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Reader in Gender, Work and Organization




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: Reader in Gender, Work and Organization

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 658.30082
EAN: 9781405102568
ISBN: 140510256X
Label: Wiley-Blackwell
Manufacturer: Wiley-Blackwell
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 456
Publication Date: September 08, 2003
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Studio: Wiley-Blackwell



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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
This reader uses an alternative approach to gender at work to provoke new thinking about traditional management topics, such as leadership and negotiation.

  • Presents students with an alternative conceptual approach to gender in the workplace.
  • Connects gender with other dimensions of difference such as race and class for a deeper understanding of diversity in organizations.
  • Illustrates how traditional images of competence and the ideal worker result in narrow ways of thinking about work, limiting both opportunity and organizational effectiveness.
  • Provokes new ways of thinking about leadership, human resource management, negotiation, globalization and organizational change.


Book Description:
This reader presents students with an alternative conceptual approach to gender in the workplace. This approach traces the alignment of commonly held assumptions about work and competence with idealized images of masculinity. The readings then illustrate how this alignment limits opportunities for all but a small narrowly defined segment of the workforce. These limitations not only affect the work experiences of women and men, but also restrict how work gets done, and therefore reduce organizational effectiveness. The contributors take stock of the most important recent work on gender and diversity in organizations and apply it to mainstream contemporary management. The result is a book that not only gives readers a deeper understanding of gender and diversity in organizations, but also provokes new ways of thinking about traditional topics, such as leadership, human resource management, negotiation, globalization and organizational change.



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - An excellent contribution to literature about gender and work
Excellent book for anyone interested in gender and work. The editors are aware of issues related to race, in addition to gender, which is an added bonus. Choose this book if you are serious about the topic. If you want something light and fluffy, go with a different book.


Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Not a good experience
I recieved this book after 3 weeks and I had actually buy the same book from the stores. Now I have 2 books of same kind. Very bad experience.






 






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