Table of Contents

Part 1: Introduction

Postfeminism: Negotiating Equality with Tradition in Contemporary Organizations

Patricia Lewis, Yvonne Benschop and Ruth Simpson

Part 2: Postfeminism and Organization

1. Postfeminism and Gendered (Im)mobilities

Patricia Lewis

2. Doing-it-all: Exploring Work Life Balance in Nigeria through a Postfeminist Lens

Itari Turner and Ruth Simpson

3. Keep Calm and Carry on Being Slinky: Postfeminism, Resilience Coaching, and Whiteness

Elaine Swan

4. Postfeminism, Queer and Work

Nick Rumens

5. Contested Terrain: The Power to Define, Control and Benefit from Gender Equality Efforts

Elisabeth K. Kelan

6. Postfeminism and the Performance of Merit

Savita Kumra and Ruth Simpson

7. Analysing Entrepreneurial Activity through a Postfeminist Perspective – A Brave New World or the Same Old Story?

Helene Ahl & Susan Marlow

8. How Postfeminism Plays Out for Women Elite Leaders

Sharon Mavin and Gina Grandy

Part 3: Future Directions in Postfeminism and Organizations

9. Make Do and Mend? Working Postfeminism and Vintage

Philip Hancock and Melissa Tyler

10. Postfeminism as New Materialisms: A Future Unlike the Present?

Marta B. Calás, Linda Smircich and Seray Ergene

About the Author

Patricia Lewis is a Reader in Management at Kent Business School, UK.

Yvonne Benschop is a Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Department of Business Administration at Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

Ruth Simpson is a Professor of Management at Brunel Business School, UK.