Everyday Gender At Work In Taiwan (gender, Sexualities And Culture In Asia)
by Ting-Fang Chin /
2018 / English / PDF
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This book explores professional women’s experiences of gender in
the Taiwanese workplace in the wake of the rapid transformation of
the country's economy, identifying attitudes to gender in a
heterosexist and heteronormative social culture. It contributes to
understanding women’s relationships with their superiors and peers
at work and the strategies that they have used to negotiate with
these role partners to achieve their own personal and career
goals. It notes that compared to women in other East Asian
economies, women in Taiwan have a more consistent career trajectory
and that the local women’s movement and activism has brought Taiwan
a long way in improving women’s employment rights, but argues that
it is too soon to claim that gender inequality has been banished
from the workplace. Based on qualitative, in-depth interviews, the
book explores the participants’ accounts, gendered and
heteronormative practices at work, in two contexts: organisational
management and everyday social encounters. It investigates gender
inequality at work by focusing on women employees’ everyday
experiences, and examines structural and institutional factors
affecting gendered arrangements, as well as personal experiences in
negotiating gender. A key read for students and scholars in in
gender and employment studies, this book will also be of interest
to those working within the field of employment sociology and
organisational culture.
This book explores professional women’s experiences of gender in
the Taiwanese workplace in the wake of the rapid transformation of
the country's economy, identifying attitudes to gender in a
heterosexist and heteronormative social culture. It contributes to
understanding women’s relationships with their superiors and peers
at work and the strategies that they have used to negotiate with
these role partners to achieve their own personal and career
goals. It notes that compared to women in other East Asian
economies, women in Taiwan have a more consistent career trajectory
and that the local women’s movement and activism has brought Taiwan
a long way in improving women’s employment rights, but argues that
it is too soon to claim that gender inequality has been banished
from the workplace. Based on qualitative, in-depth interviews, the
book explores the participants’ accounts, gendered and
heteronormative practices at work, in two contexts: organisational
management and everyday social encounters. It investigates gender
inequality at work by focusing on women employees’ everyday
experiences, and examines structural and institutional factors
affecting gendered arrangements, as well as personal experiences in
negotiating gender. A key read for students and scholars in in
gender and employment studies, this book will also be of interest
to those working within the field of employment sociology and
organisational culture.