Tessa Wright
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3986274 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Tessa Wright |
| PRENOMES | Tessa |
| SOBRENOME | Wright |
| ASSINATURA | WRIGHT T |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Queen Mary University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3038-6771 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 13 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 125 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 13 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2008 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 7 |
Exclusion by Design
This article analyzes in‐depth empirical data from interviews with 43 female architects who migrated from India to the United Kingdom, using thematic analysis following Braun and Clarke. Theoretically, the article is informed by a gender analysis and a postcolonial lens, utilizing Bhabha's notion of ambivalence to demonstrate how our interviewees' qualifications and work experience were rendered unintelligible by the national bureaucracy and occu…
From social justice to social value
This aim of this article is to trace the concept of ‘social value’ in public procurement (purchasing by the public sector from private and third sector contractors of goods, services and works) in the UK through four decades of the incorporation of social objectives, primarily in the form of equality and diversity requirements, into public purchasing from the practice of contract compliance. It is important to better understand the derivation and…
Existe-t-il un « avantage lesbien » dans les professions dominées par les hommes ? Une analyse intersectionnelle
On suggère parfois que les travailleuses lesbiennes bénéficieraient d'un « avantage » par rapport à leurs consœurs hétérosexuelles : elles auraient des salaires plus élevés, seraient perçues comme plus compétentes et seraient moins souvent la cible d'attentions sexuelles non désirées et de harcèlement sexuel. Cet article s'interroge sur l'existence d'un tel avantage en se basant sur des enquêtes qualitatives comparant l'expérience de femmes lesbi…
Union Equality Structures and the Challenge of Democratic Legitimacy
This article examines two commonly adopted trade union strategies to increase the representation of under-represented groups - first, reserved seats on union decision-making bodies and second, self-organisation, involving separate structures. It does so through the case of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU), whose equality reforms were considered remarkable within the union movement and fire service due to the union's small size and highly male-domina…
Working in nontraditional employment roles
The Only Way is Essex
This contribution to On the Front Line records a dialogue between two female Fire Brigades Union (FBU) representatives in the Essex Emergency Control Room, who led industrial action over the imposition of a shift system that stretched their work-life balance to breaking point and constrained their ability to work full-time. Their testimony reveals how male members were mobilised in the interests of predominantly female control staff. Kate and Lyn…
In the steps of Joan Acker
Inspired by two of Acker's interconnected concepts, inequality regimes and intersectionality, the authors revisit their intersectional research. By exploring their various studies on inequality regimes and intersectionality, the authors propose some novel insights that have emerged from an aggregate appraisal of some 17 empirically researched papers, all shaped by Joan Acker's sociology. While Acker's work on gender and organizations has provided…
Women's Experience of Workplace Interactions in Male‐Dominated Work
Informal workplace interactions are powerful organizational processes producing inequalities in male‐dominated work, where sexuality is frequently employed as a means of control over women. The article considers whether women can derive support from interactions with male and female colleagues, drawing on qualitative research with women working in the UK construction and transport sectors. The article contributes an empirical application of M c C…
Gender, sexuality and male-dominated work
The UK construction and transport sectors remain the most heavily male-dominated industries, showing minimal progress in women's participation. Long and inflexible working hours presume a male model of the worker unconstrained by caring responsibilities. Yet the experiences of the minority of women who work in these sectors are of interest to those concerned with reducing occupational gender segregation. Sexuality is often overlooked in different…
Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Equality in a Modernizing Public Sector 1997–2010
The public sector has traditionally been in the forefront of equality employment policy and practice and an employer of choice for lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people. The introduction of the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations outlawing discrimination in employment on grounds of sexual orientation in 2003 has undoubtedly offered a step forward for LGB people in British workplaces. Yet the public sector has been subjected to h…
A “lesbian advantage
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to consider whether lesbians may experience an “advantage” in non‐traditionally female work compared to heterosexual women, but argues for an intersectional approach to understanding the relationship between gender, sexuality and class in male‐dominated work. Design/methodology/approach The research uses semi‐structured interviews with women working transport and construction, focusing here on an analysis of 1…
Lesbian Firefighters
