Finding a ‘Normal’ Woman: Selection Processes for Board Membership

By Inge Claringbould, A. Knoppers. 2007

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The higher the organization level, the lower the percentage of women in governance. The purpose of the present study was to explore how men and women negotiate women’s ‘fit’ as candidates for boards of national sport organizations. We based our analysis on in- depth interviews with male chairs and female board members. The results provide evidence that men can control boards by affirming and negating affirmative action policies and by framing the process of recruitment and selection in such a way as to reproduce the male-dominated culture in the board. Women, in their turn, tend to negotiate their entry by distancing themselves from their gender and proving their ‘fit.’

Subfields: Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science

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In Gender Studies

1. George B. Cunningham
2. M. Sagas
3. M. Stuij

In Sociology and Political Science

1. George B. Cunningham
2. M. Sagas
3. M. Stuij

Citations in the corpus

• Gender and Sex Diversity in Sport Organizations: Introduction to a Special Issue (2008, background): “Nevertheless, sport organizations are often places that still reproduce traditional gender roles and male privilege and dominance (Claringbould and Knoppers 2007; Messner and Sabo 1990; Shaw and Hoeber 2003).”
• Doing and Undoing Gender in Sport Governance (2008, background): “A previous study focused on ways individuals negotiate to become a member of a national sport board (Claringbould and Knoppers 2007).”