Exploring Gender at Work: Multiple Perspectives

Joan Marques (Curatore)

Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2022

A timely work that reviews the phenomenon of gender and its many manifestations of equality. Well-suited for increasing awareness and justice in academic and professional environments, this collective work addresses long-standing and ongoing social problems such as discrimination, stereotyping, prejudice, as well as a plethora of societal and industry influences that sustain the trend of gender imbalance. Aiming to span a broad scope in time, backgrounds and implementation, this book presents a wide variety of topics, including a historical overview, contemporary gender-based Issues, gender approaches across the disciplines, and cultural influences. The reader is guaranteed to confront existing biases when digesting topics related to gender communication differences, stereotypes, tensions and resistances, assigned social roles, transgenderism, non-binary identities, tension fields between equality and equity, relational aggression, and more. A critical underlying aim of this bookis to contribute constructively and progressively to the dialogue on the definition of gender, thus addressing an ongoing challenge for policy makers, organizational leaders, and scholars.

• Curatore: Joan Marques
• Editore: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
• Anno: 2022
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 480 p.
• Dimensioni: 210 x 148 mm
• EAN: 9783030643218

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