Beck, V., Brewis, J., Davies, A. et al. (1 more author) (2023) Cis women's bodies at work: co-modification and (in)visibility in organization and management studies and menopause at work scholarship. International Journal of Management Reviews, 25 (3). pp. 495-514. ISSN 1460-8545
Abstract
This paper reviews research on cis women's bodily self-discipline in the workplace. We compare literature exemplifying the ‘bodily turn’ in organization and management studies to scholarship on menopause at work, to identify key themes across these oeuvres and the significance of the blind spots in each. There is little overlap between them: only eleven organization and management studies publications dealt with menopause. In classifying these literatures using Forbes’ (2009) concept of co-modification, we distil four themes: bodily moulding; non-disclosure; failing; and resistance, redefinition and reclamation. Based on this, we argue for more substantive considerations of menopause in organization and management studies, and suggest what the organization and management literature has to offer its sister scholarship. For example, we foreground how menopause exacerbates the visibility paradox facing female workers which organization and management studies identifies; and argue that menopause at work scholarship should pay more attention to specific bodily accommodations, refusals and the ‘unscripted’ aspects of menopause in organizations.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 The Authors. International Journal of Management Reviews published by British Academy of Management and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Economics (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 11 Nov 2022 12:31 |
Last Modified: | 26 Sep 2024 08:34 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/ijmr.12318 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:192855 |