{"product_id":"the-face-of-the-firm-9781138189003","title":"The Face of the Firm","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite decades of greater awareness of gender at work in Western countries, gender inequality in the executive suites is alive and well. \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eFace of the Firm\u003c\/i\u003e highlights new critical perspectives on the relationship between hegemonic masculine cultures, gender embodiment and gender disparities in corporate organizations. Using multiple methodologies including over 100 interviews, mainly with British female and male executives in the UK who worked for some of the most prestigious American and British multinational advertising agencies and computer companies, the book makes important connections between the empirical data and contemporary sexism in the UK and US. The book refocuses the debate of executive work, organizational spaces and gender inequality on gendered bodies at work. It also demonstrates that gendered and sexualized relations among executives often construct the production process. The book makes a contribution to masculinity, gender and work scholarship a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Michele Gregory's \u003ci\u003eThe Face of the Firm \u003c\/i\u003eis a detailed study of what was happening in the late 1980s in advertising and computing industries. But it is also much more in charting continuities with and differences from business today, including how the two industries, then distinct and largely separate, have now become so closely intertwined. It is a 'must read' not only for those committed to the critical analysis of gender, diversity and organizations, but also those concerned with HRM, ICTs, and technology more generally.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJeff Hearn, Örebro University, Sweden; University of Huddersfield, UK; author of \u003ci\u003eMen of the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In this compelling book, Professor Gregory considers the role of hegemonic masculinity in creating and proscribing gendered roles, work, and experiences in advertising and computing industries in the United Kingdom and the United States. The rich, multi-method study documents disparities between beliefs, attitudes, perceptions, and experiences of corporate men and women as they work and live. Relevant to countless other industries, organizations, and settings, this book provides eye-opening evidence of the continued need to pursue gender equality and inclusion.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMyrtle Bell, University of Texas at Arlington\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Corporate Masculine Embodiment and Mechanisms of Inequality at Work\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Gendered Structures and Masculine Cultures in Advertising and Computing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Homogeneity: In His Image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Homosociability: Make Way for the Men’s Room\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: A League Of Their Own: A Minor League with Major Potential\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Heterosexuality: Mad Men British Style\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Conclusion: New Businesses, Old Habits and Challenges to Equality\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendices:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix A: Methodology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix B: The Interview Schedule\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix C: Computer Personnel Data\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix D: Questionnaire Results\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix E: Advertising Department and Gender Data\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407214813527,"sku":"9781138189003","price":42.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138189003.jpg?v=1730498594","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-face-of-the-firm-9781138189003","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}