dc.contributor |
Háskóli Íslands |
dc.contributor |
University of Iceland |
dc.contributor.author |
Rafnsdóttir, Gudbjörg Linda |
dc.contributor.author |
Weigt, Jill |
dc.date.accessioned |
2020-08-31T13:11:49Z |
dc.date.available |
2020-08-31T13:11:49Z |
dc.date.issued |
2018-03-29 |
dc.identifier.citation |
Rafnsdóttir, G.L., Weigt, J. Addressing the Horizontal Gender Division of Labor: A Case Study of Support and Obstacles in a Heavy Industry Plant in Iceland. Sex Roles 80, 91–104 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-018-0915-7 |
dc.identifier.issn |
0360-0025 |
dc.identifier.issn |
1573-2762 (eISSN) |
dc.identifier.uri |
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/2032 |
dc.description |
Publisher's version (útgefin grein) |
dc.description.abstract |
In the present article, we analyze a project in a heavy industry plant in Iceland in which the management aims to hire an equal number of women and men and, thereby, to work against the gender segregation of work. For their efforts, called the 50/50 strategy, the plant has received national and international awards. Observations and semi-structured interviews were conducted during five visits to the plant, including 85 interviews with 72 individuals, 49 women and 23 men. We found extensive support for the policy. The managers saw business opportunities in it, but although the employees supported the policy because it was seen as fair and modern, they doubted that achieving equal gender representation would be possible. The main emphasis so far has been on designing work organization and equipment, advertising the policy, presenting job opportunities to women outside the plant, and encouraging both genders to acquire the “right” education. Why the 50/50 target has not been reached lies partly in gender stereotypes outside the plant. Furthermore, our findings suggest that the next steps should be to challenge an alleged male working-culture within the plant. If they fail to do so, their efforts to eliminate horizontal gender segregation are unlikely to succeed and may even become counterproductive. |
dc.description.sponsorship |
We would like to thank the University of Iceland
Research Fund and the American Scandinavian Foundation for
supporting our study. |
dc.format.extent |
91-104 |
dc.language.iso |
en |
dc.publisher |
Springer Science and Business Media LLC |
dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Sex Roles;80(1-2) |
dc.rights |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
dc.subject |
Gender equality |
dc.subject |
Gender segregation |
dc.subject |
Professional role |
dc.subject |
Stereotyped behavior |
dc.subject |
Workplace intervention |
dc.subject |
Workplace policy |
dc.subject |
Jafnréttismál |
dc.subject |
Vinnustaðir |
dc.subject |
Stefnumótun |
dc.title |
Addressing the Horizontal Gender Division of Labor: A Case Study of Support and Obstacles in a Heavy Industry Plant in Iceland |
dc.type |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
dcterms.license |
This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative
Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use,
distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the
Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made |
dc.description.version |
Peer Reviewed |
dc.identifier.journal |
Sex Roles |
dc.identifier.doi |
10.1007/s11199-018-0915-7 |
dc.contributor.department |
Félagsfræði-, mannfræði- og þjóðfræðideild (HÍ) |
dc.contributor.department |
Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics (UI) |
dc.contributor.school |
Félagsvísindasvið (HÍ) |
dc.contributor.school |
School of Social Sciences (UI) |