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Dec 23, 2021 · In this article I demonstrate the methodological value of working abductively with Joan Acker's theory of gendered organizations, as an approach for feminist empirical research.
Specifically, this paper proposes that Joan Acker’s (1990; 1992b) framework of gendering processes offers a heuristic that may enable researchers to understand gendering processes, thereby contributing to their reduction or eradication.
Jan 19, 2022 · They ask questions about whether leaders are born that way or evolve by practicing skills; about the leadership styles that people prefer best; and so on, to arrive at useful and holistic leadership theories.
Joan Acker (1990, 146) argues that to say that an organization is gendered is to say "that advantage and disadvantage, exploitation and control, action and emotion, meaning and identity are patterned through and in
- 20160802040707Z
- The Epistemology of the Gendered Organization
Dec 13, 2020 · Since Acker’s theory appeared, a plethora of studies have confirmed its key claims. Both formal practices , required by organizational policies or programs, and emergent practices , enacted by organizational members without formal sanction, have been extensively documented.
- Patricia Yancey Martin
- pmartin@fsu.edu
- 2020
This article uses Acker's theory of gendered organizations to frame an analysis of the ways in which policies and practices in a men s and a women's prison reflect and reproduce gendered inequalities.
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Acker's theory explains how gender is embedded in traditional organizations that value and reward worker loyalty and that are characterized by standardized job descriptions, career ladders, and manager-controlled evaluations—features that do not characterize jobs in the new economy.
