Professionalization,risk transfer,and the effect on gender gap in project management |
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Authors: | Marie-Josée Legault Stéphanie Chasserio |
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Affiliation: | 1. Labor Relations, Téluq, 100 W Sherbrooke, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2X 3P2;2. SKEMA Business School, 2 Univ Lille Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France;3. Avenue Willy Brandt, 59777 Euralille, France |
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Abstract: | In this paper, we demonstrate that Project Management (PM) in Information Technologies (IT) sector, despite the claims of autonomy and self-determination at work of creative experts, sets up fairly tight controls through management and the rhetoric of professionalism. The client's position of strength overrides the employer's direct control, transferring a major share of the risk inherent in PM to the IT experts themselves. Ensuing long hours of unplanned and unpaid overtime are the most important obstacle facing women in IT's workforce. This paper is based on a qualitative research conducted on 7 Canadian companies acting in multimedia, information technology (IT) business services and optics–photonics. We have interviewed 88 IT experts, women and men, who talk about their working conditions. |
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Keywords: | Project management Professionalism Autonomy Control Client Risk transfer Women in IT |
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