Respectable femininity and career agency: exploring paradoxical imperatives

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Respectable femininity and career agency: exploring paradoxical imperatives

This paper places respectable femininity at the very centre of career enactment. In the accounts of 24 Sri Lankan women, notions of being a ‘respectable’ woman recurred as respondents described how important it was to adhere to the powerful behavioural norms for women in their organizations and soci...

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Main Authors:	Fernando, Weerahannadige Dulini Anuvinda, Cohen, Laurie
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley 2013
Subjects:	Respectable femininity Gender Career Gendered organization Paradox
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2816/

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