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Gender and Leadership in the Financial Sector: Transformative Potentials of Self-Critique by Men in Leadership Positions book cover

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Gender and Leadership in the Financial Sector Transformative Potentials of Self-Critique by Men in Leadership Positions

By Anika Thym Copyright 2026
294 Pages
by Routledge

This book examines men in powerful positions who question relations of power and domination from within. Through an intersectional lens, it illustrates how gender, class and other dimensions of domination intertwine and how an emancipatory critique can emerge from such privileged positions. Drawing on interviews with 23 current and former male executives from the Swiss financial sector... Read more

Introduction: Possibilities and potentials of questioning hegemony from within

PART 1 Historical and conceptual framing

1 Intersectional entanglements of gender, racialisation and finance

2 Theoretical foundations: Emancipatory eutopian critique from a privileged position

PART 2 Self-critique of hegemony in the financial sector

3 Multiple starting points of critique

4 Affects of masculinity: "Feelings of power" and the trap of longing to be "somebody"

5 Affective critique: Disgust and eutopian desire

6 Caring and responsible leadership: "Feminine" men and the promotion of women in leadership positions

7 "It’s a real war zone" – questioning the bourgeois gendered and gendering division of labour

8 "One sees the world totally differently again" – from top banker to involved fatherhood

9 "I forgot about myself" – questioning the lack of self-care

10 Questioning financial hegemonies: Class, the state and digitalisation

11 Conditions of critique: Limits and possible solutions

Conclusion: Authoritarian versus eutopian transformations of hegemony

Biography

Anika Thym holds a PhD in gender studies from the University of Basel, Switzerland. Her dissertation investigates how some men from leadership positions in finance think critically about their entanglement in hierarchical gender and class relations. Currently, she works as a researcher on diversity, equality and inclusion in the Swiss public sector. Research interests include social and gender theory, critical studies on men and masculinities, diversity, equality and inclusion policies, and emancipatory global governance. She is the co-editor of the books Contemporary Analysis of Masculinities in Switzerland (original in German, 2021) and the Handbook on Men, Masculinities and Organizations: Theories, Practices and Futures of Organizing (2023).

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