Handbook of Gender, Work and Organization

This work of reference represents a remarkably complete, detailed and extensive review of the field of gender, work and organization in the second decade of the 21st century. Its authors represent eight countries and many disciplines including management, sociology, political science, and gender studies. The chapters, by top scholars in their areas of expertise, offer both reviews and empirical findings, and insights and challenges for further work. The chapters are organized in five sections: Histories and Philosophies; Organizing Work and the Gendered Organization; Embodiment; Globalization; and Diversity. Theoretical and conceptual developments at the cutting edge of the field are explicated and illustrated by the handbook s authors. Methods for conducting research into gender, work and organization are reviewed and assessed as well as illustrated in the work of several chapters. Efforts to produce greater gender equality in the workplace are covered in nearly every chapter, in terms of past successes and failures. Military organizations are presented as one of the difficult to change in regards to gender (with the result that women are marginalized in practice even when official policies and goals require their full inclusion). The role of the body/embodiment is emphasized in several chapters, with attention both to how organizations discipline bodies and how organizational members use their bodies to gain advantage. Particular attention is paid to sexuality in/and organizations, including sexual harassment, policies to alleviate bias, and the likelihood that future work will pay more attention to the body s presence and role in work and organizations. Many chapters also address change efforts that have been employed by individuals, groups, and organizations, including transnational ones such as the European Union, the United Nations, and so on. In addition to its value for teachers and students within this field, it also offers insights that would be of value to policy makers and practitioners who need to reflect on the latest thinking relating to gender at work and in organizations.

This work of reference represents a remarkably complete, detailedand extensive review of the field of gender, work and organizationin the second decade of the 21st century. Its authorsrepresent eight countries and many disciplines includingmanagement, sociology, political science, and gender studies. Thechapters, by top scholars in their areas of expertise, offer bothreviews and empirical findings, and insights and challenges forfurther work. The chapters are organized in five sections:Histories and Philosophies; Organizing Work and the GenderedOrganization; Embodiment; Globalization; and Diversity.* Theoretical and conceptual developments at the cutting edge ofthe field are explicated and illustrated by the handbook'sauthors.* Methods for conducting research into gender, work andorganization are reviewed and assessed as well as illustrated inthe work of several chapters.* Efforts to produce greater gender equality in the workplaceare covered in nearly every chapter, in terms of past successes andfailures. Military organizations are presented as one of thedifficult to change in regards to gender (with the result thatwomen are marginalized in practice even when official policies andgoals require their full inclusion).* The role of the body/embodiment is emphasized in severalchapters, with attention both to how organizations disciplinebodies and how organizational members use their bodies to gainadvantage. Particular attention is paid to sexuality in/andorganizations, including sexual harassment, policies to alleviatebias, and the likelihood that future work will pay more attentionto the body's presence and role in work andorganizations.* Many chapters also address "change efforts" thathave been employed by individuals, groups, and organizations,including transnational ones such as the European Union, the UnitedNations, and so on.In addition to its value for teachers and students within thisfield, it also offers insights that would be of value to policymakers and practitioners who need to reflect on the latest thinkingrelating to gender at work and in organizations.

Editorial Introduction (Emma L Jeanes, David Knights, PatriciaYancey Martin).Section One: Histories and Philosophies of Gender, Work andOrganization.Editorial Introduction.1 Postmodern Feminism and Organization Studies: A Marriage ofInconvenience? (Melissa Tyler).2 Women's Writing (Heather Höpfl).3 Ways of Knowing: Gender as a Politics of Knowledge? (SilviaGherardi).4 Gender, Work, and Organization in Popular Culture (AlisonPullen and Carl Rhodes).5 Theorizing Gender, Race, and Class in Organizations (JoanAcker).6 How to Study Gender Inequality in Organizations? (BarbaraCzarniawska).Section Two: Embodying Organizations, Organizing Bodies andRegulating Identities.Editorial Introduction.7 Leading with Body (Amanda Sinclair).8 The Body: A Review and a Theoretical Perspective (AngelaHope).9 New Intimacy, New Motherhood, Same Old Work? (JoannaBrewis).10 Representing the Successful Managerial Body (Kate Kennyand Emma Bell).11 The Organisational Contours of 'Body Work' (CarolWolkowitz).12 Embodying Transgender in Studies of Gender, Work, andOrganization (Torkild Thanem).Section Three: Organizing Work and the GenderedOrganization.Editorial Introduction.13 Does Gender Inequality Ever Disappear? (Joanne Martin).14 Practicing Gender Neutrality in Organizations (PäiviKorvajärvi).15 Women Professionals' Gender Strategies: Negotiating GenderedOrganizational Barriers (Sharon R. Bird and Laura A.Rhoton).16 Gender and Work: A Technofeminist Analysis (JudyWajcman).17 Gender Change, Organizational Change, and Gender EqualityStrategies (Yvonne Benschop and Mieke Verloo).Section Four: Diversity in/and Management andOrganizations.Editorial Introduction.18 Sexualities, Work, Organizations, and Managements: Empirical,Policy, and Theoretical Challenges (Jeff Hearn).19 Diversity in Organizations: A Critical Examination ofAssumptions about Diversity and Organizations in Twenty-fi rstCentury Management Literature (Vedran Omanovic)20 Diversity, Uniqueness, and Images of Human Resourcefulness(Bogdan Costea).Section Five: Globalization and Gender in/and Management andOrganizations.Editorial Introduction.21 International Organizations and the Organization of Gender(Alison E. Woodward).22 Toward Gender Equality in European Union Labour Markets:Achievements and Contemporary Challenges (CatherineCasey).23 The Military in a Globalized Environment: Perpetuating an'Extremely Gendered' Organization (Orna Sasson-Levy).24 In the Back and Forth of Transmigration: RethinkingOrganization Studies in a Transnational Key (Marta B. Calásand Linda Smircich).Biographies.Index.