Eve on Top

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Gender

Management and managing are characteristically gendered in many respects. (Broadbridge and Hearn, 2008)

It’s difficult to know if things would’ve been different had I been a man. (Olivia)

I think [the organisation’s] well meaning … If you were pushing against a macho culture you could actually get angry. It’s very difficult to get angry without seeming to be just one of those old feminist types causing trouble for no reason. (Ruth)

My predecessor was a woman … so this institution … is very used to a senior woman in my role. I think it would’ve been different if my predecessor had been a man. (Gill)

Introduction

This chapter looks at the question of gender. As Broadbridge and Hearn (2008) note:

The area of gender, organisations ...