The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the relation to gender equality and power structures with-in a larger corporation. Through interviewing personnel at Göteborg Energi AB I have reached adiscussion about my research concepts – power, decision-making and gender equality. I have inves-tigated the perception of power and domination in relation to gender roles. My underlying core is agenuine interest in the question of what happens when we put equality in relation to power struc-tures. Normally these two concepts are often said to be opposed to each other. Furthermore, I hopeto highlight the discussion of gender and human rights from a power perspective to the agenda. Mytheoretical approach is based within the ongoing research on power, and the main theory is StevenLukes and his theory on a three dimensional power concept. My methodological approach is basedon general social science qualitative methods, interview techniques and research into gender. Theresults of the field study show us that Göteborg Energi AB is a technical business with a majority ofmen personnel. I can also see tendencies that power is not divided properly, as it should be withindemocratic frames. We can easily outline an existing hierarchy within the organization and theboard and senior management seem to have different understanding of how the corporation is go-verned.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:mau-23760 |
| Date | January 2011 |
| Creators | Jers, Johanna |
| Publisher | Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), Malmö högskola/Kultur och samhälle |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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