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Challenging Hegemonic Masculinities: Men's Stories on Gender Culture in Organizations

Annalisa Murgia

Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento, Italy, annalisa.murgia{at}soc.unitn.it

Barbara Poggio

Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento, Italy, barbara.poggio{at}unitn.it

The article emphasizes the importance of storytelling in helping or hindering a change in organizational practices brought about by the entry into force of a legislative measure. It concentrates in particular on the introduction of a normative change intended to reshape the dominant gender order by giving fathers the same rights to parental leave as mothers. Whilst storytelling can be an instrument of change, it may also be perceived and used as a means to prevent such change and to consolidate dominant models. In the latter case, analysis of rebellious and marginal voices reveals hegemonic practices and brings out viewpoints silenced by the official versions. The stories of eight men, belonging to different organizations, who have experienced parental leave, enable analysis to be made of the ways in which organizational storytelling can support or prevent the introduction of a change which challenges the symbolic gender order within organizations.

Key Words: gender order • hegemonic masculinity • storytelling

Organization, Vol. 16, No. 3, 407-423 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1350508409102303
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