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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
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8551.2012.00834.x
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 | ||||||
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| 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 | ||||||
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| Date of first compliant deposit: | 23 December 2015 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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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