Risk taking business Vikings: Gendered dynamics in Icelandic banks and financial companies

Feminist scholars have long emphasized the masculine culture of the financial sector, where a certain gendered structure is created and sustained. The capitalistic economy and the culture of multinational corporations play a leading role in creating and promoting new patterns of masculinity - the tr...

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Published in:Veftímaritið Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla
Main Authors: Loftsdóttir, Kristín, Björnsdóttir, Helga
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Icelandic
Published: Stjórnsýslustofnun 2015
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Online Access:http://www.irpa.is/article/view/3087
https://doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2015.11.2.6
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spelling fticelandunivojs:oai:ojs.hi.is:article/3087 2023-05-15T16:51:59+02:00 Risk taking business Vikings: Gendered dynamics in Icelandic banks and financial companies Áhættusækni í útrásargleði: Karlar og konur í bönkum og fjármálafyrirtækjum Loftsdóttir, Kristín Björnsdóttir, Helga 2015-12-15 application/pdf http://www.irpa.is/article/view/3087 https://doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2015.11.2.6 isl ice Stjórnsýslustofnun http://www.irpa.is/article/view/3087/pdf http://www.irpa.is/article/view/3087 doi:10.13177/irpa.a.2015.11.2.6 ##submission.copyrightStatement## Icelandic Review of Politics & Administration; Árg. 11, Nr 2 (2015); 231-246 Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla; Árg. 11, Nr 2 (2015); 231-246 1670-679X 1670-6803 Financial sector the crash gender masculinity equality Fjármálastofnanir hrunið kyngervi karlmennska jafnrétti info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2015 fticelandunivojs https://doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2015.11.2.6 2022-09-21T13:39:12Z Feminist scholars have long emphasized the masculine culture of the financial sector, where a certain gendered structure is created and sustained. The capitalistic economy and the culture of multinational corporations play a leading role in creating and promoting new patterns of masculinity - the transnational business masculinity - on both global and local levels. It is thus important to analyze how this takes place in a local context. Following the economic collapse in Iceland, a strong emphasis formed in the public discussion on a changed gender dynamic in financial firms and in general. This article focuses on the experience of those working within the financial sector in relation to the position of men and women, contextualized within a scholarly discourse. It is based upon interviews with employees of financial institutions, where they reflect on their experience and views masculinity, essentialism and equality. Femínískir fræðimenn hafa lengi bent á að fjármálafyrirtæki starfa í anda karllægra gilda þar sem ákveðnum kynjuðum strúktúr er viðhaldið. Þannig á kapítalískt efnahagskerfi og fjölþjóðleg fyrirtækjamenning sinn þátt í að svokölluð þverþjóðleg viðskiptakarlmennska hefur í vaxandi mæli öðlast gildi, bæði hnattrænt og staðbundið. Þetta kallar á nánari skoðun á því hvernig slíkt ferli á sér stað í staðbundnu samhengi. Í samfélagslegum umræðum hér á landi strax eftir hrun mátti greina ákveðið ákall um breytingar á stöðu kynjanna innan fjármálageirans og almennt. Í greininni er sjónum beint að fjármálafyrirtækjum og bönkum hér á landi og upplifun og reynsla starfsfólks af stöðu kynjanna innan fyrirtækja fyrir og eftir hrun skoðuð út frá alþjóðlegum rannsóknum. Greiningin byggir á viðtölum við starfsfólk fjármálafyrirtæka varðandi hugmyndir um karlmennsku, ólíks eðlis kynjanna og jafnræðis. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland University of Iceland: Peer Reviewed Journals Veftímaritið Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla 11 2 231 246
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topic Financial sector
the crash
gender
masculinity
equality
Fjármálastofnanir
hrunið
kyngervi
karlmennska
jafnrétti
spellingShingle Financial sector
the crash
gender
masculinity
equality
Fjármálastofnanir
hrunið
kyngervi
karlmennska
jafnrétti
Loftsdóttir, Kristín
Björnsdóttir, Helga
Risk taking business Vikings: Gendered dynamics in Icelandic banks and financial companies
topic_facet Financial sector
the crash
gender
masculinity
equality
Fjármálastofnanir
hrunið
kyngervi
karlmennska
jafnrétti
description Feminist scholars have long emphasized the masculine culture of the financial sector, where a certain gendered structure is created and sustained. The capitalistic economy and the culture of multinational corporations play a leading role in creating and promoting new patterns of masculinity - the transnational business masculinity - on both global and local levels. It is thus important to analyze how this takes place in a local context. Following the economic collapse in Iceland, a strong emphasis formed in the public discussion on a changed gender dynamic in financial firms and in general. This article focuses on the experience of those working within the financial sector in relation to the position of men and women, contextualized within a scholarly discourse. It is based upon interviews with employees of financial institutions, where they reflect on their experience and views masculinity, essentialism and equality. Femínískir fræðimenn hafa lengi bent á að fjármálafyrirtæki starfa í anda karllægra gilda þar sem ákveðnum kynjuðum strúktúr er viðhaldið. Þannig á kapítalískt efnahagskerfi og fjölþjóðleg fyrirtækjamenning sinn þátt í að svokölluð þverþjóðleg viðskiptakarlmennska hefur í vaxandi mæli öðlast gildi, bæði hnattrænt og staðbundið. Þetta kallar á nánari skoðun á því hvernig slíkt ferli á sér stað í staðbundnu samhengi. Í samfélagslegum umræðum hér á landi strax eftir hrun mátti greina ákveðið ákall um breytingar á stöðu kynjanna innan fjármálageirans og almennt. Í greininni er sjónum beint að fjármálafyrirtækjum og bönkum hér á landi og upplifun og reynsla starfsfólks af stöðu kynjanna innan fyrirtækja fyrir og eftir hrun skoðuð út frá alþjóðlegum rannsóknum. Greiningin byggir á viðtölum við starfsfólk fjármálafyrirtæka varðandi hugmyndir um karlmennsku, ólíks eðlis kynjanna og jafnræðis.
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author Loftsdóttir, Kristín
Björnsdóttir, Helga
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title Risk taking business Vikings: Gendered dynamics in Icelandic banks and financial companies
title_short Risk taking business Vikings: Gendered dynamics in Icelandic banks and financial companies
title_full Risk taking business Vikings: Gendered dynamics in Icelandic banks and financial companies
title_fullStr Risk taking business Vikings: Gendered dynamics in Icelandic banks and financial companies
title_full_unstemmed Risk taking business Vikings: Gendered dynamics in Icelandic banks and financial companies
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