Are Women in Management Victims of the Phantom of the Male Norm?
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Are Women in Management Victims of the Phantom of the Male Norm? / Billing, Yvonne Due.
I: Gender, Work and Organization, Bind 18, Nr. 3, 2011, s. 298-317.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Are Women in Management Victims of the Phantom of the Male Norm?
AU - Billing, Yvonne Due
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Managerial jobs have conventionally been understood as male and thus as not being directly suitable for women. The point of departure of this discourse is that women and men are different and that there is congruence between men and managerial jobs. On the basis of a qualitative study of women managers, I argue that there is a need for more sophisticated ways of appreciating the experiences of (many) women in relation to management. Variation, complexity and contradictions may be lost when holding onto essentialist understandings such as the male norm.
AB - Managerial jobs have conventionally been understood as male and thus as not being directly suitable for women. The point of departure of this discourse is that women and men are different and that there is congruence between men and managerial jobs. On the basis of a qualitative study of women managers, I argue that there is a need for more sophisticated ways of appreciating the experiences of (many) women in relation to management. Variation, complexity and contradictions may be lost when holding onto essentialist understandings such as the male norm.
U2 - 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2010.00546.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2010.00546.x
M3 - Journal article
VL - 18
SP - 298
EP - 317
JO - Gender, Work and Organization
JF - Gender, Work and Organization
SN - 0968-6673
IS - 3
ER -
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