Women/Men/Management, 2nd Edition

This work looks at the real and perceived differences between women and men in organisations. Unlike most books on organisations, it attempts to integrate the theories of feminism and organisational behaviour. In so doing it demonstrates why the issues of sex and gender are central to understanding organisational behaviour. It finds that despite advances made in recent years, women and men still work in sex-segregated occupations. Women workers on the average earn lower pay than men and have fewer opportunities to acquire power and status. Men workers, on the other hand, receive less support than women in their efforts to balance work and family conflicts. Efforts to help women to adapt to a work environment dominated by masculine values have proved less than successful because they fail to address the broader issues. Organisations that hope to maximise their use of all employees must bring about cultural change through a broad, top down approach.