@article{ref1,
title="Gendered Strategies of Self: Navigating Hierarchy and Contesting Masculinities",
journal="Gender, work and organization",
year="2009",
author="Pacholok, Shelley",
volume="16",
number="4",
pages="471-500",
abstract="This article is based on a case study of a catastrophic wildfire that occurred in western Canada in 2003. The organization of the firefighting efforts and unequal support and praise from the public and the media resulted in a hierarchy between firefighting groups. This created inter-group tension and conflicts that firefighters resolved using discursive strategies that positioned some occupational groups as superior and others as subordinate. I argue that we cannot fully understand firefighters' strategies for negotiating this hierarchy without examining masculinity dynamics; something that previous research on boundary work and the comparative self have yet to examine.<p />",
language="",
issn="0968-6673",
doi="10.1111/j.1468-0432.2009.00452.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0432.2009.00452.x"
}