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A Circulatory Loop: The Reciprocal Relationship of Organizations, Digitalization, and Gender
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Abstract In the digitalization debate, gender biases in digital technologies play a significant role because of their potential for social exclusion and inequality. It is therefore remarkable that organizations as drivers of digitalization and as places for social integration have been widely overlooked so f... view more
In the digitalization debate, gender biases in digital technologies play a significant role because of their potential for social exclusion and inequality. It is therefore remarkable that organizations as drivers of digitalization and as places for social integration have been widely overlooked so far. Simultaneously, gender biases and digitalization have structurally immanent connections to organizations. Therefore, a look at the reciprocal relationship between organizations, digitalization, and gender is needed. The article provides answers to the question of whether and how organizations (re)produce, reinforce, or diminish gender‐specific inequalities during their digital transformations. On the one hand, gender inequalities emerge when organizations use post‐bureaucratic concepts through digitalization. On the other hand, gender inequalities are reproduced when organizations either program or implement digital technologies and fail to establish control structures that prevent gender biases. This article shows that digitalization can act as a catalyst for inequality‐producing mechanisms, but also has the potential to mitigate inequalities. We argue that organizations must be considered when discussing the potential of exclusion through digitalization.... view less
Keywords
digitalization; organizations; gender-specific factors; inequality; exclusion; social inequality
Classification
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Organizational Sociology
Free Keywords
gender bias; gender inequalities
Document language
English
Publication Year
2023
Page/Pages
p. 160-171
Journal
Social Inclusion, 11 (2023) 4
Issue topic
Digitalization of Working Worlds and Social Inclusion
ISSN
2183-2803
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed