This work of reference represents a remarkably complete, detailed and extensive review of the field of gender, work and organization in the second decade of the 21st century. Its authors represent eight countries and many disciplines including management, sociology, political science, and gender studies. The chapters, by top scholars in their areas of expertise, offer both reviews and empirical findings, and insights and challenges for further work. The chapters are organized in five sections: Histories and Philosophies; Organizing Work and the Gendered Organization; Embodiment; Globalization; and Diversity. Theoretical and conceptual developments at the cutting edge of the field are explicated and illustrated by the handbooks authors. Methods for conducting research into gender, work and organization are reviewed and assessed as well as illustrated in the work of several chapters. Efforts to produce greater gender equality in the workplace are covered in nearly every chapter, in terms of past successes and failures. Military organizations are presented as one of the difficult to change in regards to gender (with the result that women are marginalized in practice even when official policies and goals require their full inclusion). The role of the body/embodiment is emphasized in several chapters, with attention both to how organizations discipline bodies and how organizational members use their bodies to gain advantage. Particular attention is paid to sexuality in/and organizations, including sexual harassment, policies to alleviate bias, and the likelihood that future work will pay more attention to the bodys presence and role in work and organizations. Many chapters also address change efforts that have been employed by individuals, groups, and organizations, including transnational ones such as the European Union, the United Nations, and so on. In addition to its value for teachers and students within this field, it also offers insights that would be of value to policy makers and practitioners who need to reflect on the latest thinking relating to gender at work and in organizations.
Book Details:
- Author: Emma Jeanes
- ISBN: 9780470979266
- Year Published: 2011
- Pages: 512
- BISAC: BUS085000, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/Organizational Behavior
About the Book and Topic:
This work of reference represents a remarkably complete, detailed and extensive review of the field of gender, work and organization in the second decade of the 21st century. Its authors represent eight countries and many disciplines including management, sociology, political science, and gender studies. The chapters, by top scholars in their areas of expertise, offer both reviews and empirical findings, and insights and challenges for further work. The chapters are organized in five sections: Histories and Philosophies; Organizing Work and the Gendered Organization; Embodiment; Globalization; and Diversity. Theoretical and conceptual developments at the cutting edge of the field are explicated and illustrated by the handbooks authors. Methods for conducting research into gender, work and organization are reviewed and assessed as well as illustrated in the work of several chapters. Efforts to produce greater gender equality in the workplace are covered in nearly every chapter, in terms of past successes and failures. Military organizations are presented as one of the difficult to change in regards to gender (with the result that women are marginalized in practice even when official policies and goals require their full inclusion). The role of the body/embodiment is emphasized in several chapters, with attention both to how organizations discipline bodies and how organizational members use their bodies to gain advantage. Particular attention is paid to sexuality in/and organizations, including sexual harassment, policies to alleviate bias, and the likelihood that future work will pay more attention to the bodys presence and role in work and organizations. Many chapters also address change efforts that have been employed by individuals, groups, and organizations, including transnational ones such as the European Union, the United Nations, and so on. In addition to its value for teachers and students within this field, it also offers insights that would be of value to policy makers and practitioners who need to reflect on the latest thinking relating to gender at work and in organizations.
As a theme and topic for research and writing, gender has become increasingly important over the years not least because of the seeming immunity of society to demands for sexual equality. Despite pressures from feminists, global human rights and legislators, advances have been slow and limited. One of the most important areas for studying gender is in relation to work and organization since that is where economic independence can be found and in contemporary society this may be a necessary if not a sufficient condition for sexual and other equalities. The field of Gender, Work and Organization draws upon a broad range of critical theoretical and multi-disciplinary perspectives including organization and management studies, the sociology and politics of workplace relations, the body, emotion and aesthetics, feminist studies, gender and diversity research, intersectionality, masculinity, psychoanalytic studies, post-structuralism, ethical, political and philosophical research, and transnational studies. Its focus is upon the interrelationship between gender, work and organization as co-produced phenomena is also global in its vision and scope attracting interests from academics and policy makers from diverse cultures and political regimes.
AUTHOR PLATFORMS: The editors and their global team of contributors are all leading experts who actively teach and research in this area at leading institutions in Europe and the US. The major arenas for our promotion and advertising are the journal of Gender, Work The GWO Conference website; the American Academy of Management, , the British Group on Organization Studies (EGOS); CIPD. MARKETING: via The teaching and research networks of the 50 contributors to the volume Google search engines Amazon
About the Author
Emma Jeanes is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter, and has held visiting positions at Lund University, Sweden; and Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. Emma is an associate editor of the Wiley-Blackwell journal: Gender, Work and Organization ; the series editor for the Gender and Organizational Theory book series, Ashgate Publishing. Emma is currently principal investigator on a British Academy funded project exploring the effects of the marriage bar, but is also working on projects exploring the experience of time in/out of work, and life history research. David Knights is Professor Organisational Analysis and Head of the School of Management at Keele University. He is the founding editor of the leading international scholarly journal: Gender Work Patricia Yancey Martin, Professor of Sociology and Department Chair, at Florida State University, is the 2007 recipient of ASAs Jessie Bernard Career Award. From 2007-2008 she was the Fulbright International Scholar & Visiting Professor of Management and Sociology, Goteborg University, Goteborg Sweden.