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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778637903321

Autore

Fletcher Joyce K

Titolo

Disappearing Acts : Gender, Power and Relational Practice at Work

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, : MIT Press, 2015

ISBN

0-262-27282-2

0-585-07819-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (180 p.)

Disciplina

305.4362

Soggetti

Women engineers

Corporate culture

Women engineers - Psychology

Sex role in the work environment

Organizational behavior

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-158) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Joyce Fletcher's research shows that emotional intelligence and relational behavior are often viewed as inappropriate because they collide with powerful, gender-linked images.This study of female design engineers has profound implications for attempts to change organizational culture. Joyce Fletcher's research shows that emotional intelligence and relational behavior are often viewed as inappropriate because they collide with powerful, gender-linked images. Fletcher describes how organizations say they need such behavior and yet ignore it, thus undermining the possibility of radical change. She shows why the "female advantage" does not seem to be benefit women employees or organizations. She offers ways that individuals and organizations can make visible the invisible work.