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Title: | Disrupting gendered dichotomies: Gender equality in a high-tech Belgian company | Authors: | ROOS, Hannelore ZANONI, Patrizia |
Issue Date: | 2016 | Publisher: | Greenleaf Publishing | Source: | Flynn, Patricia M.; Haynes, Kathryn; Kilgour, Maureen A. (Ed.). Overcoming Challenges to Gender Equality in the Workplace: Leadership and Innovation, Greenleaf Publishing, p. 8-20 | Abstract: | This chapter aims to draw together theoretical lessons on how to effectively foster gender equality at work. Based on the qualitative case study of a Belgian high-tech company employing a considerable number of women throughout the organizational hierarchy, we identify a constellation of policies, practices and narratives which dilute three classical hierarchized gendered dichotomiesat work: (1) male/female identities, (2) individualism/collectivism,and (3) private/public (Ely and Meyerson, 2000). Our analysis suggests that gender equality along these dichotomies is respectively fostered by narratives and practices of: (1) masculine and feminine competences as distinct, equally valuable and acquirable by all, (2) innovative work as a collective achievement, and (3) far-reaching work flexibility. Despite the absence of a formalized gender policy, the emergence of masculine, heroic professional identities is discouraged, creating more equal professional opportunities for women and men, resulting in gender equality. | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/22023 | ISBN: | 9781783535460 | Rights: | © 2016 Greenleaf Publishing Limited | Category: | B2 | Type: | Book Section | Validations: | vabb 2018 |
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