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Lookup NU author(s): Professor Sharon MavinORCiD
This is the authors' accepted manuscript of a book chapter that has been published in its final definitive form by Emerald Publishing Limited, 2023.
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Women's bodies are abject and ‘out of place’ in organisations where (self and other) disciplining of women's bodies serve to regulate and silence women. Yet we know little about how expectations of body and appearance play out in the career decisions and everyday practices of women academic leaders. In this chapter reflexive accounts are used to explore if dress and appearance expectations have implications for women's career development and advancement, specifically in the context of business schools. The literature review and two reflexive autoethnographic accounts provided, illuminate how, through dress and appearance, the pervasiveness of hegemonic masculinity is both sustained and challenged and the potential impacts of this upon women's careers in academia.
Author(s): Grandy G, Mavin S, Gagnon E
Editor(s): Broadbridge, A.
Publication type: Book Chapter
Publication status: Published
Book Title: The Emerald Handbook of Appearance in the Workplace
Year: 2023
Pages: 155-168
Print publication date: 27/11/2023
Online publication date: 26/11/2023
Acceptance date: 07/09/2023
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Place Published: Bingley
URL: https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80071-174-720230009
DOI: 10.1108/978-1-80071-174-720230009
ePrints DOI: 10.57711/haqa-w931
Library holdings: Search Newcastle University Library for this item
ISBN: 9781800711747