The uniting mother and the body of the organisation

Aaltio, Iiris; Hiillos, Minna

doi:10.4324/9780203216552_chapter_3

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“…Silvia Gherardi (1994, 1995) uses the term dual presence to explicate the different expectations that are attached to femininity and to the blurring of different life spheres. In the private sphere of life, women are expected to be caring and these expectations are casually extended to the public sphere of professional organizations (Aaltio and Hiillos, 2002; Höök, 2001). All these constructions are, however, penetrated in our media texts by the business case reasoning of market discourse.…”

Section: Swedish and Finnish Media Texts Comparedmentioning

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Gender, Management and Market Discourse: The Case of Gender Quotas in the Swedish and Finnish Media

Tienari¹,

Holgersson²,

Meriläinen³

et al. 2009

Gender Work & Organization

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In this article we present a comparative study of media texts in Sweden andFinland, two societies traditionally viewed as Nordic welfare states. Focusing on the controversial question of introducing gender-based quotas on the boards of companies, we analyse how representations of gender and management are affected in Sweden and Finland by contemporary market discourse. We argue that market discourse takes different forms in the two societal contexts and that the space for questioning and criticizing it from a gender equality perspective remains different. Our analysis thus complements recent contributions stressing that both societal particularities and transnational processes must be considered in studies of gender and management (Calás and Smircich, 2006).

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Section: Swedish and Finnish Media Texts Comparedmentioning

confidence: 99%

Gender, Management and Market Discourse: The Case of Gender Quotas in the Swedish and Finnish Media

Tienari¹,

Holgersson²,

Meriläinen³

et al. 2009

Gender Work & Organization

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“…The raison d'être of the Finnish woman is productive rather than solely caring (Apo, 1999). Moreover, she is often expected to build bridges between home and work (Aaltio and Hiillos, 2002).…”

Section: Management Consultant Talk In the Finnish Context: 'Balanced Individual' As Normalizing Discoursementioning

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Management Consultant Talk: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Normalizing Discourse and Resistance

Merilianen¹,

et al. 2004

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In this article, we explore the discursive possibilities available to men and women when they construct their professional self as ‘knowledge workers’ in multinational management consultancies. We argue that this professional identity construction is embedded in a normalizing, gendered discourse of what it means to be an ‘ideal’ consultant. However, representations of an alternative discourse, which constructs different spheres in an individual’s life, can also be traced in the consultants’ talk. Through a comparison of British and Finnish consultants’ talk, we show the relevance of placing micro-discourses in context. In the UK, discourse on ‘work/life balance’ may be understood as a form of resistance at the level of subjectivity. In Finland, discourse on the ‘balanced individual’ can be seen to be an articulation of a societally bound normalizing discourse. The cultural context can thus be said to have an effect on forms of resistance in knowledge work.

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HRM and emotions: a gender perspective

Hiillos¹

2007

Gendering Emotions in Organizations

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The uniting mother and the body of the organisation

Cited by 5 publications

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Gender, Management and Market Discourse: The Case of Gender Quotas in the Swedish and Finnish Media

Gender, Management and Market Discourse: The Case of Gender Quotas in the Swedish and Finnish Media

Management Consultant Talk: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Normalizing Discourse and Resistance

HRM and emotions: a gender perspective

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