Imagine being asked to evaluate your CEO …: Using the constructive controversy approach to teach gender and management in times of economic crisis
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2015
Citazione:
Imagine being asked to evaluate your CEO …: Using the constructive controversy approach to teach gender and management in times of economic crisis / S. Gherardi, A. Murgia. - In: MANAGEMENT LEARNING. - ISSN 1350-5076. - 46:1(2015), pp. 6-23.
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.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Constructive controversial approach; gendering management; moral order; positioning theory
Elenco autori:
S. Gherardi, A. Murgia
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