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Gender Co‐operation: An Organizational Advantage *
Author(s) -
Robertson Trevor J.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
asia pacific journal of human resources
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1744-7941
pISSN - 1038-4111
DOI - 10.1177/103841119503300101
Subject(s) - submarine , navy , service (business) , government (linguistics) , class (philosophy) , state (computer science) , management , political science , business , aeronautics , operations management , public relations , engineering , marketing , economics , computer science , law , marine engineering , linguistics , philosophy , algorithm , artificial intelligence
In December 1992 the Australian government opened a number of combat related positions in the Australian Defence Force to women. From 1995 positions will include service in the COLLINS Class submarine, a state‐of‐the‐art vessel currently under construction in Australia for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). This paper is the first analysis of issues surrounding the introduction of women into the COLLINS Class submarine and male/female co‐operation as an organizational advantage. The aim of the paper is to draw conclusions that would be useful in preparing a strategy for the RAN submarine service to achieve a successful integration of women into the RAN COLLINS Class submarine. The major issue expected in introducing mixed‐gender crewing is to over come the traditional prejudices that have been established in a totally male Submarine Service with a corporate history of some eighty years. The majority of difficulties will rest in the minds of those presently serving in the RAN Submarine Service. The paper draws on data from Australian and international studies.