ABSTRACT
This chapter considers the concept of gender and how it is constructed in terms of management research. Beginning with a historical trajectory it traces how women have traditionally been ignored or marginalized in various infl uential management research studies and texts. It outlines the gender lens and how gender infl uences perceptions and expectations of how people should behave. It explores how and why gender is marginalized in management research, and identifi es the erroneous assumptions that are not perpetuated by sound scientifi c reasoning but by the very patriarchal system this research seeks to challenge. It then outlines how gender issues in management have been treated in recent times; how it remains an issue that comes in and out of fashion, but also how there have been positive developments in gender research. It concludes with some suggestions of how the area of gendered management research can be improved and developed.
