Pride Against Prejudice? The Stakes of Concealment and Disclosure of a Stigmatized Identity for Gay and Lesbian Auditors
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2374170 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sebastien Stenger (Institut Superieur de Gestion), Thomas Roulet (0000-0002-9148-3743, King's College London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 257-273 |
| Publication date | 2018-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Work Employment and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-0170 • E-ISSN: 1469-8722 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0950017016682459 |
| OpenAlex | W2563784891 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 32 |
| References cited | 48 |
How do individuals choose to conceal a stigmatized attribute and what are the consequences of such a choice? We answer this question by looking at how gay and lesbian employees make sense of their homosexuality in the highly normative context of audit firms. As a first step, we unveil the subtle pressures exerted on those who possess concealable stigmatized identities. Homosexual auditors engage in partial or full concealment of their sexuality. They live in the fear of being misjudged and cast out of a context in which male values are tantamount. However, the efforts required to conceal create a situation of unrest, which eventually interferes with their social integration at work. We draw on rich ethnographic material in French audit firms, benefitting from the exogenous shock of a gay marriage bill. The study's findings shed new light on audit as a gendered profession and the cost of concealing stigmatized invisible identities
Aesthetics · Audit · Business · Context (archaeology · Homosexuality · Human sexuality · Identity (music · Lesbian · Normative · Political science · Prejudice (legal term · Pride · Sexual identity · Sociology · Education, sociology, and vocational training · Gender Studies · Law · Management and Organizational Studies · Psychology · Psychology of Social Influence · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 32 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,57 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 32 |