Reflexivity and the construction of competing discourses of masculinity in a female-dominated profession
Adamson, Maria (2014) Reflexivity and the construction of competing discourses of masculinity in a female-dominated profession. Gender, Work and Organization, 21 (6) . pp. 559-572. ISSN 0968-6673 [Article] (doi:10.1111/gwao.12058)
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Abstract
This paper contributes to the debates on reflexivity and change by extending our understanding of (non-)reflexivity mechanisms in the discursive constructions of gender. Specifically, I explore how and why women persistently construct contradictory discursive accounts of men and masculinity in a female-dominated profession of counselling psychology in Russia. Drawing on the concept of ‘interpretative repertoires’ I argue that female counsellors construct different kinds of masculinities based on three ‘repertoires’: psycho-biological, structural and relational. I demonstrate how these constructions of masculinity are imbued with different meanings and are used to explain only certain contexts, which precludes women's ability to reflect on their contradictory nature. I conclude by discussing how an exploration of discursive (non-)reflexivity extends our understanding of the conditions for gender transformations
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Article first published online: 16 JUL 2014 |
| Keywords (uncontrolled): | reflexivity; discourses; masculinity; female-dominated profession; interpretative repertoires |
| Research Areas: | A. > Business School > Leadership, Work and Organisations A. > Business School > Leadership, Work and Organisations > Diversity and Gender group |
| Item ID: | 14491 |
| Notes on copyright: | © 2015 The Authors. Gender, Work & Organization published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is noncommercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. |
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| Depositing User: | Maria Adamson |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Mar 2015 13:26 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Nov 2022 23:22 |
| URI: | https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/id/eprint/14491 |
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