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Gender, Family and Organization: An Investigation of Gendering Processes in a Large Organization in Thailand

Kamales, Nayika and Lewis, Patricia and Wyatt, Madeleine (2024) Gender, Family and Organization: An Investigation of Gendering Processes in a Large Organization in Thailand. In: Williamson, S. and Parker, J. and Donnelly, N. and Ressia, S. and Gavin, M., eds. Research Handbook on Gender and Employment Relations. Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Cheltenham, UK. (In press) (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:107637)

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Abstract

Drawing on Joan Acker’s theory of gendered organization and the emphasis she places on the embeddedness of cultural assumptions related to gender difference in organizational structures and practices, this chapter explores how men and women experience work within a large organization in Thailand. Adopting a gender as process approach to reveal how gender functions across multiple levels of social life with gender inequality arising out of a diverse range of factors, we draw on interviews with 72 men and women managers, to investigate the way in which our study organization is gendered. Specifically, we argue that an organizational logic of family permeates the work context our interviewees are subjected to. While both men and women benefit from family-of-origin support provided by fathers, mothers, uncles and aunts, men can more easily build an organizational family broadening their network connections to support their careers within the context of a Thai organization.

Item Type: Book section
Uncontrolled keywords: Acker, gender as process, gendered organization, organizational logic of family, Thailand
Subjects: H Social Sciences
H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Divisions: Divisions > Kent Business School - Division > Department of Leadership and Management
Depositing User: Patricia Lewis
Date Deposited: 28 Oct 2024 09:58 UTC
Last Modified: 30 Oct 2024 11:58 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/107637 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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