Organising knowledges, gender divisions and gender policies: the case of large Finnish corporations

Hearn, Jeff; Kovalainen, Anne; Tallberg, Teemu

doi:10.1504/ijiem.2003.003907

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“…This finding is in contrast to the human resource management (HRM) research-based finding of employees being the capital with highest priority for corporations (Newell et al, 2002), and simultaneously reveals the gendered nature of corporation recruitment and personnel policy, even in countries where formal gender equality is a priority on the national agenda (see e.g. Hearn et al, 2002).…”

Section: International Small Business Journal 24(1)contrasting

confidence: 58%

Similarities and Differences Across the Factors Associated with Women’s Self-employment Preference in the Nordic Countries

Arenius

Kovalainen

2006

International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurs

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The trend in women's self-employment appeared to be upward in the 1980s and 1990s, but women are still less likely than men to start new businesses. The economic growth potential in most industrialized countries is gendered, and with lack of paid employment opportunities, more hopes are targeted towards women's entrepreneurship. We will explore women's selfemployment preferences across Scandinavian countries, 1 and the influence and importance of societal and individual factors affecting self-employment preferences and their similarities and differences. Perception of self-employment skills arises across the countries as the most salient factor predicting self-employment preference. The multivariate models differ across the countries, thus challenging the existence of a universal Scandinavian model that explains the entrepreneurial activities of women. This article makes two contributions. First, we show that gender has become a key element in new firm formation activities. Second, we contribute to entrepreneurial theories by demonstrating similarities and differences across the countries and adding the importance of structural issues for explaining gender and entrepreneurial activities.K E Y WO R D S : gender; Nordic countries; self-employment; women International Small Business Journal

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Section: International Small Business Journal 24(1)contrasting

confidence: 58%

Similarities and Differences Across the Factors Associated with Women’s Self-employment Preference in the Nordic Countries

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Kovalainen

2006

International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurs

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“…(Kartovaara, 2003.) Hearn et al (2003) argue that the fact that the Finnish labor market is segregated both vertically and horizontally has actually created two labor markets: one for women and another for men. Recruiting for managerial positions, particularly for top management, occurs mainly from a male pool in spite of Finnish women's higher educational level compared to men's.…”

Section: Gender Roles In Finlandmentioning

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The spouse of the female manager: role and influence on the woman's career

Välimäki

Lämsä

Hiillos³

2009

Gender in Management: An International Journal

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PurposeThis paper aims to examine the role of the spouse, specifically the husband, for the woman manager's career by focusing on the gender role construction between spouses, and the relationship of these roles to the woman's career.Design/methodology/approachThe topic was investigated within a Finnish context by analyzing the narratives of 29 female managers. A common feature among the women was their managerial position and extensive work experience. All the women had or had had one or more spouses in the course of their careers, and all but one were mothers, mostly of teenage or adult children.FindingsA typology distinguishing five types of spouses was constructed: determining, supporting, instrumental, flexible, and counterproductive. The results suggest that fluidity in gender roles between spouses is associated with the woman manager's sense of success and satisfaction in her career compared with more conventional gender role construction. It seems that traditional gender roles between spouses can be one reason for women's difficulties in attaining (top) managerial positions in Finland.Originality/valueThe study contributes to the prior literature concerning the work‐family relationship by extending research into an area so far overlooked: namely, the role of the spouse in relation to the woman manager's career. The study calls into question the straightforward and unequivocal view of the family – so typical in discussions about work‐family issues – by showing the many different meanings that women managers attach to one of the family members.

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“…As the information forthcoming was highly Transnational Managerial Work and Gender Relations variable, a systematic questionnaire survey of the 102 companies (defined by Talouselämä, 2000, pp. 56-61) was undertaken, via their chief human resources managers (Hearn et al, 2002(Hearn et al, , 2003. Sixty-two corporations responded.…”

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“…While the interview material covers a broad range of issues, we report only part of it here. On the basis of this data, we have elsewhere discussed gender structure and processes in management in these companies (Hearn et al, 2002(Hearn et al, , 2003, and HR managers' practices and leadership in gender equality and diversity matters (Hearn and Piekkari, 2005).…”

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“Women Home and Away”: Transnational Managerial Work and Gender Relations

Hearn¹,

Jyrkinen²,

Piekkari³

et al. 2008

J Bus Ethics

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This article addresses the intersections, even blurrings, of two ''homes'' and two ''aways'' -the personal, 'private' home and the corporate 'public' 'away', and the national home country and corporate base and the transnational work away. Drawing on 40 semistructured interviews with women and men top and middle managers in seven multinational corporations located in Finland, we examine the complex relations among transnational managerial work, corporate careers and personal, marriage and family-type relations, and their differences for women and men managers. This shows the very different personal and social worlds inhabited by senior women and men managers, and how transnational processes can make those differences even greater.

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Organising knowledges, gender divisions and gender policies: the case of large Finnish corporations

Cited by 9 publications

References 5 publications

Similarities and Differences Across the Factors Associated with Women’s Self-employment Preference in the Nordic Countries

Similarities and Differences Across the Factors Associated with Women’s Self-employment Preference in the Nordic Countries

The spouse of the female manager: role and influence on the woman's career

“Women Home and Away”: Transnational Managerial Work and Gender Relations

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