The Status of Social Technologies as a Platform for Empowering Women in Poland

Jeretta Horn Nord and Joanna Paliszkiewicz
Additional contact information
Jeretta Horn Nord: Oklahoma State University, USA
Joanna Paliszkiewicz: Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland

from ToKnowPress

Abstract: Women in countries worldwide face gender equality challenges and Poland is no exception. Women’s empowerment is a critical goal of international development initiatives. What role can social technologies play in advancing this goal? This study addresses the status of social technologies-- facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Google+--as a platform for empowering women in Poland. Over 100 women in the workplace were surveyed regarding the use of technology--specifically social technologies--and the benefits. Knowledge acquisition, improved communication, product promotion, and professional relationships were among the positive outcomes listed by those using social technologies. Detailed graphics of the results will be presented followed by a discussion of how access to the internet and social technologies provides women with a window to the world of education and empowerment.

Keywords: information technology; social technologies; social media; social networking; women’s empowerment; Poland (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.toknowpress.net/ISBN/978-961-6914-13-0/papers/ML15-036.pdf full text (application/pdf)
http://www.toknowpress.net/ISBN/978-961-6914-13-0/MakeLearn2015.pdf Conference Programme (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:tkp:mklp15:215

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Managing Intellectual Capital and Innovation for Sustainable and Inclusive Society: Managing Intellectual Capital and Innovation; Proceedings of the MakeLearn and TIIM Joint International Conference 2015 from ToKnowPress
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Maks Jezovnik ().