Gender is a central though still relatively unexamined force in organizational life. This groundbreaking book brings together the most influential work in the field to map the terrain of an organizational analysis in which the role of gender is fully recognized and addressed.Gender is a central though still relatively unexamined force in organizational life. This groundbreaking book brings together the most influential work in the field to map the terrain of an organizational analysis in which the role of gender is fully recognized and addressed.Introduction PART ONE: ORGANIZATIONAL ANALYSIS: A CRITIQUE Differential Recruitment and Control - Joan Acker and Donald R Van Houten The Sex Structuring of Organizations Room For Women - Peta Tancred-Sheriff and E Jane Campbell A Case Study in the Sociology of Organizations Gender and Organizations - Jeff Hearn and P Wendy Parkin A Selective Review and a Critique of a Neglected Area PART TWO: TOWARDS FEMINISM AS RADICAL ORGANIZATIONAL ANALYSIS Sex and Organizational Analysis - Gibson Burrell Organization, Gender and Culture - Albert J Mills A Feminist Perspective on State Bureaucracy - Judith Grant and Peta Tancred-Sheriff PART THREE: FROM THEORY TO APPLICATION: EXPLORATIONS IN FEMINIST ORGANIZATIONAL ANALYSIS Sex Ratios, Sex Role Spillover and Sex at Work - Barbara A Gutek and Aaron Groff Cohen A Comparison of Men's and Women's Experiences Women Managers' Perceptions of Gender and Organizational Life - Deborah Sheppard `The Clerking Sisterhood' - Susan Porter Benson Rationalization and the Work Culture of Saleswomen in American Department Stores 1890-1960 Merit and Gender - Clare Burton Organizations and the Mobilization of Masculine Bias PART FOUR: CONTEMPORARY VOICES An/Other Slc