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| Author: | Rasmussen, B. |
| Title: | Corporate strategy and gendered professional identities: Reorganization and the struggle for recognition and positions |
| Journal: | Gender, Work and Organization
2001 : JUL, VOL.8:3, p.291-310 |
| Index terms: | WOMEN WORKERS SKILLS SERVICE RESPONSIBILITY DECENTRALISATION GENDER |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This article looks at the valuation of so-called women's skills in services in reorganization processes involving dehierarchization and decentralization of responsibilities. Through four cases of reorganized private and public services in Norway it is shown that more focus on customers and decentralization of responsibilities for the services may lead to recognition of gendered skills and an improved position for women service workers at the lowest levels of the organization. When the tasks of the workers are closely linked to the core function of the organization and not dominated by the organization's 'dirty work', the women at the lowest levels may obtain a more 'professional' work role and their work be recognized as important for the organization. |
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