"That's bang out of order, mate!": Gendered and racialized micro‐practices of disadvantage and privilege in UK business schools

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Śliwa, M., Gordon, L., Mason, K. and Beech, N. 2024. "That's bang out of order, mate!": Gendered and racialized micro‐practices of disadvantage and privilege in UK business schools. Gender, Work and Organization. 31 (5), pp. 1852-1872. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12920
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Title"That's bang out of order, mate!": Gendered and racialized micro‐practices of disadvantage and privilege in UK business schools
AuthorsŚliwa, M., Gordon, L., Mason, K. and Beech, N.
Abstract

The existence of gendered and racialized inequalities in academia has been well documented. To date, research has primarily addressed the intersectional disadvantages faced by members of minority groups with much less attention paid to the privileges experienced by dominant group members. This paper draws on 21 interviews and 36 audio‐diary entries completed by a diverse group of senior higher education leaders who have successfully navigated the career ladder in UK business schools. By juxtaposing minority with dominant group members' narratives, the study advances intersectionality research, offering a contextualized analysis of the micro‐practices of both disadvantage and privilege in academia. Through a focus on how micro‐practices perform differently for members of different groups, it foregrounds “obvious” as well as nuanced differences that contribute to the accumulation of disadvantage and privilege throughout an individual's career and emphasizes simultaneity as crucial to understanding the workings of gendered and racialized disadvantage and privilege.

Keywordsacademia; disadvantage; inclusion; intersectionality; micro-practice; privilege
Sustainable Development Goals5 Gender equality
10 Reduced inequalities
Middlesex University ThemeHealth & Wellbeing
PublisherWiley
JournalGender, Work and Organization
ISSN0968-6673
Electronic1468-0432
Publication dates
Online14 Oct 2022
PrintSep 2024
Publication process dates
Submitted30 Apr 2021
Accepted29 Sep 2022
Deposited17 Oct 2022
Output statusPublished
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Copyright © 2022 The Authors. Gender, Work & Organization published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12920
Web of Science identifierWOS:000867843900001
LanguageEnglish
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