
Performing Gender at Work
Elisabeth Kelan(Author)
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 16. July 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
IX, 253 pages
978-1-349-36745-0 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
"A strongly motivated, compelling piece of research, Elisabeth Kelan challenges us to think about the ways in which the evolving economy shapes new gender inequities. Her eye popping investigation into how gender progress lags as technology expands is a must read." - Sylvia Ann Hewlett, President, Center for Work Life Policy
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Edition
1st ed. 2009
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
IX, 253 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
337 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-36745-0 (9781349367450)
DOI
10.1057/9780230244498
Schweitzer Classification
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Person
ELISABETH KELAN, PhD, is Professor of Leadership at Cranfield School of Management. She has written numerous academic articles and two books. The Times featured her as one of the management thinkers to watch and her research was reported in The Financial Times, ABC News, Die Zeit and El PaĆs amongst others. She sits on the advisory boards of the Women's Empowerment Principles, a partnership initiative of UN Women and the UN Global Compact, and the National Society of High School Scholars Foundation. She is an associate editor of the journal Gender, Work and Organization and is on the editorial board of the British Journal of Management. She previously worked at London Business School and holds a PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Content
Introduction Changes at Work and in Gender Relations Theorising Performing Gender Ideal Workers, Ideal Gender Performing Gendered Work Biographies Gender as an Ideological Dilemma Conclusions