Masculinities in Organizations / Edition 1

by Cliff Cheng

Overview

An interdisciplinary, cross-cultural study of masculinities in organizational settings is provided in this volume. The contributions shed new light on many of the misconceptions that have plagued the study of organizations, arguing that: sex and gender are not synonymous; masculinity is not homogenous; and that the difference presented by masculinities and men needs to be studied if valuing differences in organizations is to occur.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761902249
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	08/14/1996
Series:	SAGE Series on Men and Masculinity , #9
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.54(d)

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Introduction - Michael Kimmel
Men and Masculinities Are Not Necessarily Synonymous - Cliff Cheng
Thoughts on Organizational Behavior and Occupational Sociology
PART ONE: OCCUPATIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL HEGEMONIC MASCULINITY
Rambo Litigators - Jennifer Pierce
Emotional Labor in a Male-Dominated Occupation
Managing to Kill - James W Messerschmidt
Masculinities and the Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion
The Last Bastion of Masculinity - Judi Addelston and Michael Stirratt
Gender Politics at The Citadel
PART TWO: SEX SEGREGATION, HOMOSOCIALITY, AND HEGEMONIC MASCULINITY
The Occupational Masculinity of Computing - Rosemary Wright
Stand by Your Man - Amy Wharton and Sharon Bird
Homosociality, Work Groups, and Men's Perceptions of Difference
Hegemonic Masculinity among the Elite - Martin Kilduff and Ajay Mehra
Power, Identity, and Homophily in Social Networks
PART THREE: MARGINALIZED MASCULINITIES
Selves in Bunkers - Laurie Telford
Organizational Consequences of Failing to Verify Alternative Masculinities
Unwrapping Euro-American Masculinity in a Japanese Multinational Corporation - Tomoko Hamada
‘We Choose Not to Compete' - Cliff Cheng
The ‘Merit' Discourse in the Selection Process, and Asian and Asian-American Men and Their Masculinity

Editorial Reviews

Explores the several ways in which gender is part of the organizing principle of an organizing culture and how gender assumptions saturate corporate discourse. Covers occupational and organizational hegemonic masculinity; sex segregation, homosociality, and hegemonic masculinity; and marginalized masculinities. Among specific topics are the Challenger explosion, the recently desegregated Citadel academy, and Asian men. Paper edition (unseen), $24.00. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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