Virtually all major auto manufacturers have adopted policies to promote gender equality and increase the proportion of women in their managerial ranks. However, progress is very slow paced and the automotive sector remains a male bastion. This study draws from Ely and Meyerson´s fourfold conceptualisation of gender equality change in organisation to explore discrepancies between the espoused theoretical formulations and the practice of gender equality at two large auto manufacturers in France

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... d Germany. The author used company's document analysis and semi-structured interview methods with male and female managers. The paper presents first selected results and is organised as follows: after a brief introductory part, the theoretical framework is described. Third, it maps and compares the gender equality programmes at the French and German case companies. Finally, it offers a thematic analysis of the interviews conducted.