Interview: Cynthia Cockburn on women, equality and social science research: Professional insights
Abstract
Purpose
Cynthia Cockburn's research spans some three decades and has covered several major and distinct themes – technology and technical change, organizational equality policies and practices, and more recently conflict studies – but she has consistently studied gender from a feminist perspective and it is this interest that binds her work together. She has published more than ten books, numerous book chapters, articles, pamphlets and reports. Aims to find out more about this person.
Design/methodology/approach
This article is based on an interview with Cynthia Cockburn conducted in March 2006.
Findings
Her book In the Way of Women, published in 1991, stands out as having had enormous influence – it is still widely cited today, making it one of the classic texts and essential reading for those researching the dynamics of inequalities in organizational contexts. This article deals largely with the themes and methodological issues posed by Cynthia's early‐mid 1990s research focusing on organizational equality.
Originality/value
This is an update on this influential researcher's work and ideas on women, equality and social science research.
Keywords
Citation
Kirton, G. (2006), "Interview: Cynthia Cockburn on women, equality and social science research: Professional insights", Equal Opportunities International, Vol. 25 No. 2, pp. 150-157. https://doi.org/10.1108/02610150610679574
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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