Naming the parts: a case-study of a gender equality initiative with academic women

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dc.contributor.authorÓ Gráda, Aifric
dc.contributor.authorNí Laoire, Caitríona
dc.contributor.authorLinehan, Carol
dc.contributor.authorBoylan, Geraldine B.
dc.contributor.authorConnolly, Linda
dc.contributor.funderEuropean Social Funden
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-10T15:55:05Z
dc.date.available2017-10-10T15:55:05Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.date.updated2017-10-10T11:40:52Z
dc.description.abstractPurpose: This paper aims to seek to contribute to current debates about the effectiveness of different types of gender equality interventions in the academic context. This paper presents an argument for the need to move beyond an individual-structural dichotomy in how such interventions are perceived. Design/methodology/approach: The paper draws on an action-research case-study, the Through the Glass Ceiling project, to challenge the idea that “individual”/single-actor interventions serve only to reinforce underlying inequalities by attempting to “fix the women”. Findings: It is suggested that actions that support women in their careers have the potential to achieve a degree of transformation at individual, cultural and structural levels when such actions are designed with an understanding of how individuals embody the gendered and gendering social structures and values that are constantly being produced and reproduced within society and academia. The case study highlights the benefits of supporting individuals as gendered actors in gendering institutions and of facilitating the development of critical gender awareness, suggesting that such interventions are most effective when undertaken as part of an integrated institutional equality agenda. Originality/value: By calling attention to the ongoing mutual construction of actors and practices in organizations, this paper seeks to make both a conceptual contribution to how we understand the (re)production and potential transformation of gender relations in academia and to influence wider policy dialogues on diversity at work.en
dc.description.sponsorshipIrish Government and European Social Fund (Equality for Women Measure 2010-2013 European Social Fund (ESF) through the Human Capital Investment Operational Programme 2007-2013 and the Department of Justice and Equality)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationO Grada, A., Ni Laoire, C., Linehan, C. Boylan, G. and Connolly, L. 'Naming the parts: a case-study of a gender equality initiative with academic women', (2015) Gender in Management: An International Journal, 30(5), pp. 358-378. doi: 10.1108/GM-09-2013-0118en
dc.identifier.doi10.1108/GM-09-2013-0118
dc.identifier.endpage378en
dc.identifier.issn1754-2413
dc.identifier.issued5en
dc.identifier.journaltitleGender in Management: An International Journalen
dc.identifier.startpage358en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/4854
dc.identifier.volume30en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherEmeralden
dc.relation.urihttp://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/GM-09-2013-0118
dc.rights© Emerald Group Publishing Limited.en
dc.subjectGenderen
dc.subjectEqualityen
dc.subjectAction researchen
dc.subjectAcademic careersen
dc.subjectChange in organizationsen
dc.titleNaming the parts: a case-study of a gender equality initiative with academic womenen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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