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Headhunters and the 'ideal' executive body
被引:55
|作者:
Merilainen, Susan
[1
]
Tienari, Janne
[2
]
Valtonen, Anu
[1
]
机构:
[1] Univ Lapland, FI-96101 Rovaniemi, Finland
[2] Aalto Univ, Sch Business, FI-00076 Aalto, Finland
关键词:
aesthetics;
body;
gender;
executive search;
management;
sensual knowing;
SEARCH FIRMS;
KNOWLEDGE;
GENDER;
LABOR;
EXPERIENCE;
MANAGEMENT;
POLITICS;
HEIGHT;
BODIES;
WOMEN;
D O I:
10.1177/1350508413496578
中图分类号:
C93 [管理学];
学科分类号:
12 ;
1201 ;
1202 ;
120202 ;
摘要:
In this article, we adopt a critical perspective to study how executive search practices reproduce particular understandings of the ideal' executive body. We show how this disadvantages not only women but also men who are considered not to fit the ideal', and further demonstrate how search practices are embodied: how aesthetics, the senses and a sensorial way of knowing permeate the practices through which candidates are evaluated. We identify discourses on embodied co-presence, capabilities and voice in search consultants' talk, and specify how notions of the ideal' executive body and embodied search practices become intertwined. We offer this contribution to the discussion on the body, gender and management and to research on executive search practice.
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