‪Le genre encadré‪. Ethnographie d’une formation au leadership pour aspirant·e·s cadres

In the debates on what changes in managers? work, many studies from management literature tell us that a « new capitalism » urges to switch from an authoritarian and hierarchical model of organization to a model based on inter-individual cooperation and on the activation of networks. This article, based on the ethnography of an association aiming at developing leadership skills, intends to compare this corpus with the evolution of managers? relational expertise. Combining gender and social class issues, this survey shows that the learning of interpersonal skills does not result in a better representation of women, as management theorists argue. The members of the association interpret differently the practices it promotes : this contributes, as our observations show, to establish the domination of some type of men.