Detail Power, resistance, and women in administration Bibliografi Author: English, Candace Allen ; Hutcheson, Philo A. (Advisor) Topik: EDUCATION; ADMINISTRATION|WOMEN'S STUDIES|EDUCATION; SOCIAL SCIENCES Bahasa: (EN )    ISBN: 0-599-67920-4     Penerbit: GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY     Tahun Terbit: 2000     Jenis: Theses - Dissertation Fulltext: 9963681.pdf (0.0B; 0 download) Abstract Statement of the problem. The purpose of this study was to investigate how women administrators perceive, utilize, and succumb to the circulations of power and resistance that they encounter on a daily basis in the educational organization. Method. By employing a postmodern approach to feminist research, the circulations of power and resistance were examined through the narratives of five women administrators. Life histories, in-depth interviews, and a focus group interview were the main sources of data for this study. Because the women “highlighted” their own transcripts for instances of power and resistance, they became active participants in the analysis of this study. Through this interview-collaboration process, several matrices were developed illustrating multiple layers of interpretation. By focusing the postmodern lens onto women's narratives, a critical analysis of power and resistance was achieved. Results. By focusing the postmodern lens at the private, local level of each woman's experience, I identified four subthemes concerning the interplay of power and resistance: Playing Different Roles at Home and at Work; Playing the Game; Picking Battles Wisely; and Confronting Gender Discrimination. These four subthemes functioned as strategies that the women employed in order to manage the power and resistance nexus. By re-positioning the postmodern lens at a wider angle, I analyzed the complex, dynamic interplay of power and resistance within the educational organization. Even though the women had difficulty defining the terms “power” and “resistance,” they could easily identify examples of power and resistance relations throughout the educational organization. Their perceptions of how they managed power and resistance relations, however, were different from how they perceived others in the organization managed these relations. Conclusions. I discovered that power and resistance were concepts inextricably linked, perpetually indeterminate, and constantly in flux. In short, the concepts remained for me explicitly ambiguous. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Lihat Sejarah Pengadaan  Konversi Metadata   Kembali

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