Publisher's Synopsis
'Why can't a man be more like a woman?' seems to be the catchcry of modern management gurus. They claim feminine 'soft' skills are now essential for corporate success, but do they really mean it? Managing Like a Man looks behind the rhetoric of gender relations in senior management in a post equal opportunities world.
The proportion of women managers in large organisations has risen dramatically in the last twenty years, yet few women reach the top. Judy Wajcman looks at men's and women's experiences in mutinational corporations to determine whether women really do bring with them a distinctly feminine style of management. She argues that masculine organisational culture continues to sexualise women and exclude them from senior management.
And how comfortable are men with the masculinity of management? This book offers a fascinating insight into the private lives of managers, looking at the connections between home and work for men as well as women. It shows how relations between the sexes are negotiated at kitchen sink as well as in the corridors of power.
