Challenging cisnormativity, gender binarism and sex binarism in management research: foregrounding the workplace experiences of trans* and intersex people

Köllen, Thomas; Rumens, Nick (2022). Challenging cisnormativity, gender binarism and sex binarism in management research: foregrounding the workplace experiences of trans* and intersex people. Gender in Management, 37(6), pp. 701-715. Emerald 10.1108/GM-01-2022-0022

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Purpose: This article aims to challenge the cisnormative and binary assumptions that underpin the management and gender scholarship. Introducing and contextualising the contributions that comprise this special issue, this article critically reflects on some of the principal developments in management research on trans* and intersex people in the workplace and anticipates what future scholarship in this area might entail.

Design/methodology/approach: A critical approach is adopted to interrogate the prevailing cisnormative and binary approach adopted by management and gender scholars.

Findings: The key finding is the persistence of cisnormativity and normative gender and sex binarism in academic knowledge production and in society more widely, which appear to have hindered how management and gender scholars have routinely failed to conceptualise and foreground the array of diverse genders and sexes.

Originality/value: This article foregrounds the workplace experiences of trans* and intersex people, which have been neglected by management researchers. By positioning intersexuality as an important topic of management research, this article breaks the silence that has enwrapped intersex issues in gender and management scholarship There are still unanswered questions and issues that demand future research from academics who are interested in addressing cisnormativity in the workplace, and problematising the sex and gender binaries that sustain it.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Department of Business Management > Institute of Organization and Human Resource Management > Human Resource Management
03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Department of Business Management > Institute of Organization and Human Resource Management

UniBE Contributor:

Köllen, Thomas

Subjects:

300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 330 Economics
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 360 Social problems & social services
600 Technology > 650 Management & public relations

ISSN:

1754-2413

Publisher:

Emerald

Language:

English

Submitter:

Thomas Köllen

Date Deposited:

14 Sep 2022 13:59

Last Modified:

03 Dec 2023 18:50

Publisher DOI:

10.1108/GM-01-2022-0022

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Uncontrolled Keywords:

trans*, transgender, intersex, intersexuality, gender, gender binary, sex, sexual binary, cisnormativity, cisgender, gender normalisation, management, workplace

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/172735

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/172735

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