The triple m of organizations: man, management and myth

Preamble

Introduction

The economic crisis and myth-building

Gender in economics and management

Myths and their meaning for gender

Outline of the book

Chapter I. Man and Management

Sex and gender in organizations and management

Myth: Women will change the fields of science, engineering and technology

Software engineering: His-story (?) and concepts

The role of gender in software engineering

Case studies: Doing gender in software engineering

An enlarged software engineering approach

On the nonsense of adapting women rather than organizations

Empirical Study: Female computer scientists who quit their profession

Summary

De-mystifying the role of sex and gender in management and SET organizations

Chapter II. Management and Myth

Rationality: An ambiguous concept

On the rationality of cost-benefit calculations

Myth: A gender-specific division of labour leads to optimal output

The irrationality of business rationality when it comes to gender

Summary

De-mystifying rationality in management

Chapter III. Myth and Man

Another triple M: Man, Management and the Military

Myth: Men are inherently predisposed to be managers

Case studies: Masculinity constructions in Austrian advisory boards

Some other prevalent myths

Management is about abilities and skills

Top management requires full-time commitment

Summary

De-mystifying management masculinities

Chapter IV. Myth-building in management: intentional storytelling?

Myths and sub-myths

Gender myths as a transmutation of history into nature

Normalized forms of gender concepts

Depoliticized gender statements in organizations and management

Gender in management and organizations: Caught in a fuzzy web of myths

De-mystifying gender in management and organizations: An optimistically pessimistic approach to spaces of change

Myths, intentional story-telling and organizational practices

Myths as ideology

Concluding remarks

List of research projects referred to in this book

References

List of figures and tables

Index

Biography