Description |
1 online resource (x, 350 pages) |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-341) and indexes. |
Contents |
pt. 1. Reading sex into organization. Violence, masculinity and management ; Power, gender and industrial relations ; Sexual harassment ; Working with sex offenders ; Sadomasochism and organization ; Re-eroticizing the organization -- pt. 2. Reading organization into sex. Discourse and desire in sex work ; Consumption and the management of identity in sex work ; Context and career in sex work ; Material variations in sex work ; The temporal organization of sex work. |
Note |
Print version record. |
Summary |
Annotation <p>Sex is much more rife in the workplace than many would think according to this fascinating and controversial new book. It argues that not only does sexuality pervade every aspect of organizations, but also that organization pervades every aspect of our sexuality. </p><p></p><p>This two-way conceptualization lends the book a two-part structure, covering firstly the ways in which organizational behaviour is shaped through issues such as male managers' experience of violence, organizational constructions of sexual harassment, and professionals who work with sex offenders. The second part of the book examines how sex is organized for commercial purposes, and considers sex work as an industry which can be analyzed as any other, with important insights for normal organizing. Key features of the book include sections on:</p><p>* organizing as sexual activity<br>* connecting desire, the erotic, the abject and organization<br>* the 'hidden' penetration of organization processes by sexuality<br>* the 'dark side' of sex and organization and the importance of transgression<br>* the double effect of discursive and material placing<br>* organizing sexuality within prostitution<br>* prostitution as a complex and varied industry.</p><p></p><p>Fascinating and informative, this controversial book is a valuable source of information for postgraduates and researchers in the fields of business, management and sexuality and gender studies.</p> |
Local Note |
EBSCOhost SocINDEX with Full Text |
Subject |
Prostitution.
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Sex.
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Sex in the workplace.
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Organizational behavior.
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Sex role.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Human Sexuality.
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SELF-HELP -- Sexual Instruction.
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Organizational behavior. (OCoLC)fst01047801
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Prostitution. (OCoLC)fst01079562
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Sex. (OCoLC)fst01114160
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Sex in the workplace. (OCoLC)fst01114490
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Sex role. (OCoLC)fst01114598
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Added Author |
Linstead, Stephen, 1952- author.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Brewis, Joanna, 1969- Sex, work and sex work. London ; New York : Routledge, 2000 (DLC) 99059923 |
ISBN |
0203360966 (electronic book) |
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9780203360965 (electronic book) |
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0415207568 (Cloth) |
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0415207576 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
Standard No. |
9780415207577 |
ISBN |
9780415207577 |
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0415207576 |
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