Sub-theme 41: Equality and diversity in organization studies: Discovering new notions by revisiting common discourses
Convenors:
Regine Bendl, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria
Mustafa Özbilgin, University of East Anglia, UK
Judith K. Pringle, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Session I: Thursday, July 02, 09:00 to 10:30, E2-3-302
Gender Equality
Chair: Judith Pringle
Nirit Toshav-Eichner and Michal Frenkel
Mainstreaming in Action
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Conxita Fulgeroa, Laura Lamolla, Carlos Obeso
Breaking the Glass Ceiling in Professional Services Firms: the experience of women partners in France
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Nirit Toshav Eichner
Laura Lamolla Kristiansen and Carlos Obeso
The discourses on gender and work at Ferrofet Catalana: why do we not learn from best practices?
Presenter(s)Discussant(s): Camilla Quental
Session II: Thursday, July 02, 11:00 to 12:30, E2-3-302
Gender Equality
Chair: Mustafa Özbiligin
Women in the matrix: implementing gender equality in the German service sector union ver.di
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Saija Katila, Päivi Eriksson
Yvonne Benschop
Contested Networks: Discourses of Diversity in Professional Women's Networks
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Anja Kirsch
Saija Katila and Päivi Eriksson
Competent but not so caring- positioning female and male managers
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Ine Gemmen, Yvonne Benschop
Session III: Thursday, July 02, 14:00 to 15:30, E2-3-302
Change
Chair: Regine Bendl
Kathy Sanderson, Donna Parsons, Jean Helms Mills and Albert Mills
Riding the Second Wave: Organizing Feminism and Organizational Discourse -- Stewardesses for Women's Rights
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Myrtle Bell, Mustafa Özbilgin, Olca Survevil, Alexandra Beauregard
From knowing to doing? - A study of gender equality change
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Kathy Sandersson, Jean Helms Mills, Albert Mills
Diversity, Voice, and Silence in 21st Century Organizations
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Ulla Eriksson-Zetterquist, David Renemark
Session IV: Friday, July 03, 09:00 to 10:30, E2-3-302
Identity and Body
Chair: Judith Pringle
Gender. Identity and Dirty Work: How Men Manage Taint in Nursing Care
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Deborah Jones, Sally Riad
Headhunters, Competence and the Body: A Cross-Cultural Study of Executive Search Consultants’ Talk on Differences That Matter
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Ruth Simpson
INVOKING BLACK ATHENA TO REVISIT ‘DIVERSITY’ AND ‘ORGANIZATION’
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Susan Meriläinen, Charlotte Holgersson, Janne Tienari, Pia Höök
Session V: Friday, July 03, 11:00 to 12:30, E2-3-302
Ethnicity
Chair: Mustaf Özbiligin
W. E. Douglas Creed and Deborah Jones
Bicultural practice in Aotearoa New Zealand: Reconfiguring diversity, culture, power
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Koen Van Laer, Maddy Janssens
Deirdre Tedmanson, Lia Bryant and Caroline Essers
Creative Intersections; Narratives of identity: gender, ethnicity, location, Islam and entrepreneurship
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Douglas Creed, Deborah Jones
Maddy Janssens
Minority professionals' experiences with subtle, everyday racism in the workplace
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Caroline Essers, Deidre Tedmanson, Lia Bryant
Session VI: Saturday, July 04, 09:00 to 10:30, E2-3-302
Diversity Management
Chair: Regine Bendl
Interpretations of Technology in Small ICT-Companies with Women Owner-managers
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Roswitha Hofmann
Shedding light on the Italian way to diversity management. An empirical analysis
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Elina Henttonen
The Austrian discourse on diversity management: Trading zones and boundary objects
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Rosella Riccó
Session VII: Saturday, July 04, 11:00 to 12:30, E2-3-302
Universities and
Chair: Judith Pringle
Marloes van Engen and Inge Bleijenbergh
Mothers and fathers in Dutch academia: Strategies for combing the calls of science and parenthood
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Marieke van den Brink, Yvonne Benschop
Yvonne Benschop
The dynamics of gender practices in different academic contexts
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Saija Katila, Susan Meriläinen
Practice-based knowing and identity work:From Nice Girls to Professional Bitches
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Susanne Beijer, M.L. (Marloes) van Engen, Inge Bleijenberg