Gendering boundary work: exploring excluded spaces in supermarket job rotation

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Johansson, KristinaLuleå tekniska universitet,Arbetsvetenskap (author)

Gendering boundary work : exploring excluded spaces in supermarket job rotation

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Validerad; 2015; Nivå 2; 20140213 (andbra)
The article explores the establishment of gendering divides in organisations by bridging Hernes' (2004) typologies of physical, social and mental boundary work with notions on the practice of gender as negotiated in everyday organisational activities. In the investigated Swedish supermarket, the pre-store, a narrow, front-stage space in which only women worked, was excluded from the job rotation that otherwise dominated the organisation of work in the store. This study examines: (1) how and on what grounds the divides of the pre-store were established in the supermarket and (2) how spatial divides were incorporated into the practice of gender and work in the supermarket. The findings suggest that the divides that are visible through the exclusion of the pre-store from the job rotation involved not only the allocation of work and space but also multiple and complex physical, social and mental spatial negotiations undertaken by both employees and managers. Together, these factors neutralised the divides as an aspect of the activities. First, the notion that gender was irrelevant for organisational decisions makes gender a non-issue for the organisation of the pre-store activities. Second, the notion that women and men are essentially different provided a ground for explaining why, despite being an organisational non-issue, work and workers were in fact organised along gendered lines in the supermarket. The study contributes with qualitative insights regarding the micro-political practices that make gender into a neutralised non-issue in organisations and, in particular, the intertwinement of spatial practices and negotiations.

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HUMANIORA Annan humaniora Kulturstudier hsv//swe
HUMANITIES Other Humanities Cultural Studies hsv//eng
SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP Annan samhällsvetenskap Genusstudier hsv//swe
SOCIAL SCIENCES Other Social Sciences Gender Studies hsv//eng
TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER Maskinteknik Produktionsteknik, arbetsvetenskap och ergonomi hsv//swe
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY Mechanical Engineering Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics hsv//eng
job rotation
gender
boundary work
food retail trade
organisation
Genus och teknik

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Lundgren, Anna Sofia,1972-Umeå universitet,Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper,Ageing and Living Conditions Programme (ALC),Department of Culture and Media Studies, Umeå University(Swepub:umu)anlu0006 (author)
Luleå tekniska universitetArbetsvetenskap (creator_code:org_t)

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