Strategies for Overcoming the Gender Gap by Working Women (Case Study of Russian Organizations)

In the context of the global economic crisis associated with the pandemic, the gender gap index has increased, indicating increasing gender inequalities and, consequently, gender assimilation in society. Despite the fact that in Russia the total number of educated, qualified, healthy, working women...

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Autores principales:	S. D. Gurieva, U. A. Udavikhina
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Publicado:	North-West institute of management of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration 2021
Materias:	gender gap gender inequality gender strategies doing gender undoing gender Political institutions and public administration (General) JF20-2112
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:5a0aa8643f24498faa028e0849d550982021-11-12T10:46:15ZStrategies for Overcoming the Gender Gap by Working Women (Case Study of Russian Organizations)1726-11391816-859010.22394/1726-1139-2021-9-79-88https://doaj.org/article/5a0aa8643f24498faa028e0849d550982021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.acjournal.ru/jour/article/view/1789https://doaj.org/toc/1726-1139https://doaj.org/toc/1816-8590In the context of the global economic crisis associated with the pandemic, the gender gap index has increased, indicating increasing gender inequalities and, consequently, gender assimilation in society. Despite the fact that in Russia the total number of educated, qualified, healthy, working women is significantly higher than that of men, women face unequal wage distribution and feel the income gap, rarely reach managerial positions, are not represented at high managerial levels, and are excluded from political life. The aim of the study was to identify and examine the specifics of gendered career-building strategies by Russian women as a way of narrowing the gender gap. The following methodological approaches were used to consider gender inequalities in the organizational context: Gender in organization, Gendered organization, Doing & Undoing Gender Strategies. Key results: confirming the existence of gender strategies as a way to bridge the gender gap within an organization; identifying and describing how Russian women apply gender strategies in their career development. The “Doing Gender” strategy was used more frequently than the “Undoing Gender” strategy. However, the scope of Undoing Gender was much wider and more variable. Those women who used a combination of gender strategies (“Doing & Undoing Gender”) rated themselves as “strong players”, emphasized high subjective satisfaction with their lives (having a family and children), and noted a successful career path, unlike those who used only one of the strategies. A combination of gender strategies can help to promote women’s careers in the best possible way and bridge the gender gap in the organization.S. D. GurievaU. A. UdavikhinaNorth-West institute of management of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration articlegender gapgender inequalitygender strategiesdoing genderundoing genderPolitical institutions and public administration (General)JF20-2112ENRUУправленческое консультирование, Vol 0, Iss 9, Pp 79-88 (2021)
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spellingShingle	gender gap gender inequality gender strategies doing gender undoing gender Political institutions and public administration (General) JF20-2112 S. D. Gurieva U. A. Udavikhina Strategies for Overcoming the Gender Gap by Working Women (Case Study of Russian Organizations)
description	In the context of the global economic crisis associated with the pandemic, the gender gap index has increased, indicating increasing gender inequalities and, consequently, gender assimilation in society. Despite the fact that in Russia the total number of educated, qualified, healthy, working women is significantly higher than that of men, women face unequal wage distribution and feel the income gap, rarely reach managerial positions, are not represented at high managerial levels, and are excluded from political life. The aim of the study was to identify and examine the specifics of gendered career-building strategies by Russian women as a way of narrowing the gender gap. The following methodological approaches were used to consider gender inequalities in the organizational context: Gender in organization, Gendered organization, Doing & Undoing Gender Strategies. Key results: confirming the existence of gender strategies as a way to bridge the gender gap within an organization; identifying and describing how Russian women apply gender strategies in their career development. The “Doing Gender” strategy was used more frequently than the “Undoing Gender” strategy. However, the scope of Undoing Gender was much wider and more variable. Those women who used a combination of gender strategies (“Doing & Undoing Gender”) rated themselves as “strong players”, emphasized high subjective satisfaction with their lives (having a family and children), and noted a successful career path, unlike those who used only one of the strategies. A combination of gender strategies can help to promote women’s careers in the best possible way and bridge the gender gap in the organization.
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Strategies for Overcoming the Gender Gap by Working Women (Case Study of Russian Organizations)

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