CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2007
| Author | Marcu, Cristina |
|---|---|
| Title | Gender at the Wheel: The Case of Romanian Women Taxi Drivers |
| Summary | Various scholars argued that gender is socially constructed at the workplace by organization members through gendering practices situated within a specific, local system of gender relations. The workplace is a site where women and men are constantly producing ‘femininity’ and ‘masculinity’. Furthermore gender is shaping the development, structure, culture and dynamics or organization. Relating to these approaches on gender theories, the study inquires about women’ experience in the male dominated profession of taxi driving in Romania, by reveling the process of engendering the occupation and the women employees. The author focuses on the implication that the gender stereotyping process has for women, on their chances in succeeding in this occupation as well as in overcoming the difficulties they encounter. Thus based on the findings, the author argues that in order to succeed in a male traditional profession women negotiate gender beliefs in relation with themselves and with the clients. Moreover performing gender is a professional skill, which these women used to defeat the discriminatory actions against them and to keep themselves safe, to raise their status in relation to male colleagues, and seek for legitimization. By changing the gender dynamic inside the occupation women produce changes in its development and in the gendered culture of the workplace. |
| Supervisor | Helms, Elissa |
| Department | Gender Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2007/marcu_cristina.pdf |
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