Women’s Work, Men’s Cultures by Rutherford, Sarah -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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WOMEN’S WORK, MEN’S CULTURES

CONTENTS FIGURE AND TABLE

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS CONTEXT

SCOPE

INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION MY APPROACH TO CHANGE

1 WOMEN IN SOCIETY

INTRODUCTION WOMEN IN EMPLOYMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WOMEN AND VIOLENCE WOMEN AND THE SEXUALIZATION OF CULTURE WOMEN AND ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE

2 BELONGING: MEANINGS OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE

WHAT IS ‘ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE’? CULTURE AS EXCLUSIONARY THE PSYCHODYNAMIC APPROACH POWER GENDERED CULTURE A WORKING DEFINITION OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE THE INFLUENCE OF HISTORY, OWNERSHIP, AND ARCHITECTURE BUILDINGS AND ARTIFACTS

3 THE GENDER AGENDA

PART 1: EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES, DIVERSITY, INCLUSION – WHAT’S IN A WORD? INTRODUCTION LIMITS TO EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES RECOGNITION OF DIFFERENCE THE MOVE TO DIVERSITY INCLUSION GENDER AND DIVERSITY PART 2: THE BUSINESS CASE – REFOCUSED, RENEWED, REPEATED? MEASUREMENT WOMEN – THE ECONOMIC DRIVER DIVERSITY FATIGUE PART 3: GENDER AWARENESS IN ORGANIZATIONS TALKING ABOUT WOMEN – STEREOTYPES HOW WOMEN SEE THEMSELVES HIGHER LEVELS OF AWARENESS: AIRCO CONCLUDING POINTS

4 STYLE MATTERS

INTRODUCTION MANAGEMENT STYLE MANAGEMENT AS MASCULINE SOFTER SKILLS WANTED BUSINESS/FUNCTION NEEDS EMOTION LEGITIMIZED EXPRESSION OF EMOTION MANAGING DIFFERENTLY? WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FEMALE ADVANTAGE? DOUBLE STANDARDS LEARNING TO VALUE WOMEN ONE BIG MISUNDERSTANDING – THE ‘MEN ARE FROM MARS’ PHENOMENON REASONS FOR DIFFERENCES STATUS BRAIN AND HORMONES – REINFORCING STEREOTYPES CONCLUDING POINTS

5 THE PUBLIC/PRIVATE DIVIDE

INTRODUCTION HOME UNPAID WORK AT HOME – THE SECOND SHIFT MATERNITY RETURNERS MANAGING IT ALL CONFLICT DISCOURSE OF CHOICE

6 ARE YOU GOING HOME ALREADY? THE LONG-HOURS CULTURE

TIME AS A MEANS OF CULTURAL RESISTANCE HOW MANY HOURS? REASONS FOR WORKING LONG HOURS WOMEN AND LONG HOURS ORGANIZATIONAL RESPONSE TO THE LONG-HOURS CULTURE WORK–LIFE BALANCE THE TERMINOLOGY/LANGUAGE THE BUSINESS CASE FATHERS’ RIGHTS RECESSION GIVES FLEXIBLE WORKING A BOOST CONCLUSIONS

7 LET’S HAVE A DRINK! INFORMAL NETWORKING AND SOCIALIZING

INTRODUCTION WOMEN’S NETWORKS MENTORING A BUREAUCRATIC LONG-TERM CAREER CULTURE – AIRCO AFTER-HOURS SOCIALIZING, INCLUDING CORPORATE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATE ENTERTAINING SPORT AS MEANS OF ENTERTAINING AND INFORMAL NETWORKING SEXUAL ENTERTAINMENT WOMEN IN THE BOARDROOM

8 SEX IN THE OFFICE

INTRODUCTION SEXUALIZED CULTURES THE PROFESSIONAL WOMAN’S DILEMMA THE SEXUAL CONTINUUM – FROM HAVING FUN TO SEXUAL HARASSMENT BANTER DRAWING A LINE REPORTING KEEPING QUIET THE IMPACT OF A NON-HETEROSEXUAL CULTURE SEXUALITY AS A FORM OF EXCLUSION OR RESISTANCE BOYS WILL BE BOYS ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIONS

9 LEADERS AND MEN

LEADERSHIP SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGING MEN EUROPE

10 ON THE ROAD TO CHANGE

FIX THE WOMEN VALUE THE FEMININE / ADD WOMEN AND STIR SMALL DEEP CULTURAL CHANGES HOLISTIC AND SYSTEMATIC CULTURE CHANGE FOLLOWING THE AUDIT RESISTANCE WOMEN-LED ORGANIZATIONS CHANGE GENDERED SOCIETY

NOTES

Context Introduction 1 Women in society 2 Belonging: meanings of organizational culture 3 The gender agenda 4 Style matters 5 The public/private divide 6 Are you going home already? The long-hours culture 7 Let’s have a drink! Informal networking and socializing 8 Sex in the office 9 Leaders and men 10 On the road to change

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