ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION In 1977, Rosabeth Moss Kanter wrote her classic text Men and Women of the Corporation, and expressed the nascent idea that men and women view the organization through gendered lenses. A sophisticated collection of feminist oriented organizational theory built on Kanter’s work has since developed. Th e feminist perspective on organizational theory challenges “deeply entrenched assumptions and values” that drive structure, styles, planning, priorities, incentives, values, policies, and practices. Even the basic question, “what forms of activity count as work,” is gender related (Meyerson & Kolb, 2000, p. 554).
