Sub-theme 41: Men, Leadership, and Inclusivity: Men Resisting and Supporting Gender Equality in Organizations
Convenors:
Anja Kirsch, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Elisabeth Kelan, University of Essex, United Kingdom
Julia Nentwich, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Session Time Corridor 1: Thursday, July 08, 09:00 to 12:30, Virtual Conference (EventsAir)
Men, Resistance and Gender (In)Equality
Break 1: 10:30 to 11:00
Chair: Julia Nentwich
Roman Gibel
Men, leadership, and inclusivity: Men resisting
and supporting gender equality in organizations
Discussant(s): Linda Colley and Sue Williamson
Jack Daly
Hegemonic masculinity and the gender pay gap: male senior-leadership as a site of resistance
Discussant(s): Roman Gibel
Linda Colley and Sue Williamson
Men and women leaders: understanding, owning and/or resisting gender equality in public services
Discussant(s): Jack Daly
Erika Blomstrand
"That you are interested and that you are not afraid”: Organizational conditions for men acting as change agents in a technical
university?
Discussant(s): Denis Monneuse
P. Matthijs Bal
Hypernormalization of gender inequality: what can men do?
Discussant(s): Erika Blomstrand
Denis Monneuse
With or without men? The admission of men into women’s internal networks as a way to reduce gender inequality?
Discussant(s): P. Matthijs Bal
Session Time Corridor 2: Thursday, July 08, 16:00 to 17:00, Virtual Conference (EventsAir)
Boards/Top Management I
Chair: Anja Kirsch
Sarosh Asad and Marko Reimer
Organizational aspirations towards women representation in the C-suite: Role of incumbent elites
Discussant(s): Jieun Lee and Michael Howard
Joel L. Andrus, Jieun Lee, Michael Howard and Hannah Grubbs
Beyond immediate relations: Understanding female collaborative networks
Discussant(s): Sarosh Asad
Session Time Corridor 3: Friday, July 09, 11:00 to 12:30, Virtual Conference (EventsAir)
Discursive Practices and Masculinities
Chair: Anja Kirsch
Elisabeth Kelan
Men as Managers Doing and Undoing Gender
Discussant(s): Patricia Lewis
Julia Nentwich
Ambivalent alternatives: Male managers struggling with their support for gender equality
Discussant(s): Elisabeth Kelan
Patricia Lewis, Nick Rumens and Nicholas Rumens
Reconfiguring the gender dynamics of leadership: Hybrid masculinities, hybrid femininities and postfeminism
Discussant(s): Julia Nentwich
Session Time Corridor 4: Friday, July 09, 16:00 to 17:30, Virtual Conference (EventsAir)
Boards/Top Management II
Chair: Elisabeth Kelan
Anja Kirsch
Gender inclusion on boards of directors
Discussant(s): Maria Tonelli, Amanda Gross, Carolina Araújo, Julia Macluf Biberg and Vinicius Galante
Anika Thym
Men in leadership positions promoting women in leadership positions in finance
Discussant(s): Anja Kirsch
Maria José Tonelli, Amanda Gross, Carolina G. Araújo, Julia Macluf Biberg and Vinicius Galante
Does gender equality just happen? The “naturalization of inclusion” through men’s perspective
Discussant(s): Anika Thym
Session Time Corridor 5: Saturday, July 10, 09:30 to 12:30, Virtual Conference (EventsAir)
Fathers and Gender Equality at Home and Plenary Discussion
Break 1: 11:00 to 11:30
Chair: Elisabeth Kelan
Ludivine Redslob and Dima Younes
“Beware of a Smiling Face”: How Interpretations of Anti-Sexist Corporate Policies Penalized Women during the COVID Crisis
Discussant(s): Taran Patel
Claudia Balan, Marieke van den Brink and Yvonne Benschop
New fathers, ideal workers? New actors in the field of fathers-friendly work organizations
Discussant(s): Ludivine Redslob and Dima Younes
Taran Patel, Laurence Romani, Chandra Ramasamy and Chandra Ramasamy
Redoing gender while building on traditional gender roles: Men’s support of women village leaders in India and resulting
gender equality
Discussant(s): Claudia Balan
Plenary discussion 11:30-12:30