1st Edition
Organizations, Jobs and Gender Joan Acker’s Theory in Practice
By Trudy Bates
Copyright 2026
112 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
112 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Organizations, Jobs and Gender: Joan Acker’s Theory in Practice provides a full application of Joan Acker’s five gendering processes through an in-depth case study of an Australian trade union. It demonstrates how gendered divisions, cultural images, everyday interactions, and identity work are organized and sustained through a logic of doing duty and being responsible. Drawing on life history... Read more
1. Joan Acker’s legacy and theory of gendered organizations
2. Applying Joan Acker’s five-dimensional framework in case study research
3. Gendering practices/structures
4. Gendering cultures
5. Gendering interactions
6. Constructing gendered identities
7. Discussion and conclusion
Biography
Trudy Bates is a Lecturer in Management at Edith Cowan University, School of Business and Law, Australia.
