Devolving gender management in the public sector: opportunity or opt‐out?

Abstract

Explores the implications for gender equality of a decentralized organizational structure in which the key element is devolved responsibility to line managers. Asks whether this is an opportunity to integrate the importance of equality and the valuing of gender differences into organizational cultures or does it represent perfect conditions for opting out of addressing gender issues at work. A public sector organization is used as a case study and proposes a model for devolvement of gender management and suggests strategies ‐ training communication, review of processes.

Citation

McDougall, M. (1998), "Devolving gender management in the public sector: opportunity or opt‐out?", International Journal of Public Sector Management, Vol. 11 No. 1, pp. 71-80. https://doi.org/10.1108/09513559810199906