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Sub-theme 42: Imagined Futures for Gender, Diversity, and Intersectionality: Legacies and Opportunities of Theory and Research on Inequalities in Organizations

Convenors:
Jenny K. Rodriguez, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
jenny.rodriguez@manchester.ac.uk
Nasima M.H. Carrim, University of Pretoria, South Africa
nasima.carrim@up.ac.za
Regine Bendl, WU – Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
regine.bendl@wu.ac.at
Session I: Thursday, July 06, 09:00 to 10:30, Economia – E – 0_Lai
Gender, Diversity and Intersectionality in the Context of Work
Chair: Jenny K. Rodriguez, Nasima Carrim & Regine Bendl
Samantha E. Erskine
Emotions as institutional work: Using critical discourse analysis to unpack how intersectional forms of white apathy perpetuate systemic gendered racism
Discussant(s): Meg Warren, Luciana Turchick Hakak
Meg Warren, Michael Warren, Haley Bock and Brooklynn Smith
Imagining an equitable and inclusive future with allies: Identifying barriers to allyship in the workplace
Discussant(s): Samantha E. Erskine, Luciana Turchick Hakak
Luciana Turchick Hakak
Overcoming crises: Women and identity work in disruptive times
Discussant(s): Samantha E. Erskine, Meg Warren
Session II: Thursday, July 06, 11:00 to 12:30
- Parallel Stream -
Parallel Stream A: Workplace Inequalities, Culture and Society - Room: Economia – E – 0_Lai
Chair: Jenny K. Rodriguez
Sophie Hennekam
The role of social norms in the reproduction of socioeconomic inequalities
Discussant(s): Kathleen Park, Kai Storm
Kathleen Park and Eddy Ng
A new force: Gender identity and intersectionality in the migrant hierarchy – Navigating the maze of inequality into new organizational and national settings
Discussant(s): Sophie Hennekam, Kai Storm
Kai Storm and Sara Louise Muhr
Disrupting the ‘Ideal Worker’: A norm-critical intervention in a Big Four accounting firm
Discussant(s): Sophie Hennekam, Kathleen Park
Parallel Stream B: Gender Inequalities - Room: Economia – G – -1_Anfiteatro
Chair: Nasima Carrim
Nancy Aumais and Coline Senac
'Pretty good for a girl.' Navigating gendered spaces as a female electronic DJ and producer
Discussant(s): Irma Rybrikova, Priyanka Nema
Irma Rybnikova and Angela Kornau
Gendered agility? An explorative study of (in)equalities in Scrum teams
Discussant(s): Nancy Aumais, Priyanka Nema
Priyanka Nema
Does the glass cliff really exist? Evidence from a non-traditional context
Discussant(s): Nancy Aumais, Irma Rybnikova
Parallel Stream C: Organizational Perspectives - Room: Economia – A – 1_13
Chair: Regine Bendl
Sylvie Berthelot, Michel Michel and François Larmande
Systemic sexism: Organisational responses to shareholder activism aimed at increasing female representation on boards of directors
Discussant(s): Chidozie Umeh, Hélène Picard
Chidozie Umeh, Asmahan Alsalman and Nelarine Cornelius
Exploring women’s lived experiences of gender diversity management in a Middle Eastern context – A capabilities approach
Discussant(s): Sylvie Berthelot, Hélène Picard
Hélène Picard, Michelle Mielly, Janna L. Rose and Fiona Ottaviani
Intersectional Encounters with Unbounded Flexible Work during Covid Lockdowns: Unequal experiences of self, privilege, and precarity
Discussant(s): Sylvie Berthelot, Chidozie Umeh
Session III: Thursday, July 06, 14:00 to 15:30
- Parallel Stream -
