The maze: Reflections on navigating intersectional identities in the workplace

IF 3.9 1区 社会学 Q2 MANAGEMENT
Debora Gottardello
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Myriam's story is the story of a woman who has faced several intersectional barriers throughout her life and career journey, leading her into a “maze” of dead-ends that has jointly prevented her motion. The telling of this story breaks the conventional masculine patterns of academic writing of recent years and represents a turning point in organizational thought. This piece contributes to the growing body of literature in organizational studies on “writing differently,” which advocates for alternative modes of writing and doing research, particularly feminist writing that incorporates storytelling, composite character, and arts-based research. The approach taken is informed by the use of metaphor, which provides an additional means to convey nuanced understandings and insights that may not be easily expressed through conventional academic writing. The account illuminates the way social identities operate in tandem with power dynamics, social and national context, patriarchy, and relationality to shape individuals' experiences of oppression and privilege. The discourse emphasizes how these factors interrelate and reinforce one another, giving rise to multiple forms of inequality that have significant impacts on women's professional experiences and careers. It uses inventiveness and creativity to provide an immediate emotional and embodied connection between the reader and the lived experiences of Myriam. By offering an in-depth written and visual representation that moves beyond “linguistic imperialism,” this paper intends to create a critically reflexive and inclusive space that makes the invisible embedded and insidious experience of oppression visible to a wider and more diverse audience.

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迷宫:关于在工作场所驾驭交叉身份的思考
Myriam的故事讲述了一位女性在她的生活和职业生涯中面临着几个交叉的障碍,将她带入了一个死胡同的“迷宫”,这些死胡同共同阻碍了她的行动。这个故事的讲述打破了近年来学术写作中传统的男性化模式,代表了组织思想的转折点。这篇文章为越来越多的关于“以不同方式写作”的组织研究文献做出了贡献,该研究倡导替代写作和研究模式,特别是融合了讲故事、复合性格和基于艺术的研究的女权主义写作。所采取的方法是通过使用隐喻来实现的,隐喻提供了一种额外的手段来传达微妙的理解和见解,而这些理解和见解可能不容易通过传统的学术写作来表达。该叙述阐明了社会身份与权力动态、社会和国家背景、父权制和关系性协同作用的方式,以塑造个人的压迫和特权体验。该论述强调了这些因素如何相互关联和加强,从而导致多种形式的不平等,对妇女的职业经历和职业生涯产生重大影响。它利用创造性和创造性,在读者和米里亚姆的生活经历之间提供了一种直接的情感和具体的联系。通过提供超越“语言帝国主义”的深入书面和视觉表现,本文旨在创造一个批判性的反射性和包容性空间,让更广泛、更多样的观众看到无形的、根深蒂固的、阴险的压迫体验。
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期刊介绍: Gender, Work & Organization is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal. The journal was established in 1994 and is published by John Wiley & Sons. It covers research on the role of gender on the workfloor. In addition to the regular issues, the journal publishes several special issues per year and has new section, Feminist Frontiers,dedicated to contemporary conversations and topics in feminism.
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