UNCOVERING THE NUANCES OF ORGANIZATIONAL STORYTELLING

doi:10.1002/ltl.20515

Organizational Storytelling for Librarians: Using Stories for Effective Leadership.By Kate Marek. Chicago: American Library Association, 2011. 105 pp. US$50.00 (US$45.00 ALA members) ISBN 9780838910795 (available from Inbooks)

The Australian Library Journal ◽

10.1080/00049670.2011.10722672 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 60 (4) ◽

pp. 374-375

Author(s):

Troy Watson

Keyword(s):

American Library Association ◽

American Library ◽

Organizational Storytelling

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Challenging Hegemonic Masculinities: Men's Stories on Gender Culture in Organizations

Organization ◽

10.1177/1350508409102303 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 16 (3) ◽

pp. 407-423 ◽

Cited By ~ 31

Author(s):

Annalisa Murgia ◽

Barbara Poggio

Keyword(s):

Parental Leave ◽

Case Analysis ◽

Organizational Practices ◽

Organizational Storytelling ◽

Gender Culture ◽

Normative Change

The article emphasizes the importance of storytelling in helping or hindering a change in organizational practices brought about by the entry into force of a legislative measure. It concentrates in particular on the introduction of a normative change intended to reshape the dominant gender order by giving fathers the same rights to parental leave as mothers. Whilst storytelling can be an instrument of change, it may also be perceived and used as a means to prevent such change and to consolidate dominant models. In the latter case, analysis of rebellious and marginal voices reveals hegemonic practices and brings out viewpoints silenced by the official versions. The stories of eight men, belonging to different organizations, who have experienced parental leave, enable analysis to be made of the ways in which organizational storytelling can support or prevent the introduction of a change which challenges the symbolic gender order within organizations.

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