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dc.contributor.authorRindfleish, Jennifer Men
dc.contributor.authorSheridan, Alison Jen
dc.contributor.authorKjeldal, Sue-Ellenen
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-02T13:54:00Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.citationEqual Opportunities International, 28(6), p. 486-499en
dc.identifier.issn0261-0159en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4403-
dc.description.abstractPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to present personal experiences of using storytelling as a "sensemaking" tool, to argue for the benefits of this method as a process of better understanding the gendered academy and the role storytelling can play in effecting change. Design/methodology/approach – Drawing on personal experiences of storytelling within workplaces, the paper explores how stories between colleagues can lead to positive change through the co-construction of new worlds of meaning which are spontaneously revised through interaction. Findings – The paper demonstrates how storytelling between individuals experiencing inequality makes visible the gendered practices in academic workplaces and can lead to a change in those experiences of the workplace. Also, such stories can be a means for prompting change through negotiation. Theoretically, a triple-loop learning environment within an organization could provide the agora required for stories about inequality to be heard continually and change to come about through negotiation. Research limitations/implications – The paper uses a method that serves as a heuristic device and as such cannot be generalized for all organizational settings. The findings offer a new but partial solution for negotiating gender inequity in academia by suggesting that there must be more storytelling in openly public spaces between colleagues to challenge and negotiate the gendered organizational cultures of academia. Practical implications – The application of the method of triple-loop learning in academic organizational settings can assist in challenging and changing gender inequity through the consistent use of narratives. Originality/value – The paper is unique in that it argues for the value of a self-reflexive narrative form of method which favours stories being shared in public spaces – the agora – as a way of addressing gender inequity within complex, male dominated professions such as academia.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherEmerald Publishing Limiteden
dc.relation.ispartofEqual Opportunities Internationalen
dc.titleCreating an "agora" for storytelling as a way of challenging the gendered structures of academiaen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1108/02610150910980783en
dc.subject.keywordsGender, Sexuality and Educationen
local.contributor.firstnameJennifer Men
local.contributor.firstnameAlison Jen
local.contributor.firstnameSue-Ellenen
local.subject.for2008130308 Gender, Sexuality and Educationen
local.subject.seo2008939904 Gender Aspects of Educationen
local.profile.schoolUNE Business Schoolen
local.profile.schoolUNE Business Schoolen
local.profile.schoolMarketing and Managementen
local.profile.emailjrindfle@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emailasherida@une.edu.auen
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local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20090826-163438en
local.publisher.placeUnited Kingdomen
local.format.startpage486en
local.format.endpage499en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume28en
local.identifier.issue6en
local.contributor.lastnameRindfleishen
local.contributor.lastnameSheridanen
local.contributor.lastnameKjeldalen
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dc.identifier.staffune-id:asheridaen
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dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleCreating an "agora" for storytelling as a way of challenging the gendered structures of academiaen
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.search.authorRindfleish, Jennifer Men
local.search.authorSheridan, Alison Jen
local.search.authorKjeldal, Sue-Ellenen
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local.year.published2009en
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