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View article: From Stigma to Support: Exploring Perceptions of Menstrual Leave Policies in European Workplaces
From Stigma to Support: Exploring Perceptions of Menstrual Leave Policies in European Workplaces Open
Menstrual leave is an emerging reproductive health organisational policy gaining attention in Europe but research remains limited. Drawing on 45 semi-structured interviews with menstruating and non-menstruating workers, we applied thematic…
View article: “I never felt that I could open up about things”: Exploring how menstruation stigma is enacted in menstrual health conversations
“I never felt that I could open up about things”: Exploring how menstruation stigma is enacted in menstrual health conversations Open
Menstruation is constructed as taboo, resulting in hyper-vigilance and self-policing to avoid breaching societal norms that require concealment. This research explores menstruation stigma is enacted in discussions around menstrual health b…
View article: Menstruation as taboo in the workplace: Cisgender-men’s perceptions of menstruation and menstrual stigma through the lenses of femmephobia and dirty femininity
Menstruation as taboo in the workplace: Cisgender-men’s perceptions of menstruation and menstrual stigma through the lenses of femmephobia and dirty femininity Open
Despite being very common, menstruation at work has, to date, received little attention. Guided by theories of femmephobia and dirty femininity, we explored cisgender men’s perceptions of menstruation in the workplace in three European cou…
View article: “I never felt that I could open up about things”: Exploring how menstruation stigma is enacted in menstrual health conversations
“I never felt that I could open up about things”: Exploring how menstruation stigma is enacted in menstrual health conversations Open
Menstruation is constructed as taboo, resulting in hyper-vigilance and self-policing to avoid breaching societal norms that require concealment. This research explores menstruation stigma is enacted in discussions around menstrual health b…
View article: Menstrual Stigma and Perceived Academic Performance and Well-being in Menstruating Higher Education Students
Menstrual Stigma and Perceived Academic Performance and Well-being in Menstruating Higher Education Students Open
In this qualitative study, we contribute to research on the effects of menstruation on women students in higher education by exploring how menstrual stigma relates to perceptions of academic performance and well-being. Semi-structured inte…
View article: Standing Up to Sexism: Does Challenging Sexist Comments Have Transformational Benefits in How Women Value Themselves and Other Women?
Standing Up to Sexism: Does Challenging Sexist Comments Have Transformational Benefits in How Women Value Themselves and Other Women? Open
Research suggests that challenging sexist comments may mitigate its negative effects and may even have some positive effects, but the nature of this association is unclear: is it causal or a mere correlational artefact? Across three studie…
View article: “I never felt that I could open up about things”: Exploring how menstruation stigma is enacted in menstrual health conversations
“I never felt that I could open up about things”: Exploring how menstruation stigma is enacted in menstrual health conversations Open
Menstruation is constructed as taboo, resulting in hyper-vigilance and self-policing to avoid breaching societal norms that require concealment. This research explores menstruation stigma is enacted in discussions around menstrual health b…
View article: Menstruation as taboo in the workplace: Exploring cis-men’s perceptions of menstruation and menstrual stigma through the lenses of femmephobia and dirty femininity
Menstruation as taboo in the workplace: Exploring cis-men’s perceptions of menstruation and menstrual stigma through the lenses of femmephobia and dirty femininity Open
MDespite being very common, menstruation at work has, to date, received little attention. Guided by theories of femmephobia and dirty femininity, we explored cis-men’s perceptions of menstruation in the workplace in three European countrie…
View article: Experiences of Menstruation and Menstrual Stigma Among Transgender, Nonbinary, and Genderqueer Individuals
Experiences of Menstruation and Menstrual Stigma Among Transgender, Nonbinary, and Genderqueer Individuals Open
As menstruation is often framed as feminine, transgender, non-binary and genderqueer menstruators face the intersection of menstrual stigma and transphobia, an understudied phenomenon. This study explored the lived experiences of ten trans…
View article: From Stigma to Support: Exploring Perceptions of Menstrual Leave Policies in European Workplaces
From Stigma to Support: Exploring Perceptions of Menstrual Leave Policies in European Workplaces Open
Menstrual stigma is deeply rooted in cultural and organizational norms, leading to significant challenges for menstruating individuals in the workplace. Despite the rise of advanced reproductive health policies globally, research on menstr…
View article: Developing coaching cultures: an exploration of the enacting practitioner perspective
Developing coaching cultures: an exploration of the enacting practitioner perspective Open
Purpose Despite the popularity of facilitating coaching cultures, very little is known about this phenomenon, especially from the perspective of different organisational stakeholders. We aim to add the enacting practitioner perspective in …
View article: Tying leaders' identity work and executive coaching research together: an overview of systematic reviews and agenda for research
Tying leaders' identity work and executive coaching research together: an overview of systematic reviews and agenda for research Open
Purpose Despite the interest in leaders' identity work as a framework for leadership development, coaching psychology has yet to expose its active ingredients and outcomes. Design/methodology/approach To do so, the authors reconcile publis…
