Abstract
Focusing on the Nordic context, this article highlights complexities between genderequality discourse established at the societal level and discursive practice in organizations, particu-larly in relation to management, managing and managers. This research task is carried out bydeconstructing a management text, and grounding the deconstruction in critical feminist literature.This analysis illustrates how managerial discourse is challenged and questioned by pro-egaliterianarguments in the Nordic context. However, it also demonstrates the pervasiveness of the genderedelements in managerial discourse, which relies on specific conceptions of parenthood where mo-therhood is constructed as problematic whereas fatherhood remains absent – and thus unproblema-tic. It is suggested that the ‘Nordic case’ provides a fruitful basis for similar studies in other societalcontexts in Europe.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Comportamento Organizacional e Gestao |
Volume | 9 |
Issue number | 2 |
Pages (from-to) | 147-161 |
Number of pages | 15 |
ISSN | 0872-9662 |
Publication status | Published - 2003 |
Keywords
- Gender equality
- Feminist perspective
- Management
- Discourse