Exploring Gender at Work

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxix

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2. Gender: A Historical Overview

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. History of Empowerment: How Far Have We Come?

      • Debra J. Dean, Laureen Mgrdichian

      Pages 3-24

   3. Patriarchy, Religion, and Society

      • Douglas J. Cremer

      Pages 25-44

   4. Gender-Based Inequality in the Modern American Society

      • Emerald M. Archer

      Pages 45-63

3. Contemporary Gender-Based Issues

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65

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   2. Gender and Communication: Are There Decisive Differences?

      • Mercedes Coffman, Joan Marques

      Pages 67-84

   3. The Conundrum of Gender Stereotypes

      • Birute Regine

      Pages 85-102

   4. Masculinity at Work

      • Jody A. Worley

      Pages 103-122

   5. Gender Stereotypes: The Profiling of Women in Marketing

      • Thuc-Doan Nguyen

      Pages 123-137

   6. Deciding to Be Authentic: Transgender Employees and Their Decision to Be Out at Work

      • Lizabeth Kay Kleintop

      Pages 139-158

4. Gender Approaches Across the Disciplines

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159

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   2. Gender Diversity, Unconscious Bias, and Leadership for Organizational and Planetary Health

      • Wanda Krause, Elizabeth Hartney

      Pages 161-179

   3. Working More Effectively with Non-binary Colleagues

      • Wiley C. Davi, Duncan H. Spelman

      Pages 181-196

   4. Gender Equality & Gender Equity: Strategies for Bridging the Gender Gap in the Corporate World

      • Radha R. Sharma, Sonam Chawla

      Pages 197-212

   5. Restoring the Leadership Balance: WOMEN UNITE

      • Joan Marques, Mercedes Coffman

      Pages 213-230

   6. What Hinders Me from Moving Ahead? Gender Identity’s Impact on Women’s Entrepreneurial Intention

      • Eleftheria Egel

      Pages 231-252

   7. Reviewing Representations of the Ubiquitous “Entrepreneurs Wife”

      • Robert Smith, Lorraine Warren

      Pages 253-274

   8. Strategies to Build Women Leaders Globally: Think Managers, Think Men; Think Leaders, Think Women

      • M. S. Rao

      Pages 275-295

   9. Feminism: Legitimate, Fearful, or Feared

      • Amelia F. Underwood, Debra J. Dean

      Pages 297-313

A timely work that reviews the phenomenon of gender and its many manifestations of equality. Well-suited for increasing awareness and justice in academic and professional environments, this collective work addresses long-standing and ongoing social problems such as discrimination, stereotyping, prejudice, as well as a plethora of societal and industry influences that sustain the trend of gender imbalance. Aiming to span a broad scope in time, backgrounds and implementation, this book presents a wide variety of topics, including a historical overview, contemporary gender-based Issues, gender approaches across the disciplines, and cultural influences. The reader is guaranteed to confront existing biases when digesting topics related to gender communication differences, stereotypes, tensions and resistances, assigned social roles, transgenderism, non-binary identities, tension fields between equality and equity, relational aggression, and more. A critical underlying aim of this bookis to contribute constructively and progressively to the dialogue on the definition of gender, thus addressing an ongoing challenge for policy makers, organizational leaders, and scholars.

• gender in the workplace
• identity
• inequality in the workplace
• masculinity
• organizational dynamics
• trans-identities
• LGBT
• gender diversity
• communication
• female entrepreneurship
• glass ceiling
• marketing gender
• work-life balance
• career development
• diversity and inclusion

• Woodbury University, Burbank, USA

  Joan Marques

Joan Marques is Dean of the School of Business and Professor of Management at Woodbury University, USA. Her research interests pertain to Awakened Leadership, Buddhist Psychology in Management, and Workplace Spirituality. She has written more than 150 scholarly articles and has (co)-authored more than 30 books

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