Title: Merit and Gender: Organisations and the Mobilisation of Masculine Bias
Abstract:Within work organisations, perceptions of gender‐based competencies and inclinations affect assignment and other practices and thus the distribution of women and men among different opportunity struct...Within work organisations, perceptions of gender‐based competencies and inclinations affect assignment and other practices and thus the distribution of women and men among different opportunity structures. Five illustrations are provided to support the view that ideas about masculinity and femininity are embedded in organisational arrangements. The opportunity to accumulate merit and the attribution of merit appear to be structured along gender lines.Read More
Publication Year: 1987
Publication Date: 1987-05-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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