Challenging cisnormativity, gender binarism and sex binarism in management research

Foregrounding the workplace experiences of trans* and intersex people

Bibliographic Data

ID12920552
AuthorsThomas Köllen (0000-0002-3198-057X, University of Bern, corresponding author), Nick Rumens (0000-0002-2318-0345, Oxford Brookes University)
Year2022
Volume37
Issue6
Pages701-715
Publication date2022-08-09
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGender in Management An International Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1754-2413 • E-ISSN: 1754-2421
PublisherEmerald Publishing Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1108/gm-01-2022-0022
OpenAlexW4291433282
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited46

Purpose This paper aims to challenge the cisnormative and binary assumptions that underpin the management and gender scholarship. Introducing and contextualising the contributions that comprise this special issue, this paper critically reflects on some of the principal developments in management research on trans* and intersex people in the workplace and anticipates what future scholarship in this area might entail. Design/methodology/approach A critical approach is adopted to interrogate the prevailing cisnormative and binary approach adopted by management and gender scholars. Findings The key finding is the persistence of cisnormativity and normative gender and sex binarism in academic knowledge production and in society more widely, which appear to have hindered how management and gender scholars have routinely failed to conceptualise and foreground the array of diverse genders and sexes. Originality/value This paper foregrounds the workplace experiences of trans* and intersex people, which have been neglected by management researchers. By positioning intersexuality as an important topic of management research, this paper breaks the silence that has enwrapped intersex issues in gender and management scholarship. There are still unanswered questions and issues that demand future research from academics who are interested in addressing cisnormativity in the workplace and problematising the sex and gender binaries that sustain it

Aesthetics · Binary opposition · Epistemology · Feminization (sociology · Foregrounding · Normative · Originality · Political science · Qualitative research · Scholarship · Silence · Social science · Sociology · Transgender · Value (mathematics · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology

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