Organizational Obliviousness: Entrenched Resistance to Gender Integration in the Military

by Alesha E. Doan and Shannon Portillo

Exploring efforts to integrate women into combat forces in the military, we investigate how resistance to equity becomes entrenched, ultimately excluding women from being full participants in the workplace. Based on focus groups and surveys with members of Special Operations, we found most of the resistance is rooted in traditional gender stereotypes that are often bolstered through organizational policies and practices. The subtlety of these practices...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108465439
• ISBN13: 9781108465434
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 75 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"