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Author Ruel, Stefanie, author.

Title STEM-professional women's exclusion in the Canadian space industry : anchor points and intersectionality at the margins of space / Stefanie Ruel
Edition First edition
Published Bingley, UK : Emerald Publishing, 2019

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Description 1 online resource
Series Critical management studies
Critical management studies (Series)
Contents Front Cover; Stem-Professional Women's Exclusion in the Canadian Space Industry: Anchor Points and Intersectionality at The Margins of Space; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; About the Author; Preface; Acknowledgments; Prologue; Chapter 1 The View from Earth; 1.1. Purpose and Focus of This Study; 1.2. Main Argument: Discourses, Power-Relations, and Identities in Context; 1.3. Research Framework: Forms of Context, of Knowledge, and of Experiences; 1.4. Forms of Context: The Demographics of the Canadian Space Industry
1.5. Forms of Knowledge: Poststructuralism, Intersectional Feminism, and Intersectionality1.5.1. Intersectionality and Anchor Points; 1.5.2. First "I" in Intersectionality: My Range of Anchor Points; 1.6. Forms of Experiences: Discourses, Critical Sensemaking, and Exclusion; 1.7. Research Methodology: Critical Sensemaking Framework; 1.8. Significance of This Research; 1.9. Book Outline; References; Chapter 2 Forms of Context; 2.1. The Macro: Global Space Industry; 2.2. The Meso: Canadian Space Industry; 2.3. The Micro: Demographics and Organization-specific Formal Rules; 2.3.1. Alouette I
2.3.2. MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Demographics2.3.3. Canadian Space Agency Demographics; 2.3.4. A Sample of Organizational Rules within the CSA; 2.4. Engineering and Science in the Academic Literature; 2.5. Summary of Maco/Meso/Micro Space Industry Contexts; 2.6. Research Framework: Forms of Context; 2.6.1. Meta-rules; 2.6.2. Rules; 2.6.3. Formative Contexts; 2.6.4. Forms of Context; 2.7. Conclusion; References; Chapter 3 Forms of Knowledge; 3.1. Feminisms; 3.2. Poststructuralism: Paradigmatic Lens; 3.2.1. Technology of the Self and Subjection; 3.2.2. Technology of Power-Relations
3.2.3. Technology of Discourses/Knowledge3.3. The Intersectionality Literature; 3.3.1. Identity and the Foucauldian Subject; 3.3.2. The Sociological Perspective on Identity; 3.3.3. What the Intersectionality Literature Has to Say about Identity; 3.3.3.1. Relationality and Anchor Points; 3.3.4. What is Missing in the Intersectionality Literature; 3.3.5. Summary of Feminisms, Poststructural Perspective, and Intersectionality Literatures; 3.4. Research Framework: Forms of Knowledge; 3.4.1. Intersectional Feminism; 3.4.1.1. Identity and Intersectionality; 3.4.1.2. Anchor Point Concept
3.5. Chapter Conclusion: Anchor PointsReferences; Chapter 4 Forms of Experiences; 4.1. Literature Review of Discourses, Weickian Sensemaking, and Exclusion; 4.1.1. Discourse; 4.1.2. Weickian and Critical Sensemaking; 4.1.3. Experiences of Exclusion: Systems and Processes of Domination; 4.1.4. Summary of Literature Review of Forms of Experiences; 4.2. Research Framework: Forms of Experiences; 4.3. Chapter Conclusion; References; Chapter 5 Research Methodology; 5.1. Purpose and Research Questions; 5.2. Second "I" in Intersectionality: Participants and Their Recruitment; 5.3. Data Collected
Summary STEM-Professional Women's Exclusion in the Canadian Space Industry: Anchor Points and Intersectionality at the Margins of Space showcases the 'how' of exclusion of STEM-professional women from management and executive positions
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 11, 2019)
Subject Women in science -- Canada
Women in astronautics -- Canada
Space sciences -- Canada
Sex discrimination against women -- Canada
Organizational theory & behaviour.
SCIENCE -- Essays.
SCIENCE -- Reference.
Sex discrimination against women
Space sciences
Women in astronautics
Women in science
Canada
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781787695696
1787695697
9781787695719
1787695719