...Susan Sayce; Donna Boone Parsons; Kathy Sanderson; Jean Helms Mills; Albert J. Mills Purpose Joan Acker proposed her gendered theory of organization as a framework to analyze organizations and to understand how gender underlies organizational structure in such a way as to subordinate women. Much...

.... Originality/value This paper presents a celebration of Joan Acker's work and an introduction to the special issue. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Gendered organizations Inequality regimes Intersectionality Gender Organizational structures It is 21 years since Joan Acker (1990...

... to the understanding of the power processes that produce or alter complex inequalities in organizations. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Gender subtext Power Gender processes Intersectionality Organizational structures Management power The persistence of gender inequality...

... character of the “gendered substructure,” as an interrelated set of processes in a specific organizational context, we adopted a case study research strategy that would allow us to focus: Gendered substructure Organizational logic Poststructuralism Feminism Organizational structures...

..., guides, memos and other texts shape many other organizing functions and potentially contribute to the reproduction of gendered work places. Joan Acker can be contacted at: jacker@uoregon.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Gender Organizational structures Equality Equal...

... multiple authors contribute. It will only be through such processes that the need for change can be recognized and acted on. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Storytelling Gender Organizational structures Organizational culture There is a growing literature on women's...

... minorities Gender Disabilities Age discrimination Organizational structures Legislation The Centre for Employment Studies Research held a one‐day research event on 13 September, 2006, with five speakers presenting on diversity topics. The audience included academics and practitioners, predominantly...

... Equal opportunities Works councils Gender Austria Industrial relations Organizational structures The theory of structuration (Giddens, 1992 , 1979) conceptualizes agency within its structural context (duality of structure) and, therefore, offers a sensible approach to analyse a specific...

... in women's position in the market (McNamee, 2006). Georges Aoun can be contacted at: gaoun@usj.edu.lb © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Equal opportunities Workplace Education Organizational structures National cultures ...