This qualitative study explores the interaction between gender and sexuality, comparing the experiences of lesbian and heterosexual women firefighters in the UK. It finds that female firefighters are constructed in terms of their sexuality. Lesbians may find it easier than heterosexual women to be accepted into the "watch culture," in which "masculinity" is highly prized and fitting in with colleagues is seen as essential for performing the job s…
Lesbian Workers
This article reports emerging findings from a qualitative research study about lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people at work in the UK. The research focuses on the personal experiences and strategies of LGB people amidst changing organisational responses to sexuality within a new legal and political landscape following the introduction of the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003. The article draws specifically on the percept…
Women's Experience of Workplace Interactions in Male‐Dominated Work
Informal workplace interactions are powerful organizational processes producing inequalities in male‐dominated work, where sexuality is frequently employed as a means of control over women. The article considers whether women can derive support from interactions with male and female colleagues, drawing on qualitative research with women working in the UK construction and transport sectors. The article contributes an empirical application of M c C…
Lesbian Workers
This article reports emerging findings from a qualitative research study about lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people at work in the UK. The research focuses on the personal experiences and strategies of LGB people amidst changing organisational responses to sexuality within a new legal and political landscape following the introduction of the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003. The article draws specifically on the percept…
In the steps of Joan Acker
Inspired by two of Acker's interconnected concepts, inequality regimes and intersectionality, the authors revisit their intersectional research. By exploring their various studies on inequality regimes and intersectionality, the authors propose some novel insights that have emerged from an aggregate appraisal of some 17 empirically researched papers, all shaped by Joan Acker's sociology. While Acker's work on gender and organizations has provided…
Gender, sexuality and male-dominated work
The UK construction and transport sectors remain the most heavily male-dominated industries, showing minimal progress in women's participation. Long and inflexible working hours presume a male model of the worker unconstrained by caring responsibilities. Yet the experiences of the minority of women who work in these sectors are of interest to those concerned with reducing occupational gender segregation. Sexuality is often overlooked in different…
Lesbian Firefighters
This qualitative study explores the interaction between gender and sexuality, comparing the experiences of lesbian and heterosexual women firefighters in the UK. It finds that female firefighters are constructed in terms of their sexuality. Lesbians may find it easier than heterosexual women to be accepted into the "watch culture," in which "masculinity" is highly prized and fitting in with colleagues is seen as essential for performing the job s…
Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Equality in a Modernizing Public Sector 1997–2010
The public sector has traditionally been in the forefront of equality employment policy and practice and an employer of choice for lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people. The introduction of the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations outlawing discrimination in employment on grounds of sexual orientation in 2003 has undoubtedly offered a step forward for LGB people in British workplaces. Yet the public sector has been subjected to h…
A “lesbian advantage
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to consider whether lesbians may experience an “advantage” in non‐traditionally female work compared to heterosexual women, but argues for an intersectional approach to understanding the relationship between gender, sexuality and class in male‐dominated work. Design/methodology/approach The research uses semi‐structured interviews with women working transport and construction, focusing here on an analysis of 1…
The Only Way is Essex
This contribution to On the Front Line records a dialogue between two female Fire Brigades Union (FBU) representatives in the Essex Emergency Control Room, who led industrial action over the imposition of a shift system that stretched their work-life balance to breaking point and constrained their ability to work full-time. Their testimony reveals how male members were mobilised in the interests of predominantly female control staff. Kate and Lyn…
Union Equality Structures and the Challenge of Democratic Legitimacy
This article examines two commonly adopted trade union strategies to increase the representation of under-represented groups - first, reserved seats on union decision-making bodies and second, self-organisation, involving separate structures. It does so through the case of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU), whose equality reforms were considered remarkable within the union movement and fire service due to the union's small size and highly male-domina…
Working in nontraditional employment roles
Lesbian Firefighters
This qualitative study explores the interaction between gender and sexuality, comparing the experiences of lesbian and heterosexual women firefighters in the UK. It finds that female firefighters are constructed in terms of their sexuality. Lesbians may find it easier than heterosexual women to be accepted into the "watch culture," in which "masculinity" is highly prized and fitting in with colleagues is seen as essential for performing the job s…
