Routledge Handbook on Men, Masculinities and Organizations Theories, Practices and Futures of Organizing

1 Studying men, masculinities, organizations and organizing: introducing the Handbook

2 New maps of struggle for gender justice: locating men, masculinities and organizations in feminist research on organizations and work

3 Conditional solidarity: men and masculinities in social justice activist movements

4 Social theory and critical theory

5 Paradigms, gender and the making of men and masculinities in organization theory

Albert J. Mills, Jean Helms Mills and Liela A. Jamjoom

6 Decolonizing masculinities: a decolonial and transnational perspective

7 Masculinities in the wasteland: (Post)colonial capitalism in the West, China and Africa

8 Global, transnational, national and “local” organizations and organizing: the case of space and place

9 Critical dialectical perspectives on men, masculinities and leadership

10 Workplace masculinity contests and culture

11 Doing meta-work to navigate conventionally masculinist careers and work norms in professional workplaces

12 Changing and challenging work–life negotiations for men and organizations

13 Bodies, embodiment, bodywork, care, caring and self-care

14 Emotions and a□ ect in organizing men and masculinity/ies

15 Mingle with men: sexuality and gay men in organizations

16 Men’s violence and abuse in organizations and workplaces

Nicole Westmarland

17 Hegemonic masculinities and the hegemony of men in business and finance organizations: persistence of and challenges to patriarchal power

18 Masculinity of the modern Western state and of state institutions

19 Men, masculinities and military organizations

F. Oya Aktaş, David Collinson, Jeff Hearn and Nurseli Yeşim Sünbüloğlu

20 Masculinities, political organizations and political organizing: queering anti-apartheid struggle

Kopano Ratele, Nick Malherbe, Josephine Cornell and Shahnaaz Su□ffla

21 Beyond the public light: political strongmen, masculine embodiment and sports organizations

22 (Un)doing masculinity? Men working in women’s occupations

23 Boys and schooling: intersectional perspectives

24 Men, gender and knowledge construction in higher education

25 The hegemony of men in global value chains: insights for intersectional labour governance

26 Multiple crisis, crisis of gender relations and the crisis of masculinity

Alex Demirović and Andrea Maihofer

27 Allyship and accountability in organizations engaging men in violence prevention: principles, practices and political dilemmas

28 Men and masculinities in animal advocacy organizations and organizing: from men’s domination and masculinized strategies towards an ethics of care and intersectional activism

29 Tracing the superheroes of our time: contemporary and emergent masculinities in tech entrepreneurship

30 Men and COVID-19: pandemics and organizing in the “new normal”

Biography

Jeff Hearn is Professor Emeritus of Management and Organization at Hanken School of Economics, Finland; Senior Professor of Human Geography at Örebro University, Sweden; and Professor of Sociology at the University of Huddersfield, UK.

Kadri Aavik is Associate Professor of Gender Studies at Tallinn University, Estonia.

David L. Collinson is Distinguished Professor of Leadership and Organization at Lancaster University Management School.

Anika Thym is completing her PhD in Gender Studies at the University of Basel, Switzerland.

"It’s ironic that a world dominated by men should have so comparatively little theoretical and empirical research that casts a critical eye on masculinity in organizations. Fortunately, this edited collection provides a robust and thorough overview of that lacuna and is filled with star contributors and sharp contemporary analyses. If you are new to the academic literature then this is the book to start with; if you are familiar with the literature then there isn’t a better update."

Keith Grint, Emeritus Professor, Warwick Business School, UK

"The importance of gender studies from a critical perspective is needed more than ever as scholars find alternative ways to resist societal and organizational structures of domination and exploitation. This international resource is a must read for anyone seeking to interrogate the relationship between men and masculinities. The collection journeys from classic theories of masculine domination and ways of organizing against hegemonic masculinity to emerging accounts of contemporary and global masculinities and the implications for organizations and organizing."

Alison Pullen, Macquarie University,  Australia

"The handbook links men and masculinities with social structures represented by diverse organizations and practices of organizing. Such perspective provides an important and invaluable angle of analysis contrasting with popular approaches reducing masculinity to individual traits or some essential personality type. Authors and editors ensure their comprehensive approach is reflected critically and engage in conceptual dialogue on how the different perspectives can be theorized. Informal and formal practices – imprinted in the construction of organizations or organizational settings shaping practice - form the pivotal perspective bravely engaging in deconstructing power relations, hegemonies, or crises. Multiple takes on analyses collected in the handbook offer vivid portraits of organizations and organizing as gendered practices for both students and readers new to the field and scholars engaged in critical approaches to masculinities across disciplines and spaces. Following this way of theorizing is a joy to read."

Iva Šmídová, Associate Professor, Masaryk University, Czech Republic

"I was literally blown away by the remarkable set of chapters that powerfully reveal the magnitude of the effects of men’s practices and masculinities across the globe. The volume draws from multi-disciplines to reveal the relationships between men, masculinities and organizing and organizations. It is an excellent resource for understanding contemporary challenges like persistent gender divisions in labor markets, the gendered effects of the COV-19 pandemic, social movements, environmental issues, racial injustice,  gendered based violence, the rising tide of authoritarian leadership and the accelerating pushback on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), women’s rights, and recognition of transgender identities. The volume helps to explain why despite efforts towards gender, social class, and racial equality, the world finds itself being led by a few powerful men (i.e. G7) and organizations that remain male (and often white men) dominated."

Stella M. Nkomo, University of Pretoria, South Africa

"This Handbook is an encyclopaedic and timely overview of research on masculinities in a wide range of organisational settings (including business, the state, the military, political and sports organisations and education); located in an exploration of  theoretical perspectives and with a specific focus on key issues (including leadership, embodiment, affect, violence, work-life issues and masculinity contests), it is a crucial text for all those interested in understanding today's world."

Prof Pat O’Connor, Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Limerick

"With a view to the very different geographical and organizational contexts, a great collection has been created –

"An inspiring resource providing material for "rethinking" or just to understand what masculinity can mean in a variety of contexts and conditions. From schools to financial companies, bodies to emotions, sexuality to violence, sports to universities, superheroes to leaders, masculinities shape our everyday lives and our world and it is time to take a closer look at them."

Leaders for Equality, Source: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/leaders-for-equality_rethinkingmasculinityday-sammelband-maeunnlichkeit-activity-7183033550126895104-OrlL/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios

“Together, the Handbook editors and contributors have sought to address and interrogate enduring concerns about men and organizational masculinities, to nurture cross-disciplinary dialogues, engender new modes of scholarly interrogation, create spaces for marginalized perspectives and voices, grapple with how to change men and organizational masculinities while keeping an eye on the future; in particular, emerging issues that warrant academic scrutiny. As a pioneer in its field, the Handbook provides a rich repository of theoretical and empirical insights into the always timely topic of men, organizational masculinities and organizations … scholars, students and activists will find the Handbook an invaluable resource that may inform their own interventions in this field.” 

Professor Nick Rumens, Oxford Brookes University, Media Review: Routledge Handbook on Men, Masculinities and Organizations. Organization Studies, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/01708406251326644