Book description
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 21
st
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.
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Theoretical and conceptual developments at the cutting edge of
the field are explicated and illustrated by the handbook's authors.
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Methods for conducting research into gender, work and
organization are reviewed and assessed as well as illustrated in
the work of several chapters.
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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).
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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 body's presence and role in work and organizations.
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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.
Emma L. Jeanes is a Senior Lecturer at the
University of Exeter, UK, and holds visiting positions at Lund
University, Sweden; and Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
David Knights is a Research Professor at the University of West
of England, UK, and a Guest Professor at the University of Gothenburg,
Sweden. He also holds Visiting Professorships in Management at the
Universities of Stockholm, Sweden, and Lancaster, UK.
Patricia Yancey Martin is Professor of Sociology Emerita at
Florida State University, USA, and she has held visiting positions at
Ohio State University, the University of Delaware, the University of
Illinois at Chicago, the University of Tennessee, USA; Trento
University, Italy; Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany; and Gothenburg
University, Sweden.