Parallel Stream A: Masculinities in Context - Room: Economia – E – 0_Lai
Chair: Jenny K. Rodriguez
Joanne Duberley, Etlyn J. Kenny, Mandy Winterton, Natalie Fisher, Penny Smith and Penny Smith
White male employee responses to workplace gender equality initiatives: The role of the dominant majority in change
Discussant(s): Ernst Graamans, Jenna Pandeli
Ernst Graamans and Kathleen A. Stephenson
Backlash to equality initiatives in leadership: A ‘manbodied’ perspective
Discussant(s): Joanne Duberley, Jenna Pandeli
Rafael Alcadipani and Jenna Pandeli
Genderedexperiences of the field: Researching hegemonic masculinity in organizations onboth sides of the law
Discussant(s): Joanne Duberley, Ernst Graamans
Parallel Stream B: Career Trajectories and Progression - Room: Economia – G – -1_Anfiteatro
Chair: Nasima Carrim
Eddy Ng, Greg Sears and Kara Arnold
Extending leadership theorizing in diversity scholarship: Findings from public and private sector organizations
Discussant(s): Fátima Bayma de Oliveira, Daniela Martins Diniz
Daniela Martins Diniz, Ana Clara da Silva Pinto, Anderson Sant'Anna, Daniela Martins Diniz and Fátima Oliveira
Occupational trajectories of minoritized groups in the context of the modern careers
Discussant(s): Fátima Bayma de Oliveira, Eddy Ng
Fátima Oliveira, Soraia Leite, Anderson Sant'Anna and Daniela Diniz
Female career: A study of factors that limit the rise of women to top positions
Discussant(s): Eddy Ng, Daniela Martins Diniz
Parallel Stream C: Violence and Resistance - Room: Economia – A – 1_13
Chair: Regine Bendl
Angela Workman-Stark, Ivana Vranjes, Zhanna Lyubykh, Sandy Hershcovis, Lilia Cortina, Carla Chrusch and Jennifer Berdahl
Sexual harassment and silence: Getting in the way of a good life in organizations
Discussant(s): Elham Moonesirust, Olivia Tomlinson
Elham Moonesirust, Tahani Alqahtani and Jing Cai
Embodied oppression or fleshy resistance: Saudi female leaders’ body as a space for conflicting interplay between control and resistance
Discussant(s): Angela Workman-Stark, Olivia Tomlinson
Olivia Tomlinson, Adam J. Nix and Jennifer TyreeHageman
Responsibilization and the management of EDI-related misconduct
Discussant(s): Angela Workman-Stark, Elham Moonesirust
Session IV: Friday, July 07, 09:00 to 10:30
- Parallel Stream -
Parallel Stream A: Doctoral Roundtables 1, 2 and 3 - Room: Economia – E – 0_Lai
Chair: Eddy Ng, Yvonne Benschop, Elisabeth Guenther and Nasima Carrim
Nina van Douwen, Yvonne Benschop, Marieke van den Brink and Marieke van den Brink
Spinning in circles. Following the practices of non-performativity of a diversity committee
Discussant(s): Carolina G. Araujo, Greta Elisabetta Brizio
Carolina G. Araújo
Diversity resistance in organizations: an integrative literature review
Discussant(s): Nina van Douwen, Greta Elisabetta Brizio
Greta Elisabetta Brizio and Chiara Paolino
Ableism, empowerment, and femininity: Paralympic female athletes narrating themselves on Instagram
Discussant(s): Nina van Douwen, Carolina G. Araujo
Ignacio Duran
Conceptualizing prospective employee sexual harassment: The experience of two transgender women in the job market
Discussant(s): Christoph Breier, Susi Mikael Nousiainen, Sarah Angela Steiner
Christoph Breier
Navigating the workplace as a person with disability: A thematic analysis disability and career paths
Discussant(s): Ignacio Javier Duran, Susi Mikael Nousiainen, Sarah Angela Steiner
