Genderwashing in Leadership
Power, Policies and Politics
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Genderwashing is the process whereby organizational rhetoric differs from the lived experiences of workers, creating the myth of gender equity in the workplace. Genderwashing in Leadership considers how the process of genderwashing highlights hidden biases in organizational policies and procedures, and patriarchal cultural practices.
International scholars from diverse areas such as leadership, organizational studies, sociology, and education explore how genderwashing occurs from various perspectives, including leadership, power and privilege, identity, and career recruitment and selection. Uncovering epistemological assumptions that underpin and sustain genderwashing practices, the ways in which genderwashing intersects with embodiment and intersectionality and how genderwashing policies and practices restrict women’s advancement into leadership, the editors host a space for dialogue and debate.
The Transformative Women Leaders Series is published in collaboration between the International Leadership Association (ILA) and Emerald Publishing. Celebrating women leaders and the leadership styles they employ to achieve success, the books in this series highlight successful context-specific leadership approaches and the moral qualities of endurance.
Foreword. Kick ‘Em When They're Up, Kick ‘Em When They're Down: Exposing Dirty Laundry in Leadership and Organization Studies; Laura L. Bierema
- Introduction; Rita A. Gardiner, Wendy Fox-Kirk, Carole J. Elliott, and Valerie Stead
- Chapter 1. Feminist Thoughts Before Annual Leave; Emmanouela Mandalaki
- Chapter 2. Genderwashing (or Genderbleaching) in UK Historic Universities: A Veil for Gender-based Violence; Sharon Mavin
- Chapter 3. When 'Small Talk' Becomes Meaningful: The Concept of Encounter in Manager Employee Relationships; Maylon Hanold
- Chapter 4. Business Schools, Accrediting Agencies and Gender: Washing or Spinning?; Liza Howe-Walsh, Victoria Pagan, and Susan Kirk
- Chapter 5. Affinity Groups in Higher Education: A Critical and Intersectional Examination of Genderwashing; Paige Haber-Curran, Adrian L. Bitton, and Natasha T. Turman
- Chapter 6. Defensive Diversity Management as a Tool of Genderwashing in Exclusive Talent Management; Gelaye Debebe
- Chapter 7. Patriarchal Penalty: Genderwashing at Hockey Canada; Hayley Baker and Jennifer Chisholm
- Chapter 8. Genderwashing in Pakistani Higher Educational Institutions; Syeda Tuba Javaid, Rita A. Gardiner, and Kasey Egan
- Chapter 9. Rainbow Burning to Rainbow Washing: How (not) to Manage LGBT+ Inclusion; Mustafa F. Özbilgin and Cihat Erbil
- Chapter 10. Genderwashing and militarization: women, war and social progressiveness; Natalie Jester
- Chapter 11. Genderwashing Meets Girl Power: The transnational politics of corporate-NGO partnerships for girls’ education; Rosie Walters
- Afterword; Gina Grandy
Rita A. Gardiner is Associate Professor, Critical Policy, Equity, and Leadership Studies, in the Faculty of Education, Western University, Canada.
Wendy Fox-Kirk is Visiting Lecturer at the Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK.
Carole J. Elliott is Professor of Organization Studies, and Associate Dean EDI & Development at Sheffield University Management School, UK.
Valerie Stead is Professor of Leadership, and Director of the LUMS Academy for Gender, Work and Leadership at Lancaster University Management School (LUMS), UK.