Feminine and Feminist Organizations

Unlike other feminized professions, academic
librarianship functions relatively autonomously
within its parent bureaucracy. Therefore,
academic libraries offer a unique model of workplace
gendering and feminism. This qualitative,
ethnographic study explores issues of feminism and
gender in three academic libraries, each in a
different region of the United States. Feminist
challenges to bureaucracy emerged in the areas of
hierarchy, division of labor, competition and
collaboration, decision-making, and communication.
Feminine practice in the libraries reflected private
sphere attitudes toward work (including values of
community, emotionality, and caring). Giving voice to
feminine and feminist practice previously unexplored
in conventional workplaces, this book provides new
models for management and organizational theory.

Autorentext

MLS, EdD. Librarian and Associate Professor, East Tennessee StateUniversity.

Klappentext

Unlike other feminized professions, academiclibrarianship functions relatively autonomouslywithin its parent bureaucracy. Therefore,academic libraries offer a unique model of workplacegendering and feminism. This qualitative,ethnographic study explores issues of feminism andgender in three academic libraries, each in adifferent region of the United States. Feministchallenges to bureaucracy emerged in the areas ofhierarchy, division of labor, competition andcollaboration, decision-making, and communication.Feminine practice in the libraries reflected privatesphere attitudes toward work (including values ofcommunity, emotionality, and caring). Giving voice tofeminine and feminist practice previously unexploredin conventional workplaces, this book provides newmodels for management and organizational theory.