All Outputs (8)

Jostling Discourses of Competition: Women Leaders Self-Positioning (2024)
Journal Article
Mavin, S., & Yusupova, M. (in press). Jostling Discourses of Competition: Women Leaders Self-Positioning. Organization Studies, https://doi.org/10.1177/01708406241236606

This study addresses the lack of research into social processes of competition in organizations and explores women leaders self-positioning in relation to the discourses of gendered competition and neoliberal competition. The discourses carry contrad... Read More about Jostling Discourses of Competition: Women Leaders Self-Positioning.

‘I'm competitive with myself’: A study of women leaders navigating neoliberal patriarchal workplaces (2022)
Journal Article
Mavin, S., & Yusupova, M. (2023). ‘I'm competitive with myself’: A study of women leaders navigating neoliberal patriarchal workplaces. Gender, Work and Organization, 30(3), 881-896. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12939

This paper investigates how women leaders in the UK negotiate claims of being competitive by internalizing competition. Competition is a critical component in neoliberal contexts; yet its gendered implications are under research. Through analysis of... Read More about ‘I'm competitive with myself’: A study of women leaders navigating neoliberal patriarchal workplaces.

Coloniality of Gender and Knowledge: Rethinking Russian Masculinities in Light of Postcolonial and Decolonial Critiques (2022)
Journal Article
Yusupova, M. (2023). Coloniality of Gender and Knowledge: Rethinking Russian Masculinities in Light of Postcolonial and Decolonial Critiques. Sociology, 57(3), 682-699. https://doi.org/10.1177/00380385221110724

This article explores how the legacy of European colonialism and its role in transforming gender relations globally, shapes post-Soviet Russian masculinities. It points to historical connections between European and Russian/Soviet colonial projects,... Read More about Coloniality of Gender and Knowledge: Rethinking Russian Masculinities in Light of Postcolonial and Decolonial Critiques.

The Invisibility of Race in Sociological Research on Contemporary Russia: A Decolonial Intervention (2021)
Journal Article
Yusupova, M. (2021). The Invisibility of Race in Sociological Research on Contemporary Russia: A Decolonial Intervention. Slavic Review, 80(2), 224-233. https://doi.org/10.1017/slr.2021.77

This essay provides a critical decolonial intervention into the prevalent state of racial exceptionalism in mainstream sociological research on contemporary Russia. Following critical race theory's understanding of race as relationally constituted an... Read More about The Invisibility of Race in Sociological Research on Contemporary Russia: A Decolonial Intervention.

Gendered experiences of leading and managing through COVID-19: patriarchy and precarity (2020)
Journal Article
Mavin, S., & Yusupova, M. (2020). Gendered experiences of leading and managing through COVID-19: patriarchy and precarity. Gender in Management: An International Journal, 35(7/8), 737-744. https://doi.org/10.1108/gm-09-2020-0274

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight key issues for women managers, leaders and precarious academic women during COVID-19 in organisations and in academy. Design/methodology/approach This paper shares the authors’ personal experienc... Read More about Gendered experiences of leading and managing through COVID-19: patriarchy and precarity.

Competition and gender: Time’s up on essentialist knowledge production (2020)
Journal Article
Mavin, S., & Yusupova, M. (2021). Competition and gender: Time’s up on essentialist knowledge production. Management Learning, 52(1), 86-108. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350507620950176

This article is an intervention in current trends of thinking about competition and gender in essentialist and stereotypical ways. Such thinking has produced numerous comparative studies measuring competitiveness of women and men; ‘proving’ men as co... Read More about Competition and gender: Time’s up on essentialist knowledge production.

Masculinity, Criminality, And Russian Men (2015)
Journal Article
Yusupova, M. (2015). Masculinity, Criminality, And Russian Men. Sextures: E-journal for Sexualities, Cultures, and Politics, 3, 46-61

This article explores links between discourses of masculinity and criminality in the narratives of non-criminal Russian men. Based on the analysis of biographical interviews with Russian men residing in Samara, this study examines diferent ways in wh... Read More about Masculinity, Criminality, And Russian Men.

Pussy Riot: a feminist band lost in history and translation (2014)
Journal Article
Yusupova, M. (2014). Pussy Riot: a feminist band lost in history and translation. Nationalities Papers, 42(4), 604-610. https://doi.org/10.1080/00905992.2014.923391

The Pussy Riot story is clearly a story the West wanted to hear. Western journalists, politicians, and celebrities were unanimously inspired by the youthfulness and rebellion of courageous Russian feminists. Their life experience perfectly resonates... Read More about Pussy Riot: a feminist band lost in history and translation.