... and follows the ideal of an adaptable and plastic employee, willing to work their utmost. This paper contributes to the “doing gender” literature by adding an analysis of the textual gendering of ideal candidates for positions of expertise. Research limitations/implications The research materials do...

... there are opportunities to perceive, or do, gender differently in this specific context. Design/methodology/approach Data are elicited from a case study of construction project managers working on a infrastructure project. The project managers were interviewed through semi-structured informal interviews regarding...

... entrepreneurship and the potential associated gendered changes. Their theoretical contribution is applying the perspective of “doing gender” and entrepreneurship, for delineating potential changes in gendered relations. Brandth and Haugen (2010) found that farm tourism entrepreneurship challenges the way...

... provide openings for “doing” gender differently, both for consultants and their clients. It may serve as a catalyst for change in widening the talent pool for top management. Originality/value Research on gendered practices in executive search is extremely rare. The study provides new insights...

... provided insights into reasons for underrepresentation. Inductive coding was used to allow themes and categories to emerge from the data. A social constructionist interpretation was used. Findings Since both gender and creativity are socially constructed, doing gender in the masculine creative...