ce contexte peu propice, être perçues comme des vecteurs d’intégration ? Afin de proposer une réponse, bien entendu partielle, à cette interrogation, nous nous pencherons sur la nature de l’environnement numérique aujourd’hui et sur sa capacité à générer de l’emploi et donc des perspectives d’intégration. Nous envisagerons…
The Impact of Smart City Initiatives on Human Rights : A Qualitative Research Study
2019
Master's thesis Information Systems IS501 - University of Agder 2019 Context:A smart city is a concept where municipalities use ICTto increase efficiency, sustainability and quality of life forits citizensand city operations. Smart city initiatives useIoT technologies, enabled by ICTs to gather large volumesof unstructured data,known as BigData.The aim of any smart city initiativeisto increase thequality of lifein acity, but posesa threat tocitizens privacy, security andfreedom of expressiondue to the large volumes of databeing collected in smart cities,potentially violatingfundamental rightsin theUniversal Declaration of Human Rights.Purpose:This thesis investigatesthe connection between s…