Sensemaking in the gendered academy: The role of storytelling in effecting change

Alison Jane Sheridan; Jennifer May Rindfleish; Sue-Ellen Kjeldal

Sensemaking in the gendered academy: The role of storytelling in effecting change

Alison Jane Sheridan, Jennifer May Rindfleish, Sue-Ellen Kjeldal

UNE Business School

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In this paper, we have drawn on our experiences of using storytelling as a sensemaking tool to argue for the benefits of this as a means of better understanding the gendered academy and the role storytelling can play in effecting change. We aim to demonstrate how storytelling helped make visible the gendered practices in our workplace and how this led to a change in our experiences of our workplace. As well, we highlight the need for such stories to be heard more generally in the workplace, as a means for prompting change through negotiation. We argue that, ideally, a triple loop learning environment would allow for meaningful exchanges, but how to enable this in practice is still unclear.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 20th Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference - Management: Pragmatism, Philosophy, Priorities
Editors	Jessica Kennedy, Lee Di Milia
Place of Publication	Lindfield, Australia
Publisher	Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM)
ISBN (Print)	1921047348
Publication status	Published - 2006
Event	ANZAM 2006: 20th Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference - Management: Pragmatism, Philosophy, Priorities - Capricorn Coast, Australia Duration: 6 Dec 2006 → 9 Dec 2006

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Conference	ANZAM 2006: 20th Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference - Management: Pragmatism, Philosophy, Priorities
City	Capricorn Coast, Australia
Period	6/12/06 → 9/12/06

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Sheridan, A. J., Rindfleish, J. M., & Kjeldal, S.-E. (2006). Sensemaking in the gendered academy: The role of storytelling in effecting change. In J. Kennedy, & L. Di Milia (Eds.), Proceedings of the 20th Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference - Management: Pragmatism, Philosophy, Priorities Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM). https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/2353

Sheridan, Alison Jane ; Rindfleish, Jennifer May ; Kjeldal, Sue-Ellen. / Sensemaking in the gendered academy : The role of storytelling in effecting change. Proceedings of the 20th Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference - Management: Pragmatism, Philosophy, Priorities. editor / Jessica Kennedy ; Lee Di Milia. Lindfield, Australia : Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM), 2006.

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Sheridan, AJ, Rindfleish, JM & Kjeldal, S-E 2006, Sensemaking in the gendered academy: The role of storytelling in effecting change. in J Kennedy & L Di Milia (eds), Proceedings of the 20th Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference - Management: Pragmatism, Philosophy, Priorities. Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM), Lindfield, Australia, ANZAM 2006: 20th Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference - Management: Pragmatism, Philosophy, Priorities, Capricorn Coast, Australia, 6/12/06. <https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/2353>

Sensemaking in the gendered academy: The role of storytelling in effecting change. / Sheridan, Alison Jane; Rindfleish, Jennifer May; Kjeldal, Sue-Ellen.
Proceedings of the 20th Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference - Management: Pragmatism, Philosophy, Priorities. ed. / Jessica Kennedy; Lee Di Milia. Lindfield, Australia: Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM), 2006.

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Sheridan AJ, Rindfleish JM, Kjeldal SE. Sensemaking in the gendered academy: The role of storytelling in effecting change. In Kennedy J, Di Milia L, editors, Proceedings of the 20th Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference - Management: Pragmatism, Philosophy, Priorities. Lindfield, Australia: Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM). 2006

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