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Gender and Organization: Towards a Differentiated Understanding

Department of Business Administration, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Yvonne Due Billing

Roskilde University Centre, Roskilde. Denmark

This paper treats a number of issues within the area of gender and organization. Alternative approaches are discussed — from comparing groups of women and men in organizations to using gender as a metaphor for illuminating the character of organizations. The limitations of generalizations on the relationship between gender and organizations are indicated. Instead of advocating a unitary feminine view and making just one case against male-domination and discrimination in organizations, differences between groups of women and a multiplicity of forms of masculinity in working life are suggested. In order to better understand gender bias and conflicts in organizations, a differentiated understanding of gender/ organization relations is suggested, based on an organizational symbolism approach.

Organization Studies, Vol. 13, No. 1, 073-103 (1992)
DOI: 10.1177/017084069201300107


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