Gherardi, S and Murgia, A orcid.org/0000-0002-9740-4532 (2015) Imagine being asked to evaluate your CEO …: Using the constructive controversy approach to teach gender and management in times of economic crisis. Management Learning, 46 (1). pp. 6-23. ISSN 1350-5076
Abstract
This article addresses the relationship between gender and management as intertwined discursive practices. Following a constructive controversial approach, we proposed to the students to complete a short story in which they have to give a feedback either to a fictitious female or to a male boss. The article has a dual aim since it offers a reflection on a teaching methodology suited to foster critical thinking in the classroom and analyzes the narratives so produced in search of what constitutes the students’ idea of “good management.” In positioning men/women CEO within a narrative, students enact a moral order that evaluates management in society. Their narratives reveal how the economic crisis has undermined the positive image of the male manager, while femaleness is emphasized for its anti-managerial imaginary. Moreover, the idea of what constitutes “good management” is constructed around an idea of care for both male and female CEOs.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | Gherardi, S. and Murgia, A. Imagine being asked to evaluate your CEO …: Using the constructive controversy approach to teach gender and management in times of economic crisis, Management Learning, Vol 46(1) pp. 6-23. Copyright © 2014 The Authors. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. |
Keywords: | Constructive controversial approach, gendering management, moral order, positioning theory |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Work and Employment Relation Division (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 28 Mar 2018 13:31 |
Last Modified: | 28 Mar 2018 13:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Sage Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/1350507614549119 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:115571 |