Fisher Jill A
Gend Work Organ. 2010 Mar 1;17(2):150-173. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2009.00464.x.
This article analyses the ways in which research coordinators forge professional identities in the highly gendered organizational context of the clinic. Drawing upon qualitative research on the organization of the clinical trials industry (that is, the private sector, for profit auxiliary companies that support pharmaceutical drug studies), this article explores the relationships between predominantly male physician-investigators and female research coordinators and the constitution of medical expertise in pharmaceutical drug development. One finding is that coordinators actively seek to establish relationships with investigators that mirror traditional doctor-nurse relationships, in which the feminized role is subordinated and devalued. Another finding is that the coordinators do, in fact, have profound research expertise that is frequently greater than that of the investigators. The coordinators develop expertise on pharmaceutical products and diseases through their observations of the patterns that occur in patient-participants' responses to investigational drugs. The article argues, however, that the nature of the relationships between coordinators and investigators renders invisible the coordinators' expertise. In this context, gender acts as a persistent social structure shaping both coordinators' and investigators' perceptions of who can be recognized as having authority and power in the workplace.
本文分析了研究协调员在诊所这种性别特征明显的组织环境中塑造职业身份的方式。基于对临床试验行业组织（即支持药物研究的私营营利性辅助公司）的定性研究，本文探讨了占主导地位的男性医师研究员与女性研究协调员之间的关系，以及药物研发中医学专业知识的构成。一个发现是，协调员积极寻求与研究员建立类似于传统医患关系的关系，在这种关系中，女性化角色处于从属和被贬低的地位。另一个发现是，协调员实际上拥有深厚的研究专业知识，且往往比研究员的专业知识更丰富。协调员通过观察患者参与者对试验药物的反应模式，积累了有关药品和疾病的专业知识。然而，本文认为，协调员与研究员之间关系的性质使协调员的专业知识变得无形。在这种背景下，性别作为一种持续存在的社会结构，塑造了协调员和研究员对谁能在工作场所被认可拥有权威和权力的看法。
