Doing gender well and differently in management

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12920564
AutoresSharon Mavin (0000-0002-0098-6469, Northumbria University, autor de correspondencia), Gina Grandy (0000-0002-2407-9062, Northumbria University)
Año2012
Volumen27
Número4
Páginas218-231
Fecha de publicación2012-06-08
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaGender in Management An International Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1754-2413 • E-ISSN: 1754-2421
EditorialEmerald Publishing Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1108/17542411211244768
OpenAlexW2055700085
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas43
Referencias citadas39

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to revisit theoretical positions on gender and the implications for gender in management by building upon current research on doing gender well (or appropriately in congruence with sex category) and re‐doing or undoing gender and argue that gender can be done well and differently through simultaneous, multiple enactments of femininity and masculinity. Design/methodology/approach This is a theoretical paper. Findings The authors argue that individuals can perform exaggerated expressions of femininity (or masculinity) while simultaneously performing alternative expressions of femininity or masculinity. The authors question claims that gender can be undone and incorporate sex category into their understanding of doing gender – it cannot be ignored in experiences of doing gender. The authors contend that the binary divide constrains and restricts how men and women do gender but it can be disrupted or unsettled. Research limitations/implications This paper focuses upon the implications of doing gender well and differently, for gender and management research and practice, drawing upon examples of leadership, entrepreneurship, female misogyny and Queen Bee. Originality/value This paper offers a conceptualization of doing gender that acknowledges the gender binary, while also suggesting possibilities of unsettling it

Binary opposition · Conceptualization · Creativity · Doing gender · Epistemology · Femininity · Gender history · Gender identity · Gender psychology · Gender schema theory · Masculinity · Originality · Sociology · Undoing · Value (mathematics · Computer Science · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Studies · Management and Organizational Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology