Reflections on Gender and Organization Development Consultation
Research in Organizational Change and Development
ISBN: 978-1-78635-360-3, eISBN: 978-1-78635-359-7
Publication date: 21 July 2016
Abstract
Reflections on gender and OD over a 50-year career as a scholar, an OD practitioner, and a woman managing a complex life and career.
My journey in OD has spanned 50 years which is also about as long organization development has been around. In this essay, I will reflect on my experiences with special attention to issues of gender. I will also mention some issues of concern that confront us as OD scholars and practitioners, especially the balance between thinking and doing. As I describe my experiences, I hope they will lead to an appreciation of all that has happened in just 50 years! My experience is not everyone’s experience. I make no claim to that. I hope that some of the issues I raise resonate with you, or fill in some blanks, or lend a different perspective.
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Acknowledgements
Acknowledgments
The author expresses appreciation for many helpful conversations about gender and OD which amplified and corrected her memory with Billie Alban, Warner Burke, Harvey Hornstein, David Jamieson, Judith Katz, members of the Portsmouth Consulting Group, Tony Petrella, and Ruth Wagner. Debra Noumair and Rami Shani provided great suggestions for improving this manuscript.
Citation
Bunker, B.B. (2016), "Reflections on Gender and Organization Development Consultation", Research in Organizational Change and Development (Research in Organizational Change and Development, Vol. 24), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 19-46. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0897-301620160000024002
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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