The gendered power relations of action learning : a critical analysis of women's reflections on a leadership development programme

Stead, Valerie (2014) The gendered power relations of action learning : a critical analysis of women's reflections on a leadership development programme. Human Resource Development International, 17 (4). pp. 416-437. ISSN 1367-8868

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Abstract

Revealing power relations in HRD research and practice is an important concern for critical HRD scholars, however little attention has been paid to gendered power relations in the HRD practice of action learning. This paper responds to this gap through a critical analysis of a phenomenological study of six women’s reflections of action learning as part of a leadership development programme. Adopting feminist post-structuralist ideas, the paper draws on the study to interrogate gendered power relations in action learning. Key findings include women’s perceptions of gendered power relations in action learning affirm dominant understandings of leaders as male, not attending to gender impedes women’s leadership development in action learning and action learning principles of trust and comradeship can serve simultaneously to avoid difference and to reinforce a dominant set culture that constructs difference. The paper concludes with proposals of how action learning might take gender into account in the leadership development of women.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Human Resource Development International
Subjects:
?? genderpower relations women action learning leadership development critical ??
ID Code:
71430
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Deposited On:
24 Oct 2014 13:53
Refereed?:
Yes
Published?:
Published
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