TY - JOUR
T1 - Neo-androgynous management
T2 - managing the English further education in an era of neoliberalism?
AU - Corbett, Stephen
AU - Johnston, Karen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2023/5/13
Y1 - 2023/5/13
N2 - The study draws on mixed methods research with further education middle managers across England in order to explore whether there are gendered differences in management. There remain debates about whether there are gender differences in management or leadership. The study adds to this debate with results that reveal that women and men are behaviourally flexible, employing a repertoire of knowledge, competencies and skills, which are not necessarily gendered, in order to manage change in an increasing neoliberal further education working environment. We therefore propose a novel theoretical contribution of neo-androgynous management, which suggests ‘undoing gender’ in management in an education sector that has seen increase in women’s employment.
AB - The study draws on mixed methods research with further education middle managers across England in order to explore whether there are gendered differences in management. There remain debates about whether there are gender differences in management or leadership. The study adds to this debate with results that reveal that women and men are behaviourally flexible, employing a repertoire of knowledge, competencies and skills, which are not necessarily gendered, in order to manage change in an increasing neoliberal further education working environment. We therefore propose a novel theoretical contribution of neo-androgynous management, which suggests ‘undoing gender’ in management in an education sector that has seen increase in women’s employment.
KW - androgyny
KW - Further education
KW - management
KW - neoliberalism
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85159179476&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13639080.2023.2213172
DO - 10.1080/13639080.2023.2213172
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85159179476
SN - 1363-9080
JO - Journal of Education and Work
JF - Journal of Education and Work
ER -