Sub-theme 42: Women and Work: Effective Designs, Satisfying Relationships
Convenors:
Anna Nikina, Grenoble Ecole de Management, France
Lois M. Shelton, California State University, Northridge, USA
Séverine Le Loarne, Grenoble Ecole de Management, France
Session I: Thursday, July 05, 09:00 to 10:30, Room 1 – Aalto Executive Education
The Womanly Approach
Chair: Anna Nikina
Eliana Minelli and Chiara Morelli
Women and work: An empirical study of female company heads' style of management
Presenter(s)Discussant(s): Donna Parsons
Julia Reif, Katharina Kugler, Evelyne Enders and Felix C. Brodbeck
Do women ask for more? Gender differences in the propensity to initiate negotiations about career-related issues
Presenter(s)Discussant(s): Chiara Morelli
Donna Parsons
Women in family funeral homes: The dance of negotiating roles
Presenter(s)Discussant(s): Julia Reif
Introduction and presentation of the sub-theme and the team
Discussants: Christine Naschberger and Gregor Bouville
Discussants: Christine Naschberger and Gregor Bouville
Session II: Thursday, July 05, 11:00 to 12:30, Room 1 – Aalto Executive Education
Managing Barriers, Meeting Challenges - Part I
Chair: Lois Shelton
Camilla Quental
Becoming partner: Gender and professional identity in professional services firms
Presenter(s)Discussant(s): Christine Naschberger
Camilla Quental, Christine Naschberger and Céline Legrand
Career development in the perception of managers: Levers, barriers and gender differences
Presenter(s)Discussant(s): Luca Gnan
Discussants: Claudia Jonczyk and Marjut Jyrkinen
Session III: Thursday, July 05, 14:00 to 15:30, Room 1 – Aalto Executive Education
Managing Barriers, Meeting Challenges - Part II
Chair: Séverine Le Loarne
Claudia Jonczyk and Marion Festing
Coping patterns of female managers in male dominated industries – Differences within a minority group
Presenter(s)Discussant(s): Gregor Bouville
Ingrid Biese-Stjernberg
From opting out to opting in: The journey women make to find a sense of coherence and control
Presenter(s)Discussant(s): Claudia Jonczyk
Gregor Bouville
Women and absenteeism: A smokescreen relationship?
Presenter(s)Discussant(s): Ingrid Biese-Stjernberg
Discussants: Luca Gnan and Eliana Minelli
Session IV: Friday, July 06, 09:00 to 10:30, Room 1 – Aalto Executive Education
Work and Family Life
Chair: Lois M. Shelton
Marjut Jyrkinen, Charlotta Niemistö and Jeff Hearn
Gender, age/generations and "work-life balance"
Presenter(s)Discussant(s): Anna Nikina and Séverine Le Loarne
Anna Nikina, Lois M. Shelton and Séverine Le Loarne
Spousal role and support to female entrepreneurs: The case of Scandinavia
Presenter(s)Discussant(s): Marjut Jyrkinen
Discussants: Donna Parsons and Julia Reif
Session V: Friday, July 06, 11:00 to 12:30, Room 1 – Aalto Executive Education
International Perspectives - Part I
Chair: Séverine Le Loarne
Allane Madanamoothoo
Gender equality at work in France: Between law and fact
Presenter(s)Discussant(s): Ishani Chandrasekara
Ishani Chandrasekara
Why finance is critical? Dialogue with a women's community in Sri Lanka
Presenter(s)Discussant(s): Tricia Cleland Silva
Lena Näre and Tricia Cleland Silva
The gendered inequalities in the global trade of Filipino nurses: A case study from Finland
Presenter(s)Discussant(s): Allane Madanamoothoo
Discussants: Frances Tomlinson and Chiara Morelli
Session VI: Saturday, July 07, 09:00 to 10:30, Room 1 – Aalto Executive Education
International Perspectives - Part II
Chair: Anna Nikina
Frances Tomlinson
Finding new directions at the crossroads: Older women in Italy and the UK moving into self-employment
Presenter(s)Discussant(s): Adriana Roseli Wünsch Takahashi
Richard T. Harrison, Jonathan Scott, Javed Hussain and Cindy Millman
The role of guanxi networks in the performance of women-led firms in China
Presenter(s)Discussant(s): Frances Thomlinson
Adriana Roseli Wünsch Takahashi, Mariane Lemos Lourenço, Carla Patricia da Silva Souza and Josué Sander
Intrapreneurship, entrepreneurial competences and work-family conflict: A comparative case study of genders with professors
from the masters degrees and doctorate programs in management in Curitiba, Brazil
Presenter(s)Discussant(s): Jonathan M. Scott
Discussants: Allane Madanamoothoo and Ishani Chandrasekara
Session VII: Saturday, July 07, 11:00 to 12:30, Room 1 – Aalto Executive Education
Roundtable Discussion: Future Directions for Women and Work
Chair: Anna Nikina, Lois M. Shelton and Séverine Le Loarne
New directions, upcoming work-in-progress, future opportunities
Discussants (Perspectives and insights from overall sub-theme): Camilla Quental, Ingrid Biese-Stjernberg, Lucrezia Songini, Marion Festing and Lena Näre
Discussants (Perspectives and insights from overall sub-theme): Camilla Quental, Ingrid Biese-Stjernberg, Lucrezia Songini, Marion Festing and Lena Näre