Gender, family and organisation: an investigation of gendering processes in a large organisation in Thailand

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dc.contributor.authorKamales, Nayika
dc.contributor.authorLewis, Patricia
dc.contributor.authorWyatt, Madeleine
dc.date.accessioned2026-08-06T10:49:25Z
dc.date.available2026-08-06T10:49:25Z
dc.date.issued2025-01-01
dc.description.abstractDrawing on Joan Acker's theory of gendered organisation and the emphasis she places on the embeddedness of cultural assumptions related to gender difference in organisational structures and practices, this chapter explores how men and women experience work within a large organisation in Thailand. Adopting a gender-as-process approach to reveal how gender functions across multiple levels of social life with gender inequality arising out of a diverse range of factors, we draw on interviews with 72 men and women managers, to investigate the way in which our study organisation is gendered. Specifically, we argue that an organisational logic of family permeates the work context our interviewees are subjected to. While both men and women benefit from family-of-origin support provided by fathers, mothers, uncles and aunts, men can more easily build an organisational family by broadening their network connections to support their careers within the context of a Thai organisation.
dc.identifier.citationResearch Handbook on Gender Work and Employment Relations, 141-152, 2025
dc.identifier.doi10.4337/9781035302567.00024
dc.identifier.other2-s2.0-105013934249
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.kmitl.ac.th/handle/123456789/16511
dc.sourceResearch Handbook on Gender Work and Employment Relations
dc.subjectAcker
dc.subjectGender as process
dc.subjectGendered organisation
dc.subjectOrganisational logic of family
dc.subjectThailand
dc.titleGender, family and organisation: an investigation of gendering processes in a large organisation in Thailand
dc.typeBook Chapter

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