From Necktie to Pant-Suit: Feminisation without Equality at the Postal Bank

De la cravate au tailleur: la féminisation sans l’égalité au sein de la Banque postale

Nadège Vezinat ()
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Nadège Vezinat: REGARDS - Recherches en Économie Gestion AgroRessources Durabilité Santé- EA 6292 - URCA - Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne - MSH-URCA - Maison des Sciences Humaines de Champagne-Ardenne - URCA - Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, CMH - Centre Maurice Halbwachs - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Département de Sciences sociales ENS-PSL - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres

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Abstract: The French Post Office's financial advisors have evolved considerably over the last few decades. The typical 1960's middle-aged postmaster has been replaced by a young female graduate. Not only has the social composition of this group changed, but the ways they relate to work as well as their employment status have undergone marked transformations. Younger and more woman oriented, the group must cope with the organization's many new activities. But despite the changes, the hardening of the professional group's originally masculine patterns of functioning thwarts the opportunities feminisation might have led women to expect, and professional discrimination persists. Shedding light on the gendered path dependency of this professional group, this article shows that feminisation has not ruled out the "glass ceiling".

Keywords: Professional Group; Careers; Professionalisation; Sexual Distribution; Role Assignment; Groupe professionnel; Carrières; Professionnalisation; Distribution sexuée; Assignations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-03-01
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Published in Sociologie du Travail, 2013, 55 (1), pp.76-96. ⟨10.4000/sdt.13040⟩

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DOI: 10.4000/sdt.13040

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