This article examines gender relations at work regarding the issues of masculinity, and argues for widening the focus of gender studies within the organizational field in Brazil. Although male workers are widely studied, it is important to consider the gender perspective, questioning the idea of standard workers, from which norm women are detached. This study aims to analyze how hegemonic masculinity ideals produced in the context of an organization are experienced, and how they affect the life-styles of men and women. Data analyzed in the light of the post-structuralist theory pointed out the organizational context as active in the production and enhancement of certain styles of masculinity, which become hegemonic, in detriment of others. Furthermore, the analysis enabled an understanding of the dynamics of masculinity in the organization under study, considering the processes of subjectification. As a theoretical contribution to the organizational field, this study offers a view of power relations and hierarchies among masculinities, rather than only male domination over women.
Gender; masculinity; subjectivity; organizational studies
