More complex images of women at work are needed : a fictive example of Petra Delicado
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to convince the readers that more complex images of working women are needed, and that fiction may provide them. Design/methodology/approach: In this paper, text analysis is done using a version of close reading. Findings: Both media and research tend to simplify the images of working women, either in positive or negative way. Reality and some of its fictive representations offer more nuanced examples. Research limitations/implications: Fiction can be treated as field material. Practical implications: Women should dare more at workplaces. Social implications: Researchers should join fiction writers in convincing society of the crucial role women play in contemporary organizations. Originality/value: This paper belongs to the growing tradition of transdisciplinary organization studies.
Year of publication: |
2019
|
---|---|
Authors: | Czarniawska, Barbara |
Published in: |
Journal of Organizational Change Management. - Emerald, ISSN 0953-4814, ZDB-ID 2020442-5. - Vol. 33.2019, 4 (27.11.), p. 655-665
|
Publisher: |
Emerald |
Saved in:
Online Resource
Saved in favorites
Similar items by person
-
Boundary stories: Constructing the Validation Centre in West Sweden
Diedrich, Andreas, (2011)
-
New plots are badly needed in finance: Accounting for the financial crisis of 2007-2010
Czarniawska, Barbara, (2011)
-
Czarniawska, Barbara, (2007)
- More ...