Women, Organizations and Vulnerability by Hugo Gaggiotti, Isi... - 9781032623191

Women, Organizations and VulnerabilityGlobal Archetypes\nAuthor(s): Hugo Gaggiotti, Isis Arlene Daz-Carrin\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032623191, 978-1032623191\nSynopsis\nWhy are women, despite being resilient, adaptable, and persistent, often constructed and perceived as weak and vulnerable? Womens vulnerability is not a neutral concept but is organizationally defined and understood. Organizations are discursive spaces where womens vulnerability is constructed and reproduced as a communicative act and event. We often represent vulnerability at individual or organizational levels, but not both. Womens vulnerability reminds us of the pervasive interconnectedness of personal and organizational life events. Experiencing womens organizational vulnerability is common. However, is womens vulnerability publicly represented, defined, felt and acted upon in the same way everywhere?\n\nThis book is focused on compari.