GENDERED ORGANIZATIONAL LOGIC
- 1 December 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Gender & Society
- Vol. 11 (6) , 796-818
- https://doi.org/10.1177/089124397011006005
Abstract
This article uses Acker's theory of gendered organizations to frame an analysis of the ways in which policies and practices in a men's and a women's prison reflect and reproduce gendered inequalities. The article offers a working definition of one of Acker's key theoretical concepts, the notion of “gendered organizational logic.” Then, using interview data collected from correctional officers in a men's and a women's prison, the article examines the ways in which officer training and assignments, although designed to be nominally generic, assume a male worker and disproportionately benefit male officers working in men's institutions. These findings imply that the perspective could more usefully be conceived as a theory of “masculinized” organizations.Keywords
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