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Charles, Nickie and Wolkowitz, Carol (2019) Bringing dogs onto campus : inclusions and exclusions of animal bodies in organisations. Gender, Work and Organization, 26 (3). pp. 303-321. doi:10.1111/gwao.12254 ISSN 0968-6673.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12254
Abstract
Since the early years of the 20th century, work organizations have largely been places where animal bodies are absent or invisible. Recently, US and UK universities have facilitated therapy dog visits to improve students' wellbeing. In this article we analyse data on therapy dog visits to a UK university library as a starting point for thinking about other than human animals in organizations and the gendered dimensions of their inclusion and exclusion. Rather than focusing solely on the benefits of these encounters for students, we put the experiences of the dogs and their guardians centre stage, along with those of the library staff and the students. Drawing on observations of visits to a UK university library in 2015–2016, and a total of 16 interviews with library staff, guardians and students, we explore the instrumental rationale for the programme and the efforts to control any potential disruption of normative organizational expectations.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology > Centre for the Study of Women and Gender | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Human-animal relationships, Dogs -- Therapeutic use, Academic libraries, College campuses, Touch | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Gender, Work and Organization | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0968-6673 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | April 2019 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 26 | ||||||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 303-321 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1111/gwao.12254 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Charles N, Wolkowitz C. Bringing dogs onto campus: Inclusions and exclusions of animal bodies in organizations. Gender Work Organ. 2018;1–19. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12254, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12254. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 29 October 2018 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 1 May 2020 | ||||||||
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