Lesbian Workers
This article reports emerging findings from a qualitative research study about lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people at work in the UK. The research focuses on the personal experiences and strategies of LGB people amidst changing organisational responses to sexuality within a new legal and political landscape following the introduction of the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003. The article draws specifically on the percept…
Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Equality in a Modernizing Public Sector 1997–2010
The public sector has traditionally been in the forefront of equality employment policy and practice and an employer of choice for lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people. The introduction of the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations outlawing discrimination in employment on grounds of sexual orientation in 2003 has undoubtedly offered a step forward for LGB people in British workplaces. Yet the public sector has been subjected to h…
A “lesbian advantage
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to consider whether lesbians may experience an “advantage” in non‐traditionally female work compared to heterosexual women, but argues for an intersectional approach to understanding the relationship between gender, sexuality and class in male‐dominated work. Design/methodology/approach The research uses semi‐structured interviews with women working transport and construction, focusing here on an analysis of 1…
Gender, sexuality and male-dominated work
The UK construction and transport sectors remain the most heavily male-dominated industries, showing minimal progress in women's participation. Long and inflexible working hours presume a male model of the worker unconstrained by caring responsibilities. Yet the experiences of the minority of women who work in these sectors are of interest to those concerned with reducing occupational gender segregation. Sexuality is often overlooked in different…
Women's Experience of Workplace Interactions in Male‐Dominated Work
Informal workplace interactions are powerful organizational processes producing inequalities in male‐dominated work, where sexuality is frequently employed as a means of control over women. The article considers whether women can derive support from interactions with male and female colleagues, drawing on qualitative research with women working in the UK construction and transport sectors. The article contributes an empirical application of M c C…
In the steps of Joan Acker
Inspired by two of Acker's interconnected concepts, inequality regimes and intersectionality, the authors revisit their intersectional research. By exploring their various studies on inequality regimes and intersectionality, the authors propose some novel insights that have emerged from an aggregate appraisal of some 17 empirically researched papers, all shaped by Joan Acker's sociology. While Acker's work on gender and organizations has provided…
The Only Way is Essex
This contribution to On the Front Line records a dialogue between two female Fire Brigades Union (FBU) representatives in the Essex Emergency Control Room, who led industrial action over the imposition of a shift system that stretched their work-life balance to breaking point and constrained their ability to work full-time. Their testimony reveals how male members were mobilised in the interests of predominantly female control staff. Kate and Lyn…
Working in nontraditional employment roles
Existe-t-il un « avantage lesbien » dans les professions dominées par les hommes ? Une analyse intersectionnelle
On suggère parfois que les travailleuses lesbiennes bénéficieraient d'un « avantage » par rapport à leurs consœurs hétérosexuelles : elles auraient des salaires plus élevés, seraient perçues comme plus compétentes et seraient moins souvent la cible d'attentions sexuelles non désirées et de harcèlement sexuel. Cet article s'interroge sur l'existence d'un tel avantage en se basant sur des enquêtes qualitatives comparant l'expérience de femmes lesbi…
Union Equality Structures and the Challenge of Democratic Legitimacy
This article examines two commonly adopted trade union strategies to increase the representation of under-represented groups - first, reserved seats on union decision-making bodies and second, self-organisation, involving separate structures. It does so through the case of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU), whose equality reforms were considered remarkable within the union movement and fire service due to the union's small size and highly male-domina…
Exclusion by Design
This article analyzes in‐depth empirical data from interviews with 43 female architects who migrated from India to the United Kingdom, using thematic analysis following Braun and Clarke. Theoretically, the article is informed by a gender analysis and a postcolonial lens, utilizing Bhabha's notion of ambivalence to demonstrate how our interviewees' qualifications and work experience were rendered unintelligible by the national bureaucracy and occu…
From social justice to social value
This aim of this article is to trace the concept of ‘social value’ in public procurement (purchasing by the public sector from private and third sector contractors of goods, services and works) in the UK through four decades of the incorporation of social objectives, primarily in the form of equality and diversity requirements, into public purchasing from the practice of contract compliance. It is important to better understand the derivation and…
Sociology (12 obras) · Gender Studies (8 obras) · Labor Movements and Unions (8 obras) · Gender Studies (7 obras) · Political science (7 obras) · Gender Diversity and Inequality (6 obras) · Work (physics (6 obras) · Human sexuality (5 obras) · Lesbian (5 obras) · Law (4 obras)