Disappearing acts : gender, power, and relational practice at work / Joyce K. Fletcher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fletcher, Joyce K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women engineers.

Corporate culture.

Women engineers--Psychology.

Sex role in the work environment.

Organizational behavior.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (180 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Contained In:

CSCU_EDISJ

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Disappearing Acts

Gender, Power, and Relational Practice

at Work

Contents

Preface

Disappearing Acts

Introduction

Being Invisible and Getting Disappeared

The Story behind the Story

Theoretical Context

Methodology

Relational Practice

Disappearing Acts: Gender and Power

Getting beyond Disappearing

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

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

ISBN:

0-262-27282-2

0-585-07819-X

OCLC:

614698528