Power Resources Among Female Military Personnel
(2020) 1. p.95-112- Abstract
- The Armed Forces are one of Sweden’s largest governmental organizations and at the same time one of Sweden’s most gender-segregated and male-dominated workplaces. Recruiting more women into the organization is one of the organization’s main goals for personnel planning, along with providing them with more opportunities for career development. This study sought a deeper understanding of the power resources that can be identified and which are used by female military personnel within the armed forces. A total of 16 women were interviewed and their ranks ranged from soldier/sailor to general/admiral. The qualitative analysis of the interviews shows that female military personnel use power resources to adapt to the male-dominated... (More)
- The Armed Forces are one of Sweden’s largest governmental organizations and at the same time one of Sweden’s most gender-segregated and male-dominated workplaces. Recruiting more women into the organization is one of the organization’s main goals for personnel planning, along with providing them with more opportunities for career development. This study sought a deeper understanding of the power resources that can be identified and which are used by female military personnel within the armed forces. A total of 16 women were interviewed and their ranks ranged from soldier/sailor to general/admiral. The qualitative analysis of the interviews shows that female military personnel use power resources to adapt to the male-dominated organization’s demands and to even out perceived asymmetric power relationships in their daily professional work. The power resources can be explained using four themes: structural power resources, cultural and social power resources, emotional power resources, and minority perspective as a power resource. More female military personnel would have increased the task effectiveness of the military organization. To make that possible, the Swedish Armed Forces would have to discuss the prevailing masculinity norm, the meaning of being a man, and the gains of a more gender-equal organization. (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- The Armed Forces are one of Sweden's largest governmental organizations and at the same time one of Sweden's most gender-segregated and male-dominated workplaces. Recruiting more women into the organization is one of the organization’s main goals for personnel planning, along with providing them with more opportunities for career development. This study sought a deeper understanding of the power resources that can be identified and which are used by female military personnel within the armed forces. A total of 16 women were interviewed and their ranks ranged from soldier/sailor to general/admiral. The qualitative analysis of the interviews shows that the female military personnel use power resources to adapt to the male-dominated... (More)
- The Armed Forces are one of Sweden's largest governmental organizations and at the same time one of Sweden's most gender-segregated and male-dominated workplaces. Recruiting more women into the organization is one of the organization’s main goals for personnel planning, along with providing them with more opportunities for career development. This study sought a deeper understanding of the power resources that can be identified and which are used by female military personnel within the armed forces. A total of 16 women were interviewed and their ranks ranged from soldier/sailor to general/admiral. The qualitative analysis of the interviews shows that the female military personnel use power resources to adapt to the male-dominated organization’s demands and to even out perceived asymmetric power relationships in their daily professional work. The power resources can be explained using four themes: structural power resources, cultural and social power resources, emotional power resources, and minority perspective as a power resource. More female military personnel would have increased the task effectiveness of the military organization. To make that possible, the Swedish Armed Forces would have to discuss the prevailing masculinity norm, the meaning of being a man, and the gains of a more gender-equal organization. (Less)
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- Linehagen, Frida LU
- publishing date
- 2020-06
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Military women, Power resources, Swedish Armed Forces, Military professionalism, Gender perspectives
- host publication
- Rethinking Military Professionalism for the Changing Armed Forces
- volume
- 1
- edition
- 1
- pages
- 17 pages
- publisher
- Springer Nature
- ISBN
- 978-3-030-45570-5
- 978-3-030-45569-9
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-45570-5
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- English
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- 1d39a1c6-0ced-4516-8007-0c45b6c44afd
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abstract = {{The Armed Forces are one of Sweden’s largest governmental organizations and at the same time one of Sweden’s most gender-segregated and male-dominated workplaces. Recruiting more women into the organization is one of the organization’s main goals for personnel planning, along with providing them with more opportunities for career development. This study sought a deeper understanding of the power resources that can be identified and which are used by female military personnel within the armed forces. A total of 16 women were interviewed and their ranks ranged from soldier/sailor to general/admiral. The qualitative analysis of the interviews shows that female military personnel use power resources to adapt to the male-dominated organization’s demands and to even out perceived asymmetric power relationships in their daily professional work. The power resources can be explained using four themes: structural power resources, cultural and social power resources, emotional power resources, and minority perspective as a power resource. More female military personnel would have increased the task effectiveness of the military organization. To make that possible, the Swedish Armed Forces would have to discuss the prevailing masculinity norm, the meaning of being a man, and the gains of a more gender-equal organization.}},
author = {{Linehagen, Frida}},
booktitle = {{Rethinking Military Professionalism for the Changing Armed Forces}},
isbn = {{978-3-030-45570-5}},
keywords = {{Military women; Power resources; Swedish Armed Forces; Military professionalism; Gender perspectives}},
language = {{eng}},
pages = {{95--112}},
publisher = {{Springer Nature}},
title = {{Power Resources Among Female Military Personnel}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45570-5}},
doi = {{10.1007/978-3-030-45570-5}},
volume = {{1}},
year = {{2020}},
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