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Gendered identification : between idealization and admiration

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Kelan, Elisabeth and Mah, Alice (2014) Gendered identification : between idealization and admiration. British Journal of Management, Volume 25 (Number 1). pp. 91-101. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8551.2012.00834.x ISSN 1045-3172.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8551.2012.00834.x

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Abstract

While much of the literature on gender focuses on role models, this paper extends the understanding of gendered professional identification processes by exploring these processes through the lenses of idealization and admiration. Using the method of discourse analysis to analyse MBA students' accounts of people with whom they identify, this paper explores discourses of idealization, defined as aggrandizing a person, and of admiration, which means discussing positive as well as negative and neutral characteristics of a person. It is shown, first, that most male and female MBA students idealized the self-made ‘authentic’ CEO or founder of an organization and, second, that women mainly admired other women through naming their positive, neutral and negative attributes. The paper thereby adds to understanding of how gendered identification processes are structured by idealization and admiration.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Gender identity, Role models, Graduate students
Journal or Publication Title: British Journal of Management
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
ISSN: 1045-3172
Official Date: January 2014
Dates:
DateEvent
January 2014Published
16 May 2012Available
Volume: Volume 25
Number: Number 1
Page Range: pp. 91-101
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2012.00834.x
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 23 December 2015
Date of first compliant Open Access: 22 March 2016
Funder: Accenture (Firm), Allen & Overy (Firm), Barclaycard (Firm), Baxter International Inc., Cargill PLC, International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), Johnson & Johnson, KPMG International

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