Murgia, A orcid.org/0000-0002-9740-4532 and Poggio, B (2013) Fathers' Stories of Resistance and Hegemony in Organizational Cultures. Gender, Work & Organization, 20 (4). pp. 413-424. ISSN 0968-6673
Abstract
This article focuses on the practices of resistance and hegemony that oppose change in gender cultures in organizations. It suggests that analysis of the narratives produced by organizational actors is a fruitful method with which to deal with issues of this kind. In particular, the analysis concentrates on how resistance and hegemony practices may affect the implementation of changes promoted at a normative level — as in the case of the Italian law that has extended the right to take parental leave for childcare to men as well, in opposition to the dominant cultural models of gender. The analysis of the experiences reported by men belonging to different organizations, and having in common the use of parental leave to spend time with their children, allows us to reflect upon the fact that the symbolic orders of gender in organizations cannot be challenged at a normative level if the change does not affect the organizational culture, becoming embedded in everyday organizational practices.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2012, John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: 'Murgia, A and Poggio, B (2013) Fathers' Stories of Resistance and Hegemony in Organizational Cultures. Gender, Work & Organization, 20 (4). pp. 413-424,' which has been published in final form at [https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0432.2012.00592.x]. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. |
Keywords: | masculinities; resistance and hegemonic practices; organizational cultures; parental leaves; narratives |
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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: | 08 Sep 2017 12:36 |
Last Modified: | 18 Jan 2018 18:02 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2012.00592.x |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:115574 |