Dr Mark Gatto

Assistant Professor

Department: Newcastle Business School

I am an Assistant Professor in Critical Organisation Studies whose main research interest is the gender inequity experienced by working parents (in paid employment). I explore the role of patriarchy as a discourse in organisational contexts. I am also interested in critical perspectives on masculinities from hegemonic to hybrid and caring masculinities and how this impacts the construction of the 'dad' identity. I have published using a transdisciplinary, critical approach incorporating gender and dystopian fiction in organisations. I also use fiction and autoethnography to write differently. Finally, I established and proudly lead the Northumbria University Parents and Carers Network in 2020.

I am open to PhD proposals on the themes of masculinities, parents at work and the use of fiction in management and organisation studies.

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Key Publications

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Parents at Work: A Dystopian ‘Fictocriticism’ to Subvert Patriarchal Organisations, Gatto, M. 14 Aug 2023
Trojan horses: Creating a positive hidden (extra)curriculum through a Justice, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) initiative, Keshtiban, A., Gatto, M., Callahan, J. 1 Jul 2023, In: Management Learning
Inconvenient Academic Workers? Collective (Re)humanisation through the Dialogue of a Freirean Reading Circle, Gatto, M., Tracey, H., Callahan, J., Worst, S. 23 Sep 2024, In: Culture and Organization
Parenthood demands: resisting a dystopia in the workplace, Gatto, M. 19 Oct 2020, In: Human Resource Development International
It's OK not to be OK: Shared Reflections from two PhD Parents in a Time of Pandemic, Gatto, M., Abdellatif, A. 1 Sep 2020, In: Gender, Work & Organization

PGR Supervision

Anna Majarich For women working as organisers of major sports events, can there ever be such a thing as slotting back in? Start Date: 01/10/2024
Divya Vijayan Love you dad! - A Systematic Review of the Literature Start Date: 13/02/2024