May 14, 3:00 - 4:00 pm ET
Facilitator
Jody Hoffer Gittell, Brandeis University
Panelists
Joyce Fletcher, Simmons College
Darren McLean, Gold Coast Health
Overview
This RC Cafe explores the gender dynamics of relational work, as explored in the engineering context by Joyce Fletcher, and as explored in the healthcare context by Darren McLean. Together, they will explore how these dynamics play out in the organizational context and in the broader institutional context.
Jody Hoffer Gittell will facilitate the conversation, and will invite you to share about your work on this topic - as a researcher, leader or change agent.
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You will receive a zoom link and calendar invite after registering. You must be a member or be invited by a member. Contact us at relationalcoord@brandeis.edu to be invited as our guest.
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Background Readings
Fletcher, J. K. (2001). Disappearing Acts: Gender, Power, and Relational Practice at Work. MIT Press.
Fletcher, J. K. (1998). Relational practice: A feminist reconstruction of work. Journal of Management Inquiry, 7(2), 163-186.
McLean, D., Connor, M., Marshall, A. P., McMurray, A., & Jones, L. (2025). Illuminating power dynamics that influenced a relational coordination program in a tertiary hospital: An institutional ethnography study. Health Care Management Review, 50(1), 23-31.