View article: Self‐serving perception of charitable donation request: An effective cognitive strategy to boost benefits and reduce drawbacks
Self‐serving perception of charitable donation request: An effective cognitive strategy to boost benefits and reduce drawbacks Open
The psychological consequences of prosocial behavior depend on people's perceptions of their own volition. Building on this, we hypothesized that people who donate increase their volition and the benefits of donations by judging donation r…
View article: ‘Unless one of us dies’: The stickiness of taint and perceptions of support in policing
‘Unless one of us dies’: The stickiness of taint and perceptions of support in policing Open
The behaviour of certain members of a profession can ‘taint’ other workers. In this qualitative study, we explore how police officers perceive media constructions of their profession. Participating police officers feel ridiculed by the med…
View article: Coaching culture: an evidence review and framework for future research and practice
Coaching culture: an evidence review and framework for future research and practice Open
Given the colossal interest in creating 'coaching cultures', we update the 2014 literature review by Gormley and van Nieuwerburgh and extend this work by applying a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) methodology. In doing so, we detangle d…
View article: Femme‐toring: Leveraging critical femininities and femme theory to cultivate alternative approaches to mentoring
Femme‐toring: Leveraging critical femininities and femme theory to cultivate alternative approaches to mentoring Open
Both traditional and new‐wave mentoring (or men‐toring), intentionally or unintentionally, maintain and reproduce neoliberal toxic masculinist norms in academia. By applying femme theory and critical femininities frameworks, we expose how …
View article: “I only wanted one thing and that was to be who I am now”: Being a trans young adult and (re)negotiating vocational identity
“I only wanted one thing and that was to be who I am now”: Being a trans young adult and (re)negotiating vocational identity Open
Developing vocational identity as a young adult is a complex feat and may be even more so for transgender people, who have to navigate their professional selves in a largely cisgender and heteronormative world that minoritizes them. This q…
View article: “A part of being a woman, really”: Menopause at work as “dirty” femininity
“A part of being a woman, really”: Menopause at work as “dirty” femininity Open
This research extends understandings of women's lived experiences of menopause at work, as embodied complex gendered aging. Menopause as a type of “dirty” femininity and femme performance is theorized to elucidate both the stigmatizing eff…
View article: Breastfeeding, ‘tainted’ love, and femmephobia: containing the ‘dirty’ performances of embodied femininity
Breastfeeding, ‘tainted’ love, and femmephobia: containing the ‘dirty’ performances of embodied femininity Open
In this conceptual analysis, we theorise breastfeeding as an embodied 'dirty' performance of femininity and draw on Hoskin's (2019a) work on femme theory to propose that women who breastfeed in public, who do so for an 'extended' time, and…
View article: Contributions to reducing online gender harassment: Social re-norming and appealing to empathy as tried-and-failed techniques
Contributions to reducing online gender harassment: Social re-norming and appealing to empathy as tried-and-failed techniques Open
Inspired by similar methods shown to be effective in reducing online racist harassment, we designed two tweets aimed at reducing online gender harassment. Our interventions were based on the principles of social re-norming and appealing to…
View article: The ethics of service work in a neoliberal healthcare context: doing embodied and “dirty” emotional labor
The ethics of service work in a neoliberal healthcare context: doing embodied and “dirty” emotional labor Open
Purpose The authors explore how service workers negotiate emotional laboring with “dirty” emotions while trying to meet the demands of neoliberal healthcare. In doing so, the authors theorize emotional labor in the context of healthcare as…
View article: Are COVID‐19 conspiracies a threat to public health? Psychological characteristics and health protective behaviours of believers
Are COVID‐19 conspiracies a threat to public health? Psychological characteristics and health protective behaviours of believers Open
We tested the link between COVID‐19 conspiracy theories and health protective behaviours in three studies: one at the onset of the pandemic in the United Kingdom (UK), a second just before the first national lockdown, and a third during th…
View article: Motherhood and guilt in a pandemic: Negotiating the “new” normal with a feminist identity
Motherhood and guilt in a pandemic: Negotiating the “new” normal with a feminist identity Open
Mothers who work and identify as feminists have been thrust into a new ”COVID‐19 normal,” finding themselves taking on roles that are “at odds” with their feminist identity (i.e., the bulk of more “traditional” stay‐at‐home parenting, home…
View article: Breastfeeding, ‘tainted’ love, and femmephobia: containing the ‘dirty’ performances of embodied femininity
Breastfeeding, ‘tainted’ love, and femmephobia: containing the ‘dirty’ performances of embodied femininity Open
In this conceptual analysis, we theorise breastfeeding as an embodied ‘dirty’ performance of femininity and draw on Hoskin’s (2019a) work on femme theory to propose that women who breastfeed in public, who do so for an ‘extended’ time, and…
View article: Women directors on FTSE company boards: An exploration of the factors influencing their appointment
Women directors on FTSE company boards: An exploration of the factors influencing their appointment Open
This study provides analysis and insight into the views and experiences of 12 top executives of FTSE 350 companies about appointing women to their boards, against background growth in the number of female non-executive directors but the nu…