Managing gender diversity in top management teams
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Paper/Presentation Title | Managing gender diversity in top management teams |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Syed, Jawad (Author) and Murray, Peter (Author) |
Editors | Kennedy, Jessica and Di Milia, Lee |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 20th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (ANZAM 2006) |
Number of Pages | 19 |
Year | 2006 |
Place of Publication | Brisbane, Australia |
ISBN | 1921047348 |
Conference/Event | 20rd Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (ANZAM 2006) |
Event Details | Rank C C C C C C C |
Event Details | 20rd Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (ANZAM 2006) Parent Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference Delivery In person Event Date 06 to end of 09 Dec 2006 Event Location Yeppoon, Australia |
Abstract | This paper argues a case for challenging the customary emphasis on masculine values in top management teams (TMTs) as a means for making better use of gender diversity. We argue that conventional diversity management practices involve a narrow hegemonic masculine approach towards increasing women’s (and men’s) participation in employment. We suggest that TMTs benefit when learning to integrate skilled and talented women and men into a single, cohesive work culture that enhances teams’ performing capacities. While seeking to avoid an essentialist discourse, the paper builds on the theory of diversity and ‘difference’ (instead of ‘sameness’) to demonstrate the relationship between feminine values, team member diversity, communication skills and representation. Multiple contextual factors are also recognised as influential better identified through a social constructionist approach to team development. |
Keywords | diverse teams; diversity contexts; femininity, gender; leadership, masculinity |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 350710. Organisational behaviour |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | Macquarie University |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q03y0/managing-gender-diversity-in-top-management-teams
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