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A gendered carnival? Project work at Volvo Cars
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19448285 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alexander Styhre (0000-0002-8347-2665, Chalmers University of Technology), Maria Bäckman (0000-0003-3812-4511, Chalmers University of Technology), Sofia Börjesson (Chalmers University of Technology) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 96-106 |
| Publication date | 2005-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women in Management Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0964-9425 • E-ISSN: 1758-7182 |
| Publisher | Emerald (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1108/09649420510584436 |
| OpenAlex | W2011512697 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 24 |
Purpose To discusss the first concept car development project in the automotive industry managed by female engineers and designers. Design/methodology/approach An abiding concern in feminist discourses is to understand how and why women are excluded from certain positions and activities and how organizations become gendered. Drawing on the Russian literature theorist Mikhail Bakhtin, exceptional events such as concept car development projects in the automotive industry may be examined as a form of carnival wherein the predominant social order is overturned for a period of time and thereafter restored. Findings Exploring the “all female” project at Volvo Cars as a carnival event captures the double nature of such “affirmative” activities; on the one hand, they are giving space to marginal groups, while, on the other hand, being events that differ from the everyday work life order, they therefore risk being marginal activities with limited sustaining impact. Originality/value In theoretical terms, the paper has integrated feminist theory and Bakhtin's writing on the carnival as an institutionalized way to mediate conflict and discontent
Aesthetics · Automotive industry · Business · Everyday life · Originality · Political science · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Crafts, Textile, and Design · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Engineering · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law
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Managing Masculinity in Contemporary Organizational Life
Gendered Contradictions in Organizational Equity Projects
The Politics of Emotion
Luce Irigaray, Sexual Difference and Theorizing Leaders and Leadership
The ‘Feminine Advantage’
It's a Man's World!’
Breaking the Glass Ceiling
Violence and the Sacred
Feminist theories of technology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |