Disappearing Acts: Gender, Power, and Relational Practice at Work She offers ways that individuals and organizations can make visible the invisible work. Fletcher describes how organizations say they need such behavior and yet ignore it, thus undermining the possibility of radical change. Joyce Fletcher'
| TITLE | : | Disappearing Acts: Gender, Power, and Relational Practice at Work |
| AUTHOR | : | |
| RATING | : | 4.88 (853 Votes) |
| ASIN | : | 0262561409 |
| FORMAT TYPE | : | Paperback |
| NUMBER of PAGES | : | 180 Pages |
| PUBLISH DATE | : | 2001-01-22 |
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This study of female design engineers has profound implications for attempts to change organizational culture. Joyce Fletcher's research shows that emotional intelligence and relational behavior are often viewed as inappropriate because they collide with powerful, gender-linked images. Fletcher describes how organizations say they need such behavior and yet ignore it, thus undermining the possibility of radical change. She shows why the "female advantage" does not seem to be benefit women employees or organizations. She offers ways that individuals and organizations can make visible the invisible work.
EDITORIAL :
In this extraordinary book, Joyce Fletcher opens up a completely new way of thinking about competence, skills, and organizational effectiveness. By bringing gender dynamics into the analysis, she surfaces deep-seated norms that are unexpectedly counterproductive, and suggests ways that organizations and the women and men who work in them can challenge the status quo to ensure a better future for all.
(Lotte Bailyn, T. Wilson Professor of Management, MIT, author of Breaking the Mold: Women, Men, and Time in the New Corporate World)
Perhaps, as Joyce Fletcher suggests in Disappearing Acts, it is because people who actually behave in the ways needed by such organizations are likely to be ignored and dscounted. They will be seen as 'nice,' 'helpful,' and 'concerned;' hardly the descriptors for the tough, decisive, 'hero leaders' organizations actually rewar
REVIEW :
The stories recited in the book are poignant, humorous, and best of all, real. It uses a longer term trend bias, and uses a shorter term time frame for entries.
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This passage was particularly offensive:
When describing the only other female physics major: "And as much as I enjoyed the sight of her shining, smiling face, I can't say we were friends. He delivers again with black swans, using his straightforward writing style and scientific data to make his ca
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