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- Title
GASLIGHTING: THE ART OF DRIVING MINORITY GROUPS MAD AT WORK.
- Authors
Reis Irigaray, Hélio Arthur; Stocker, Fabricio; Cuba Mancebo, Rafael
- Abstract
This research aims to understand the extent to which gaslighting actions occur in the work environment. To this end, we conducted an empirical study in which we visited 37 companies of different sizes in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo and interviewed 72 workers with different psychographic traits. These interviews and our field notes were subjected to critical discourse analysis. We identified two a priori categories ("racial gaslighting" and "misogynistic gaslighting"), two emerging ones ("LGBTQIAP+-phobic gaslighting" and "instrumental gaslighting"), and we built the axial category (called "pecuniary gaslighting"). The field revealed that gaslighting occurs in all types of companies and is a manipulation strategy used by white heterosexual men not only on non-hegemonic groups, but also against their peers. As implications for management and the theory, this study discusses and reflects on how discriminatory practices have been naturalized and marginalized, not only in the field of studies, but also in organizational culture.
- Subjects
SAO Paulo (Brazil); RIO de Janeiro (Brazil); MINORITIES; CRITICAL discourse analysis; WHITE men; MANAGEMENT philosophy; HETEROSEXUAL men; CORPORATE culture
- Publication
RAE: Revista de Administração de Empresas, 2023, Vol 63, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0034-7590
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/S0034-759020230105x