Paper ID
3161
Paper Type
full
Description
There is limited research focusing on how women are affected by gender-based power politics in the IS workplace. This paper explores people’s perceptions of gender-based power politics, the different ways in which gender-based politics manifest themselves, and how women in IS are affected by gender-based power politics within the case of a South African bank. The aim of this paper is to study gender-based power politics through the application of the ‘Revised (In)visibility Vortex’ (RIV) of Lewis and Simpson (2012) as a theoretical lens. This paper argues that the RIV is a useful reference theory for IS which, to the best of the researchers’ knowledge, has not previously been applied in our field. The RIV is applied to the existing IS literature on the topic, after which we present our empirical case demonstrating the applicability of the theory and present our ‘Enhanced (In)visibility Framework’ based on our findings.
Recommended Citation
Kelepu, Chumisa and Coleman, Emma, "IS Employees Perceptions of Gender-Based Power Politics and its Impact on Women in IS: A Case of a South African Bank" (2019). ICIS 2019 Proceedings. 28.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2019/behavior_is/behavior_is/28
IS Employees Perceptions of Gender-Based Power Politics and its Impact on Women in IS: A Case of a South African Bank
There is limited research focusing on how women are affected by gender-based power politics in the IS workplace. This paper explores people’s perceptions of gender-based power politics, the different ways in which gender-based politics manifest themselves, and how women in IS are affected by gender-based power politics within the case of a South African bank. The aim of this paper is to study gender-based power politics through the application of the ‘Revised (In)visibility Vortex’ (RIV) of Lewis and Simpson (2012) as a theoretical lens. This paper argues that the RIV is a useful reference theory for IS which, to the best of the researchers’ knowledge, has not previously been applied in our field. The RIV is applied to the existing IS literature on the topic, after which we present our empirical case demonstrating the applicability of the theory and present our ‘Enhanced (In)visibility Framework’ based on our findings.