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Gender, age and ageism: experiences of women managers in Finland and Scotland

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  • Marjut Jyrkinen
  • Linda McKie

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This article explores the intersectionality of gender and age in work and careers of women managers. Interviews were conducted with women senior managers in two EU countries, namely Finland and Scotland. These countries have demographic and economic similarities, but there are differences in welfare regimes, economies and employment policies. Using the approach of biographical matching the article compares how women managers in these countries encounter gendered ageism in the different stages of their careers. Data illustrate the myriad ways in which women experience ageism and lookism. The conclusion reflects upon these processes of gendering management which persist across these two labour markets.

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  • Marjut Jyrkinen & Linda McKie, 2012. "Gender, age and ageism: experiences of women managers in Finland and Scotland," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 26(1), pages 61-77, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:woemps:v:26:y:2012:i:1:p:61-77
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    2. Michael McGann & Rachel Ong & Dina Bowman & Alan S Duncan & Helen Kimberley & Simon Biggs, 2016. "A Gendered Analysis of Age Discrimination among Older Jobseekers in Australia," Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Working Paper series WP1601, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School.
    3. Michael McGann & Rachel Ong & Dina Bowman & Alan Duncan & Helen Kimberley & Simon Biggs, 2016. "Gendered Ageism in Australia: Changing Perceptions of Age Discrimination among Older Men and Women," Economic Papers, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 35(4), pages 375-388, December.
    4. Sarah Yates & Kathleen Riach & Marjana Johansson, 2018. "Stress at Work, Gendered Dys†appearance and the Broken Body in Policing," Gender, Work and Organization, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 25(1), pages 91-105, January.
    5. Clemens B. Fell & Cornelius J. König, 2016. "Is there a gender difference in scientific collaboration? A scientometric examination of co-authorships among industrial–organizational psychologists," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 108(1), pages 113-141, July.

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