Editorial

Rethinking Men’s Position in Organisation: the French Experience

Number: 11 May 15, 2019
  • Mounia Utzeri
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Rethinking Men’s Position in Organisation: the French Experience

Abstract

In the last decades, an ever growing body of research documents the tenants and the factors the asymmetrical representation of men and women in the managerial ranks and positions of authority in the organizations. Rather than extending the existing knowledge on new and subtle forms of gender discrimination in organisations, this paper aims instead at examining an often neglected dimension of gender in (mainstream) management studies, namely how to bring about change. Doing so, it adopts a critical and feminist cultural point of view and attempts to shed light on the overseen vectors of change. For this purpose, it draws on a qualitative case study which primary research question was to understand and unveil the dynamics of organisational gender equality actions. Set in the context of a male dominated industrial and technological organisation, namely global auto manufacturer located in France, the study generated interesting and rich findings pointing towards men and the growing awareness on the enactment of various masculinities in the organisation. The key results show that an important pre-requisite for successful implementation is the alliance of multiple partners and stakeholders stemming from different organs of control, operating thus as balancing tool for leveraging more cooperation and maintaining organisational as well as social consent. Second and more interestingly, the study draws attention on how men are identified simultaneously as key problem but also as conveyer for organisational change. They are no longer excluded in their own privileged role in the management and silent witness of the tremendous change in the greater societal context but are an active part of the solution. Hence, these organisational measures offer them the possibility to question organisational processes and assumptions inscribed in what we will here call the hegemonic managerial masculinity frames.

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References

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Philosophy, Sociology, Creative Arts and Writing

Journal Section

Editorial

Authors

Mounia Utzeri This is me
Hungary

Publication Date

May 15, 2019

Submission Date

January 6, 2019

Acceptance Date

May 1, 2019

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Number: 11

APA
Utzeri, M. (2019). Rethinking Men’s Position in Organisation: the French Experience. Masculinities: A Journal of Identity and Culture, 11, 5-22. https://izlik.org/JA94ZG97ZB
AMA
1.Utzeri M. Rethinking Men’s Position in Organisation: the French Experience. Masculinities Journal. 2019;(11):5-22. https://izlik.org/JA94ZG97ZB
Chicago
Utzeri, Mounia. 2019. “Rethinking Men’s Position in Organisation: The French Experience”. Masculinities: A Journal of Identity and Culture, nos. 11: 5-22. https://izlik.org/JA94ZG97ZB.
EndNote
Utzeri M (May 1, 2019) Rethinking Men’s Position in Organisation: the French Experience. Masculinities: A Journal of Identity and Culture 11 5–22.
IEEE
[1]M. Utzeri, “Rethinking Men’s Position in Organisation: the French Experience”, Masculinities Journal, no. 11, pp. 5–22, May 2019, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA94ZG97ZB
ISNAD
Utzeri, Mounia. “Rethinking Men’s Position in Organisation: The French Experience”. Masculinities: A Journal of Identity and Culture. 11 (May 1, 2019): 5-22. https://izlik.org/JA94ZG97ZB.
JAMA
1.Utzeri M. Rethinking Men’s Position in Organisation: the French Experience. Masculinities Journal. 2019;:5–22.
MLA
Utzeri, Mounia. “Rethinking Men’s Position in Organisation: The French Experience”. Masculinities: A Journal of Identity and Culture, no. 11, May 2019, pp. 5-22, https://izlik.org/JA94ZG97ZB.
Vancouver
1.Mounia Utzeri. Rethinking Men’s Position in Organisation: the French Experience. Masculinities Journal [Internet]. 2019 May 1;(11):5-22. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA94ZG97ZB