In this article, I argue that gender is a primary cultural frame for coordinating behavior and
organizing social relations. I describe the implications for understanding how gender shapes …

In an advanced society like the US, where an array of processes work against gender
inequality, how does this inequality persist? Integrating research from sociology, social …

This chapter presents a framework for understanding gender and organizational change.
We consider three traditional treatments of gender and discuss the limitations of each as a …

In this paper, we explore the context for the emergence of a theory of gendered
organizations and define the basic features of the approach, noting the explosion of …

Recently, the study of gender has focused on processes by which gender is brought into
social relations through interaction. This article explores implications of a two-sided dynamic …

The study of gender and organizations has been a rapidly developing field in the last 10
years. However, scholars in this area have been slow to integrate race and class into their …

According to the perspective developed in this article, widely shared, hegemonic cultural
beliefs about gender and their impact in what the authors call “social relational” contexts are …

Traditional definitions of the glass ceiling perpetuate gender‐biased organizational
practices and quick‐fix solutions. By creating an illusion of opportunity for women, they …

This chapter maps theoretical perspectives forming the conceptual contours of the gender
and organization literature as it has taken shape over the last forty years. Our concern is with …

This study examined how women's proportional representation in the upper echelons of
organizations affects professional women's social constructions of gender difference and …