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  • 1.  Antwort: Re: Women and Gender textbook recommendations

    Posted 02-05-2013 11:50
    Hi all,
    with regards to textbooks I would like to draw your attention to a very recent publication focusing on a European perspective. It is edited and written by the CEMS faculty group "gender and diversity management" (which is a network of gender and diversity scholars teaching at schools involved in the CEMS initiative). The chapters cover a broad range of topics and the textbook works very well in class!



    http://us.macmillan.com/diversityinorganizations/MaryAnnDanowitz
    for more information!

    All the best for your teaching,
    Julia

     



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    Von:        Stacy Blake-Beard <stacy.blakebeard@SIMMONS.EDU>
    An:        <GDO-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU>
    Datum:        29.01.2013 21:50
    Betreff:        Re: Women and Gender textbook recommendations
    Gesendet von:        Gender & Diversity in Organizations Division Listserv <GDO-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU>



    Hi All
    Kelly, thanks for starting this line of conversation. I teach a course on gender, diversity and leadership at
    Simmons College. I also teach a version of this course as an elective at the Indian School of Business in
    Hyderabad, India. As I was putting together my course, I too could not find one book that could serve
    as the course textbook. I use a course packet of assembled readings and cases.
     
    There are a couple of good books out there that can be used together. I am affiliated with the Center for
    Gender in Organizations (CGO) here at Simmons. CGO, under the editorial guidance of Robin Ely, Erica
    Foldy and Maureen Scully, put out "Reader in Gender, Work and Organization." This resource is excellent
    in terms of exposure to some of the classic pieces like Kanter's "Men and Women of the Corporation" and
    Lorde's "The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action." I  appreciate that this book addresses
    and includes several chapters on women of color (I have a chapter along with dt ogilvie, Stella Nkomo,
    Ella Bell, Evangelina Holvino and Marta Calas), is clear that men have gender too (Collinson and Hearn's
    chapter on masculinity) and doesn't pretend that  gender is the sole domain of women and men in the USA.
    This reader is really good-it is just time to give it an update (published in 2003).
     
    There are other good books. I also like Powell and Graves' text. I also use chapters from Barbara Kellerman and
    Deborah Rhode's "Women & Leadership: The State of Play and Strategies for Change." Marilyn Davidson and
    Ron Burke have a broad survey of women in many countries in their book "Women in Management Worldwide:
    Progress and Prospects."
     
    I'd be very interested in seeing syllabi for those who are teaching gender classes. I am also willing to share
    mine.
     
    Stacy
     
    From: Gender & Diversity in Organizations Division Listserv [mailto:GDO-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Rosemary Hays-Thomas
    Sent:     Tuesday, January 29, 2013 2:28 PM
    To:     GDO-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject:     Re: Women and Gender textbook recommendations
     
    Dear Colleagues,
     
    I'm an I/O psychologist who has taught diversity and psych of gender courses as well as directed Women's Studies for a brief time.
     
    The Blau et al., economics book (mentioned in another post) is excellent, but it is an economics book. I have used it with graduate students in a course on compensation.
     
    It deals with compensation, etc., and will be helpful for people who want to understand the wage gap and other financial considerations (eg., family policy, benefit structures, etc.) as they would be seen by an economist. Although I (and I hope my students) learned a lot from this book, I would not think it would be the best choice for ONE text for a more general course about gender at work, esp for undergraduates.
     
    Gary Powell and Laura Graves have done a nice text, "Women and Men in Management," of which I have the third edition (2003).  I do not know if there is a later revision.  The index lists some treatment of Black, Hispanic, and Asian women.  However, I suspect the general dearth of information on women of color in this context is due to the shortage of research.
     
    Rosemary Hays-Thomas  
    On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Kelly L Fisher <Kelly.Fisher@tamuk.edu> wrote:
    Dear Colleagues,
     
    Our campus is interested in developing a foundational course for a minor program (Undergraduate) in Women and Gender Studies. The committee would like to build the curriculum around 7 to 10 common texts, appropriately augmented and/or interpreted by the faculty member teaching any particular section.
     
    The burning question is, If you could suggest any one (or two) texts that address central issues of women and gender studies as it pertains (within a business curriculum), what would that be?  
     
    Happy to compile the list and repost if there is interest!
     
    Thanks in advance.
     
     
    Kelly Fisher, Ph.D
    Air Force Culture and Language Fellow
    Texas A&M University – Kingsville
     
     



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    Rosemary Hays-Thomas, PhD, SPHR
    Professor of Psychology Emerita
    University of West Florida
    Pensacola, FL 32514