Gender and social norms
The analysis develops an overview of the critical thoughts on social norms of relevance to challenge gender inequalities, which affects the cultural differences in the accomplishment of the group’s specific objective. The analysis brings out together within the gender theory as well as the social norms theory to help develop a realization or understanding of what influences the gender norms at the same time how they operate in given conditions. Consideration of the relationship between poverty with discriminatory rules deriving the conclusion that poverty happens to sharpen out gender discrimination, of which it does not always do with sometimes the discriminatory gender norms affecting the females more than the males.
The analysis will solely rely on Lucille Ball, a chief executive officer who owns various television shows surpassing the cultural tradition. Where the top positions and leadership positions in the large organization were regarded as suitable for the males as the traditional setting had instilled in the minds of people within the society that men were always the head. Lucille Ball broke the cycle and cited disapproval that top leadership priorities were still best for the men only. She proves this by quitting one of the best comedy shows at the time to concentrate on running her empire i.e., television shows. Most of the people would have encouraged her to stay in the comic that she was performing rather than focusing on developing her show (Nicolini & Roig, 2016).In which according to the cultural setting, it was considered inapplicable and not achievable, but she proved the narrative wrong.
Cultural differences describe the different beliefs, language, expressions, behaviors, and practices that are bound with unique characteristics regarding members of a given ethnicity, race, and national origin. Cultural difference in our case is presented by Lucille Ball, who owns television shows that is not within the cultural expectation and upbringing within the society. Cultural traditions have dictated the role of women to be solely centered on the house chores and home activities as the men are subjected to the development project disguising the impact of women in contribution towards the achievement of the project. Women have significant leadership and skills that are most influential in ensuring the projects meet the standards expected. This is preempted by the cultural traditions that have been set up by the society which undermines and value less the impact of females in the development project which are given priority to the males who may not have the expected skills and knowledge as the females may have (Won, Hyejin & Song, Shinae, 2019). A good example is Lucille Ball, who exempts herself from being employed and focused on developing her colony, showing the availability of leadership and management characteristics.
Benefits of diversifying culture
Our culture is one of the influencers of how people see the world. The diversity of thoughts has shown the development of creativity. It fosters innovation, helps deriving solutions to problems as well as meeting the customers’ needs, which are the main objectives of the project.
Diverse teams depict more productivity to their projects
The working methods expertise and range of experience offered by a diverse workplace are likely to boost the capacity of problem-solving and focusing on higher productivity on the project. Studies that institutions that have embraced cultural diversity happen to be more productive and happier.
Higher chances for personal and professional growth
The inclusion of culturally diverse business attracts talented, globally-minded, ambitious professional appreciating the opportunity both for personal and professional growth. Working along the cultures happens to be an authentic and enriching experiencing, therefore, allowing others to learn from the traditions and perspectives of the surrounding world (Norasakkunkit & Kalick, 2007). Bonding with differences and similarities are measures that help one in becoming a global citizen, thus abandonment prejudices.
To ensure the best results are gathered from the operations that involve both the males and females, it is, therefore, significant for the cultural setting to absorb the following recommendations to ensure success.
- Embracement of the impact that the females derive or add to the project or the society. The society should be ready to absorb the new world and ideas that are brought up by the despised genes that are females should be put into consideration since they contain the essence which the pending or dying project requires to start reviving.
- Equal opportunities and value to both the male and female.in the previous operations, it was seen that some of the projects devalued the impact of women within their operations without having concrete reasoning for the deeds. Presently suggestion made is the selection of males and females in the workforce to be majorly forced on the working experience and skills and not gender.
References
Nicolini, R., & Roig, J.-L. (2016). Gender and Culture: Do Social Norms Matter? SSRN Electronic Journal. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2793147
Won, Hyejin, & Song, Shinae. (2019). Effect of Spousal Bereavement on Depression of the Elderly: Analysis of the Impact of Traditional Gender Norms through Gender Comparison. Health and Social Welfare Review, 39(4), 145–172. https://doi.org/10.15709/hswr.2019.39.4.145
Norasakkunkit, V., & Kalick, S. M. (2007). Experimentally Detecting How Cultural Differences in Social Anxiety Measures Misrepresent Cultural Differences in Emotional Well-being. Journal of Happiness Studies, 10(3), 313–327. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-007-9082-1