The masculine foundation of business education : France and Norway in comparison (1870s-1940s)
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Entreprises et histoire, 2011, Vol. 65, No. 4, pp 24-42
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LARSEN, Eirinn, The masculine foundation of business education : France and Norway in comparison (1870s-1940s), Entreprises et histoire, 2011, Vol. 65, No. 4, pp 24-42 - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/60347
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On the initiative of local business communities, business schools emerged across France and Norway in the late 1800s. Rather than constituting a response to market demand or new knowledge, these schools were established as a means of providing professional identity and status to future businessmen. However, educational reforms in favor of middle-class women and rising demand for female labor threatened this cultural construction, with the result that the gender logic of the business schools was increasingly made explicit. Fearing the potential devaluating effects of feminization, women were barred from the business schools and separate educational tracks developed.
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First published online: 09th May 2012