Gendered Negotiations of Competences and Management

In this article we present some results from our studies of wage formation in four large Danish private businesses. Our aim is to show how the evaluation of employees, which appears to be gender-neutral, in reality follows gender divisions, for example according to ideas of gendered parenting. The article discusses how negotiations of competences and management affect women's and men's opportunities in work-life, especially women's opportunities in terms of reaching the executive level in Danish business.In this article we present some results from our studies of wage formation in four large Danish private businesses. Our aim is to show how the evaluation of employees, which appears to be gender-neutral, in reality follows gender divisions, for example according to ideas of gendered parenting. The article discusses how negotiations of competences and management affect women's and men's opportunities in work-life, especially women's opportunities in terms of reaching the executive level in Danish business