“…Exploration of autobiographies and other cultural genres is still unusual in management and organization studies, but such analysis is growing (Halsall, 2016;Kapasi, Sang and Sitko, 2016;Phillips and Rippin, 2010;Sims, 1993;Watson, 2009;Wilhoit, 2014) and has the potential to contribute significantly to our understanding of the socio-cultural basis of gender workplace inequality (Adamson, 2017;Dempsey and Sanders, 2010). Exploration of autobiographies and other cultural genres is still unusual in management and organization studies, but such analysis is growing (Halsall, 2016;Kapasi, Sang and Sitko, 2016;Phillips and Rippin, 2010;Sims, 1993;Watson, 2009;Wilhoit, 2014) and has the potential to contribute significantly to our understanding of the socio-cultural basis of gender workplace inequality (Adamson, 2017;Dempsey and Sanders, 2010).…”