Kelan, E. K. and Mah, A. (2014) Gendered identification: between idealization and admiration. British Journal of Management, 25(1), pp. 91-101. (doi: 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: | Articles |
|---|---|
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Mah, Professor Alice |
| Authors: | Kelan, E. K., and Mah, A. |
| College/School: | College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Urban Studies |
| Journal Name: | British Journal of Management |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| ISSN: | 1045-3172 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1467-8551 |
| Published Online: | 16 May 2012 |
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