Grateful slaves and self-made women: fact and fantasy in women's work orientations

Hakim, Catherine

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.esr.a036590

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“…Hakim (1991) identifies two main groups -(1) familycentred women, for whom paid work is a subsidiary activity which does not take priority over domestic responsibilities (and is hence often part-time or short-lived); and (2) women who, like men, are committed to paid work and the associated statusattainment process, and have a greater propensity to continuous, full-time year-round employment.…”

Section: Diversity Of Workforcementioning

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Power dynamics in the long‐term development of employee‐friendly flexible working

Nadeem

Hendry²

2003

Women in Management Review

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This paper focuses on the possibilities of the long‐term development of flexible working as a work‐life policy, through understanding the power dynamics between the individual and the organisation. The study presents a framework which summarises the factors influencing the employee‐employer power dynamics, and leads us to the research questions. The methodology involves triangulation in case studies in two organisations based on surveys of representative samples in each organisation (n = 243 and n = 128) and interviews with the management. Findings support the long‐term development of employee‐friendly flexible working. There is a strong desire, and a lack of polarisation of attitudes, among employees for greater flexibility. Certain employee groups with stronger negotiating power have initiated the work‐life debate, but in doing so, they have increased the power of all employees through lowering ideological barriers, and creating knowledge of new possibilities and aspirations. Favourable external pressures and changing business needs also improve the position of employees.

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Section: Diversity Of Workforcementioning

confidence: 99%

Power dynamics in the long‐term development of employee‐friendly flexible working

Nadeem

Hendry²

2003

Women in Management Review

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“…Hakim (1991Hakim ( , 1995Hakim ( , 1998, for example, articulated a much criticised 'preference theory', supportive of neo-classical and human capital explanations. She contended that occupational segregation was not imposed on women but reflected their life choices and work orientations -their preferences for different forms of labour market participation.…”

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Gender essentialism and occupational segregation in insolvency practice

Joyce

Walker

2015

Accounting, Organizations and Society

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Advances towards egalitarianism in professional recruitment may be offset by processes of occupational re-segregation. Drawing on gender theory this paper investigates horizontal segregation in the UK insolvency profession, as revealed through the lived experiences of female and male practitioners. It is shown that horizontal segregation pervades at different levels of practice and is undergirded by various elements of gender essentialism. Physical essentialism explains why insolvency practice has been traditionally gendered male. Interactional essentialism combines with the management of work-life balance to define the subfields of corporate and personal insolvency as masculine and feminine respectively. Gender essentialist assumptions also pervade the distribution of roles and the allocation of work tasks. Networks are identified as arenas for the reproduction and perpetuation of occupational segregation. The findings indicate the continuing potency of gender in everyday professional life, and suggest the limitations of diversity-orientated policies and the complexities of formulating transformative agendas.

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“…Darfor fOrsoker jag har se om man med hjalp av den existerande forskningen kan forstå saken på ett annat satt -på ett historiskt och kulturellt villkorligt satt (L Sulkunen 1987(L Sulkunen och 1988Hakim 1991;Hen 1991;Riska 1991). Jag ger forst en beskrivning av de konsskillnader i alkoholbruket som man kunnat iaktta och i vilken mån dessa minskat under senare tid.…”

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“…Arbetsmarknadens delning i samhallet ar historiskt definierad, men bestandigheten i arbetsmarknadens konsdelning avspeglar lika mycket kvinnornas egna val och preferenser som en patriarkalisk kontroll (Hakim 1991). Pahl (1988, 603) har påpekat att "anledningen att arbetarna i centrum och i periferin ar nojda med arbetsmarknadens tudelning ar att de mats som sangkamrater på kviillen".…”

Section: Arbetsmarknaden Och Alkoholenunclassified

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Grateful slaves and self-made women: fact and fantasy in women's work orientations

Cited by 311 publications

References 36 publications

Power dynamics in the long‐term development of employee‐friendly flexible working

Power dynamics in the long‐term development of employee‐friendly flexible working

Gender essentialism and occupational segregation in insolvency practice

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