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The advent of new technologies is said to change the world of work
dramatically. But is gender changing as well?
Gender is often seen in rigid ways: people are justmen and women.
This informative and thoughtful book will change how gender is seen
at work. The book highlights how gender is performed in rigid but
also fluid ways. It does so by exploring how gender is done in
contemporary high tech work. The book develops an innovative
approach to study gender as a performance. It makes use of a unique
discourse analytic method to analyze performing gender and to show
how changes at work are intertwined with changes in gender
relations. The book provides academics and practitioners with a
cutting edge view on how to make sense of gender in the changing
workplace.
How do men interested in gender equality become ‘change makers’
and lead their organisation towards inclusion? Directly addressing
men, this innovative book reveals how they can be centrally
involved in creating gender-inclusive cultures in their
organisations. Using cutting-edge research, it suggests practical
actions for men as leaders and managers to implement in order to
make real changes . Ideal for the time-poor professional, it is
essential reading for all men who want to make a difference but
don’t know where to start.
The lack of women on boards has galvanised much public and policy
interest, which has led to many countries introducing quotas for
women on boards, or to concerted voluntary action. However the way
that directors are appointed remains opaque and prone to the
influence of gender. Using a social constructionist understanding
of gender and a discourse analysis, Gender and Corporate Boards
explores the board appointment process through the experiences of
women and men seeking non-executive board roles. The book is unique
in that it traces board-ready candidates, who have been vetted by
an executive search firm, over an 18-month period. By taking a
longitudinal and prospective view rather than retrospective and
snapshot, it provides deep analysis of how the board appointment
process is gendered. This volume privileges the voices of those who
are seeking board roles to show how they make sense of an
unpredictable and complex process. Gender and Corporate Boards
first analyses how aspirant board candidates see themselves in
relation to the market, through exploring their perceptions of the
ideal board member and how they position themselves towards this
ideal. Second, the book shows how candidates must leverage their
networks to get board appointments, and that the process is
gendered: women and men receive different benefits from their
networks. Third, the book explores how the participants make sense
of success and failure and how their justifications are also
gendered. The book will be of interest to those seeking to
understand dynamics of gender on boards as well as those interested
in gender and leadership more broadly.
An indepth examination of how to develop the next generation of
female leaders, Rising Stars takes a closer look at the
motivations, attitudes and perspectives of Generation Y and what
this means for the workplace. Invaluable for Generation Y women to
make sense of their own careers and the path they should take next.
The lack of women on boards has galvanised much public and policy
interest, which has led to many countries introducing quotas for
women on boards, or to concerted voluntary action. However the way
that directors are appointed remains opaque and prone to the
influence of gender. Using a social constructionist understanding
of gender and a discourse analysis, Gender and Corporate Boards
explores the board appointment process through the experiences of
women and men seeking non-executive board roles. The book is unique
in that it traces board-ready candidates, who have been vetted by
an executive search firm, over an 18-month period. By taking a
longitudinal and prospective view rather than retrospective and
snapshot, it provides deep analysis of how the board appointment
process is gendered. This volume privileges the voices of those who
are seeking board roles to show how they make sense of an
unpredictable and complex process. Gender and Corporate Boards
first analyses how aspirant board candidates see themselves in
relation to the market, through exploring their perceptions of the
ideal board member and how they position themselves towards this
ideal. Second, the book shows how candidates must leverage their
networks to get board appointments, and that the process is
gendered: women and men receive different benefits from their
networks. Third, the book explores how the participants make sense
of success and failure and how their justifications are also
gendered. The book will be of interest to those seeking to
understand dynamics of gender on boards as well as those interested
in gender and leadership more broadly.
Providing a unique insight into how gender is performed in
contemporary high-tech work and introducing a creative and novel
way of analyzing the fluidity and rigidity of gender at work
through discourse analytic methods the author highlights how
changes in the world of work interact with changes in gender
relations.
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