Sub-theme 34: Inequality, Institutions and Organizations

Convenors:
John M. Amis, University of Edinburgh, UK
Thomas B. Lawrence, University of Oxford, UK
Kamal A. Munir, University of Cambridge, UK
Session I: Thursday, July 02, 11:00 to 12:30, COM-2102
Inequality, Institutions and Organizations: Setting the Scene
Chair: John M. Amis & Kamal A. Munir
Barbara Gray, Tiffany Johnson, Jennifer Kish-Gephart and Jacqueline Tilton
The double whammy of class and race: Impediments to social mobility among first-to-college students
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Peter Skilling
Peter Skilling
The legitimation of in-work poverty: Organisations and neo-subjectivities
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Barbara Gray, Tiffany Johnson and Jennifer Kish-Gephart
Session II: Thursday, July 02, 14:00 to 15:30
- Parallel Stream -
Parallel Stream A: Inequality and India - Room: COM-2102
Chair: Kamal A. Munir
Johanna Mair, Marc Schneiberg and Sander Wagner
No toilet, no bride: Gender power and institutional dynamics in a rural development program in the Indian state of Orissa
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Sadhvi Dar
Prabhir Poruthiyil
An anodyne prescription to tackle inequality: The Indian Companies Act 2014
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Johanna Mair, Marc Schneiberg and Sander Wagner
Sadhvi Dar
Reporting inequalities: An ethnography of knowledge transfer in Indian NGOs
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Prabhir Vishnu Poruthiyil
Parallel Stream B: Inequality and Education - Room: COM-1117
Chair: John M. Amis
Keshav Krishnamurty, Edward J. Carberry and Maureen Scully
The tenacity and tenuousness of meritocracy: Legitimation of status and inequality in Indian management education
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Debbie Kim
Debbie H. Kim
Anticipation, reorganization, and preemption: A study of pre-implementation at Adams School
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Janice Goldman and Maureen A. Scully
Janice Goldman and Maureen Scully
Imagining fair educational opportunity for children: Teachers’ local moves to implement school reform
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Edward J. Carberry
Session III: Thursday, July 02, 16:00 to 17:30
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Parallel Stream A: Inequality and Organizations - Room: COM-2102
Chair: Kamal A. Munir
Luc K. Audebrand, Marcos Barros and Myriam Michaud
All equal in death? Fighting inequality in the contemporary funeral industry
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Tyler Wry and Eric Zhao
Katsuki Aoki and Arjan Keizer
Institutional maintenance with socially undesired consequences: Japanese employment practices and increasing social inequality
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Luc Audebrand, Marcos Barros and Myriam Michaud
Parallel Stream B: Inequality and Gender - Room: COM-1117
Chair: John M. Amis
Hannelore Roos and Patrizia Zanoni
Resisting equality: An analysis of corporate elite's defensive institutional work against gender board quota
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Angelika Striedinger
Angelika Striedinger
The role of organizational conditions in influencing whether making concerns and demands explicit in gender equality work leads to counter-intentional effects
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Isabel Collien
Isabel Collien
Constellations of institutional logics and emotions: Marginalizing positive action for women in German universities
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Hannelore Roos and Patrizia Zanoni
Session IV: Friday, July 03, 09:00 to 10:30
- Parallel Stream -
Parallel Stream A: Inequality and Africa - Room: COM-2102
Chair: Kamal A. Munir
Tapiwa Seremani
Institutional work, power and the reproduction of Apartheid era inequalities in the "new" South Africa
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Heike Mensi-Klarbach, Edeltraud Hanappi-Egger and Gumato Ukur
Heike Mensi-Klarbach, Edeltraud Hanappi-Egger and Gumato Ukur
Overcoming inequality in Kenya: Civil servants facing institutional complexity in recruitment and promotion
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Joanne Linnay, Tina Dacin and Allison Goebel
Parallel Stream B: Inequality and Diversity - Room: COM-1117
Chair: John M. Amis
Katina Sawyer, Christian Thoroughgood and Jamie J. Ladge
Invisible families, invisible conflicts: Examining identity-based work-family conflict for lesbian, gay, and bisexual employees
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Anissa Djabi and Sabrina Perugien
Anissa Djabi and Sabrina Pérugien
Emergence and diffusion of diversity management in France: An institutional change process?
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Erica Salvaj, Andrea Lluch and Vanesa Vidal
Erica Salvaj, Andrea Lluch, Ignasi Martí and Vanesa Vidal
Women may be climbing on board, but not in first class: Female board participation in Chile and Argentina (1901–2010)
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Katina Sawyer, Christian Thoroughgood and Jamie Ladge
Session V: Friday, July 03, 14:00 to 15:30
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Parallel Stream A: Inequality and Design - Room: COM-2102
Chair: Kamal A. Munir
Shahzad (Shaz) Ansari, Anjan Ghosh and Sougata Ray
Changing organizational forms to address social challenges: A model of (pre)hybrid organizing
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Christopher Corbishley, Gerard George and Rifat Atun
Christopher Corbishley, Gerard George and Rifat Atun
Organization design and coordinating dirty work: Emergent practices as compensatory mechanisms for coordination
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Danielle Logue, Stewart Clegg and Markus Höllerer
Danielle Logue, Stewart Clegg and Markus A. Höllerer
Social impact bonds as translational devices at the interface of institutional domains
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Shaz Ansari, Anjan Ghosh and Sougata Ray
Parallel Stream B: Institutional Mechanisms of Inequality - Room: COM-1117
Chair: John M. Amis
Ralph Hamann and Stephanie Bertels
Blending logics blind to consequences: The inadvertent perpetuation of inequality in the South African mining sector
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Vedran Omanovic and Ola Bergström
Vedran Omanovic and Ola Bergström
Legitimizing ethnic cleansing in organizations: The case of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Simon Gérard and Thierry Zintz
Simon Gérard and Thierry Zintz
What causal mechanism contributes to or constrains the inclusion of paralympic sport in the mainstream "able-bodied" sport movement?
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Ralph Hamann and Stephanie Bertels
Session VI: Saturday, July 04, 09:00 to 10:30
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Parallel Stream A: Inequality and Class - Room: COM-2102
Chair: Kamal A. Munir
Jennifer Kish-Gephart, Shannon Rawski, Joanna T. Campbell and Barbara Gray
The American Dream in the corporate suite: Understanding CEO social class and extreme upward mobility
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Patrick Reinmoeller and Jan van Dalen
Patrick Reinmoeller and Jan van Dalen
What explains wealth: Exploring how institutions influence inequality amongst the wealthiest
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Jennifer Kish-Gephart, Shannon Rawski, Joanna Campbell and Barbara Gray
Parallel Stream B: The Intractability of Inequality - Room: COM-1117
Chair: John M. Amis
Emily S. Block, Kerri Citterbart Martin and Todd Moss
Growth and vulnerability in Africa as a consequence of Chinese investment
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Silvia Dorado and Nino Antadze
Silvia Dorado and Niino Antadze
The missing traps. Institutional entrepreneurship and social inequality
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Emily S. Block, Kerri Citterbart Martin and Todd Moss
Session VII: Saturday, July 04, 11:00 to 12:30, COM-2102
Closing Panel
Chair: John M. Amis & Kamal A. Munir
Panelists: Paul Hirsch, Johanna Mair, Marc Schneiberg & Maureen A. Scully
Discussants: everyone