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Gender Equality as Myth and Ceremony? Situated Norm Engagement in Organisations

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This chapter discusses the nature of situated norm engagement in organizations. Organizations represent central arenas within which individuals engage with, combat over, and engage with norms on gender equality. Yet the incremental and stable nature of organizations means that these are not prone to change and less so to the disruptive qualities of a set of norms and ideas such as those on gender equality. In this chapter, Fejerskov and Cold-Ravnkilde provides an answer to why we often only witness ceremonial or symbolic approaches to gender equality in organizations, by explaining the factors that both facilitate and constrain such processes of institutionalization and translation.

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    Adam Fejerskov & Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde

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Fejerskov, A., Cold-Ravnkilde, S.M. (2019). Gender Equality as Myth and Ceremony? Situated Norm Engagement in Organisations. In: Engberg-Pedersen, L., Fejerskov, A., Cold-Ravnkilde, S.M. (eds) Rethinking Gender Equality in Global Governance. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15512-4_5

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