Track
Global, International and Cultural Issues in IS
Abstract
This paper brings a discourse analytic perspective to an examination of the experiences of women managersworking in the high tech sector. A detailed examination of the discursive descriptions of strategies, experiences, andadvice reveals a tension between the use of unequivocal language for providing advice for managing everydaygender challenges encountered in the high tech workplace and the use of much more tempered language when tryingto articulate an understanding for the basis of the issues and when discussing recommendations for change. Thepaper highlights the insights into gendered organizational experiences and understandings garnered through a closeexamination of organizational discourse.
Recommended Citation
McGowan, Rosemary A. PhD and Runte, Mary PhD, "Women Managers in High Tech: A Discursive Perspective" (2011). AMCIS 2011 Proceedings - All Submissions. 48.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2011_submissions/48