%0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2019 %T Women Managers and Entrepreneurs and Digitalization: On the Verge of a New Era or a Nervous Breakdown? %A Mervi Rajahonka %A Kaija Villman %K domestication %K family %K ICT %K technology %K wellbeing %K women %K work %X The purpose of this article is to examine how female managers and entrepreneurs are employing digital technologies in their working and private lives and what they think about digitalization. The material for the study was gathered through interviews with women in South Savo, Finland. The article builds on the theory of technology domestication, emphasizing the role of users in making a technology usable in their everyday contexts. The findings show that women experience challenges but also gain clear benefits when employing digital technologies. Among the challenges is that women are traditionally rather reserved when it comes to applying technology. Among the benefits is the practice-oriented stance of women towards digital technologies. Moreover, the rise of digital social media and its increasing importance in the working and business environments could make it easier for women to manage both work- and family-related communication. This may improve their wellbeing at work and help women towards equality at work. However, they need support in finding their digitalized career paths. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 9 %P 14-24 %8 06/2019 %G eng %U https://timreview.ca/article/1246 %N 6 %1 South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences XAMK Mervi Rajahonka, DSc (Econ), works as an RDI Advisor at the Small Business Center (SBC) at South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences XAMK, Finland, and she is an Adjunct Research Professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. She has been working at SBC for about 10 years, participating in numerous EU-funded projects. She earned her doctoral degree in Logistics from the Department of Information and Service Economy at Aalto University School of Business in Helsinki, Finland. She also holds a Master’s degree in Technology from Helsinki University of Technology and a Master’s degree in Law from the University of Helsinki. Her research interests include business models, service modularity, and service innovations. Her research has been published in a number of journals in the areas of logistics, services, and operations management. %2 South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences XAMK Kaija Villman, MMus in Arts Management, works as a Project Manager at the Small Business Center (SBC) at South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences XAMK, Finland. She has been working at SBC for about 8 years, participating in numerous national and international EU-funded projects in the fields of creative industries, service development, and digitalization. She is experienced in coordinating interdisciplinary projects, workshops, and training and she acted as the Project Manager for the DigiJoko - Digitalisation, women and management project. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1246