Susi Mikael Nousiainen
You shall not pass – Autoethnography on inclusivity and self-exclusion
Discussant(s): Ignacio Javier Duran, Christoph Breier, Sarah Angela Steiner
Sarah Angela Steiner and Lea Katharina Reiss
Between mother and daughter: Embodied memories of gendered intergenerational precarity at work
Discussant(s): Ignacio Javier Duran, Christoph Breier, Susi Mikael Nousiainen
Merry Scott Jones, Rebecca Whiting, Uracha Chatrakul Na Ayudhya and Vanessa Iwowo
Making space for diversity: social movement influence on UK Civil Service diversity practices
Discussant(s): Ann-Christin Garmann, Tatjana Graf, Anne-Sophie Carena
Ann-Christin Garmann
Gender stereotypical traits and leader selection in organizational success vs. organizational crisis: The Glass Cliff Phenomenon
Discussant(s): Merry Scott Jones, Tatjana Graf, Anne-Sophie Carena
Tatjana Graf, Inge Bleijenbergh and Yvonne Benschop
Networking for gender equality within a male dominated network
Discussant(s): Merry Scott Jones, Ann-Christin Garmann, Anne-Sophie Carena
Anne-Sophie Carena, Antoine Blanc and Antoine Blanc
Stuck in gender inequalities: Exploring the maintenance of differential valence between genders
Discussant(s): Merry Scott Jones, Ann-Christin Garmann, Tatjana Graf
This session is structured in three roundtables:

Doctoral Roundtable 1: Empowerment and resistance (Chair: Eddy Ng)
Speakers: Nina van Douwen, Caroline G. Araujo, Greta Elisabetta Brizio

Doctoral Roundtable 2: Embodied experiences of inclusion and exclusion (Chair: Yvonne Benschop)
Speakers: Ignacio Javier Duran, Christoph Breier, Susi Mikael Nousiainen, Sarah Angela Steiner

Doctoral Roundtable 3: Gender equality and diversity in practice in organizations (Chairs: Nasima Carrim and Elisabeth Guenther
Speakers: Merry Scott Jones, Ann-Christin Garmann, Tatjana Graf, Anne-Sophie Carena
Parallel Stream B: Doctoral Roundtables 4 and 5 - Room: Economia – G – -1_Anfiteatro
Chair: Sara Muhr, Julia Nentwich and Regine Bendl
Hannah Isabelle Tornow, Prof Anne Laure Humbert and Charikleia Tzanakou
To what extent does culture – at the macro, meso and micro level – influence the development of inclusive innovation, with specific reference to the innovation ecosystem in oxfordshire?”
Discussant(s): Masoomeh Kalantari, Dennis Monneuse, Torben Trapp
Masoomeh Kalantari
Intersectional homophily: Introducing, validating, and applying a new test
Discussant(s): Hannah Isabelle Tornow, Dennis Monneuse, Torben Trapp
Denis Monneuse
Are we becoming gender maniacs? Analysis and thoughts on 50 years of organizational attention to gender diversity in a bank
Discussant(s): Hannah Isabelle Tornow, Masoomeh Kalantari, Torben Trapp
Torben Trapp, Andrea Wessendorf, John M. Amis and Johanna Mair
Intersectionality: Making Sense of the Past to Inform the Future of Work
Discussant(s): Hannah Isabelle Tornow, Masoomeh Kalantari, Dennis Monneuse
Ece Gürsoy
Understanding gender microaggressions in organizational contexts: An ethnographic study of Nordic Bank
Discussant(s): Marie Wengler, Francesco Candia, Patricia Tiimah Naya, Helen Souza
Marie Wengler
The Post-Equity Approach Revised
Discussant(s): Ece Gürsoy, Francesco Candia, Patricia Tiimah Naya, Helen Souza
Francesco Candia, Gabriele Boccoli, Luca Gastaldi and Mariano Corso
The influence of employees’ perception on gender discrimination. Adopting attribution theory perspective.
