"From Academics to Change Agents in a Gender Equity Initiative" by Sonia M. Galtz and Patty Sotirin

Organization Management Journal

Article Title

From Academics to Change Agents in a Gender Equity Initiative

Authors

Sonia M. Galtz, Michigan Technological University
Patty Sotirin, Michigan Technological University

Abstract

Firsthand experience offers a valuable perspective on the lived complications of change initiatives. We describe how we suddenly found ourselves in charge of a university-wide gender equity initiative. Despite our experience with campus issues of gender bias and larger discussions about implicit bias, we were unprepared for the personal, community, and institutional implications of taking on such a widespread and very visible initiative. We reflect on the complexities of our struggles to reframe our own assumptions, to engage with the campus community, to respond to multiform resistances, and to ensure institutional accountability. Our reflections have implications both for equity initiatives in workplaces and for women’s work as organizational change agents.

Recommended Citation

Galtz, Sonia M. and Sotirin, Patty (2014) "From Academics to Change Agents in a Gender Equity Initiative," Organization Management Journal: Vol. 11: Iss. 3, Article 10.
Available at: https://scholarship.shu.edu/omj/vol11/iss3/10

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