Discussant(s): Ece Gürsoy, Marie Wengler, Patricia Tiimah Naya, Helen Souza
Patricia Naya, Alessia Contu, Jared Poole, Alessia Contu and Jared M. Poole
If not now, when? If not here, where? Becoming an Anti-Racist Organization and the Politics of “Being Woke”
Discussant(s): Ece Gürsoy, Marie Wengler, Francesco Candia, Helen Souza
Helen Souza and Paulo Abdala
Quilombos, quilombagem and organizational studies
Discussant(s): Ece Gürsoy, Marie Wengler, Francesco Candia, Patricia Tiimah Naya
This session is structured in two roundtables:

Doctoral Roundtable 4: Taking stock and (re)thinking forward (Chair Sara Muhr)
Speakers: Hannah Isabelle Tornow, Masoomeh Kalantari, Denis Monneuse, Torben Trapp

Doctoral Roundtable 5: Challenges and possibilities for the future (Chairs: Julia Nentwich and Regine Bendl)
Speakers: Ece Gürsoy, Marie Wengler, Francesco Candia, Patricia Tiimah Naya, Helen Souza
Parallel Stream C: Doctoral Roundtables 6 and 7 - Room: Economia – A – 1_13
Chair: Ulla Eriksson-Zetterquist and Jenny K Rodriguez
Ira Parnerkar, Mustafa Ozturk and Ahu Tatli
Gendered power relations in the UK investment banking industry: Understanding inequalities as the interplay of closure and hegemonic masculinity
Discussant(s): Omar Mazzucchelli, Micaela Stierncreutz, Jill Jones
Omar Mazzucchelli, Cristina Rossi-Lamastra and Claudia Manzi
Stereotype contents about academic scientists: the effect of gender and research area of affiliation
Discussant(s): Ira Parnerkar, Micaela Stierncreutz, Jill Jones
Micaela Stierncreutz and Anna Maaranen
Multimodal voices, noises, and silences of gender equality in corporate social media
Discussant(s): Ira Parnerkar, Omar Mazzucchelli, Jill Jones
Jill Jones
Gender and the relational configuration of business angel syndicates in the U.K.
Discussant(s): Ira Parnerkar, Omar Mazzucchelli, Micaela Stierncreutz
Yvonne Lardner
Illuminating the nuanced nexus of race and organizational leadership through the lens of organizational sociology
Discussant(s): Veronica Lion, Louise Rodrigues Silva, Zunaira Fatimah, Aiman Nida
Veronica Lion
Between peripherality and privilege – Women Wage Peace as a case study for the analysis of intersectional practices in women’s movements
Discussant(s): Yvonne Lardner, Louise Rodrigues Silva, Zunaira Fatimah, Aiman Nida
Louise Rodrigues Silva, Flávia Naves Mafra and Caroline Rodrigues Silva
Intersectionalities among black women in professions constructed as imperial
Discussant(s): Yvonne Lardner, Veronica Lion, Zunaira Fatimah, Aiman Nida
Zunaira Fatimah and Ignasi Martí
Problematizingthe dichotomy between visible and invisible inequalities
Discussant(s): Yvonne Lardner, Veronica Lion, Louise Rodrigues Silva, Aiman Nida
Aiman Nida and Randhir Kumar
Intersectionality at work – Employment experiences of women domestic workers
Discussant(s): Yvonne Lardner, Veronica Lion, Louise Rodrigues Silva, Zunaira Fatimah
This session is structured in two roundtables:

Doctoral Roundtable 6: Gendered experiences (Chair: Ulla Eriksson-Zetterquist)
Speakers: Ira Parnerkar, Omar Mazzucchelli, Micaela Stiemcreutz, Jill Jones

Doctoral Roundtable 7: Intersectional problematisations (Chair: Jenny K Rodriguez)
Speakers: Yvonne Lardner, Veronica Lion, Louise Rodrigues Silva, Zunaira Fatimah, Aiman Nida
Session V: Friday, July 07, 11:00 to 12:30
- Parallel Stream -
Parallel Stream A: Strategies and Interventions - Room: Economia – E – 0_Lai
Chair: Jenny K. Rodriguez
Laura Dobusch, Katharina Kreissl and Dide van Eck
From ‘Nice-To-Have’ to a Question of Survival: Centering the Relationship between Climate (In)Action and (Un)Doing Masculinities
Discussant(s): Jasmin Joecks
Jasmin Joecks, Vanessa Bernauer, Tanja Reimer, Georg Tamm, Tanja Reimer and Georg Tamm
Lesbian leaders – Surfing the rainbow to the top
Discussant(s): Laura Dobusch
Parallel Stream B: Leadership - Room: Economia – G – -1_Anfiteatro
Chair: Nasima Carrim
Brigitte Biehl
Gender at work: Learning about leadership from the Kardashians
Discussant(s): Julia Nentwich
Julia Nentwich, Harald Tuckermann, Nadine Steingruber and Harald Tuckermann
Why do heroic leadership and gender inequality persist? A paradox lens on change towards post-heroic leadership and gender equality
Discussant(s): Brigitte Biehl
Parallel Stream C: Mid-life Inequalities at Work - Room: Economia – A – 1_13
Chair: Regine Bendl
Leanne Cutcher, Kathleen Riach and Melissa Tyler
Ageing as constraint and capacity: ‘Placing’ workers through age-situated organizational boundary markers
Discussant(s): Camilla Quental, Galy Binyamin
Camilla Quental, Pilar Rojas Gaviria and Céline Del Bucchia
The dialectic of (menopause) zest: Breaking the mould of organizational irrelevance for a Good Life
Discussant(s): Leanne Cutcher, Galy Binyamin
Galy Binyamin and Hedva Vinarski Peretz
Work, eldercare and gender: Reconciling the work–eldercare conflict of middle-aged women in our aging society
Discussant(s): Leanne Cutcher, Camilla Quental
Session VI: Friday, July 07, 14:00 to 15:30
- Parallel Stream -
Parallel Stream A: Paths and Possibilities for Inclusion - Room: Economia – E – 0_Lai
Chair: Jenny K. Rodriguez
Ulla Eriksson-Zetterquist
How digitalization may challenge and/or enable diversity and inclusion
Discussant(s): Monika Hamori, Lara Bertola
Lara Bertola and Chiara Succi
Women in financial services: Change the rules? Change the game?
Discussant(s): Ulla Eriksson-Zetterquist, Monika Hamori
Monika Hamori, Denis Monneuse and Zhaoyi Yan
A pay raise, with a bonus cut: The unintended effects of interventions to close the gender pay gap
Discussant(s): Ulla Eriksson-Zetterquist, Lara Bertola
Parallel Stream B: Diversity and Entrepreneurship - Room: Economia – G – -1_Anfiteatro
Chair: Nasima Carrim
Lara Pecis and Elisabeth Kelan
Confidence and the entrepreneurial self: The shaping of British women entrepreneurs
Discussant(s): Alessia Contu, Emma Jeanes
Alessia Contu, Barbara Barbieri, Ester Cois, Silvia Desimone, Ester Cois and Silvia De Simone
Entrepreneurship as ‘emplacing’: entrepreneurial activities in Sardinian agro-businesses
Discussant(s): Laura Pecis, Emma Jeanes
Emma Jeanes
Modelling inequality to achieve change: The case of disability in SMEs in Cornwall, UK
Discussant(s): Lara Pecis, Alessia Contu
Session VII: Saturday, July 08, 09:00 to 10:30
- Parallel Stream -
Parallel Stream A: Reflexivities - Room: Economia – E – 0_Lai
Chair: Jenny K. Rodriguez
Tair Karazi-Presler
“I dance the organization’s power dance”: Women talk about gendered power in state organizations
Discussant(s): Caroline Chapain, Elisabeth Anna Guenther
Caroline Chapain, Emma Surman, Joanne Duberley and Henry Price
Legacies of (de)colonisation: Understanding the lived experiences of research and practice(s) as a route to reimagining the business school
Discussant(s): Tair Karazi-Presler, Elisabeth Anna Guenther
Elisabeth Anna Guenther
Diffract reflexivity – A conceptual approach for un/doing inequities
Discussant(s): Tair Karazi-Presler, Caroline Chapain
Parallel Stream B: Directions in Scholarship - Room: Economia – G – -1_Anfiteatro
Chair: Regine Bendl
Vibhav Singh
Third Eye: Unraveling the intellectual structure of the Transgender workforce
Discussant(s): Gauri Subramani, Junya Yanagi
Gauri Subramani and Andreea D. Gorbatai
The career costs of sexual harassment: Evidence from gendered attrition in academia
Discussant(s): Junya Yanagi, Vibhav Singh
Junya Yanagi, Hidehiko Tanaka and Jin-ichiro Yamada
Acting minorities with secrets: The potential of utilizing theatrical techniques in promoting diversity and inclusion education
Discussant(s): Vibhav Singh, Gauri Subramani
Session VIII: Saturday, July 08, 11:00 to 12:30, Economia – E – 0_Lai
General Discussion and Future Directions
Chair: Jenny K. Rodriguez, Nasima Carrim & Regine Bendl
This is a closing forum for all sub-theme participants to reflect on key learnings and identify points for future development and collaboration opportunities.