5th Equality, Diversity and Inclusion International Conference, 2012, Toulouse, France
23-25 July, 2012, Toulouse Business School
Conference Theme: Country and Comparative Perspectives
on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
The 5th EDI conference will be held in Toulouse, Southwest France, 23-25 July 2012. It will provide an exciting forum for encounters and publication projects in a stimulating intellectual, cultural and historical environment.
Call for Papers: Organizations as Mesolevel Influencers of Social Change
Stream Conveners:
Mary Godwyn
Babson College, USA
Ethne Swartz
Fairleigh Dickinson University, USA
dt ogilvie
Rutgers University, USA
In their feminist analysis, Robin Ely and Irene Padavic reproach researchers studying sex differences for failing “to consider how organizations as sociocultural contexts shape these differences” (2007: 1121). They admonish the research community that “if study after study reports findings that align with stereotypes and does not address why, then these differences – in temperament, values, attitudes, and behaviors – take on a determinative quality” (Ely and Padavic 2007: 1122). Ely and Padavic recommend that those who research sex differences develop “mesolevel theorizing, which focuses on the interplay between organizational features and individual-level processes (2007:1121). We agree, and would like to extend this orientation not only to sex and gender definitions manifest within organizations, but to other social definitions as well.
This stream considers organizations as mesolevel influencers of social definitions of equality, diversity and inclusion, and therefore as rich environments for social change. We invite researchers to submit theoretically and empirically informed papers that examine organizations as discrete sociocultural contexts that respond to and influence both the larger social definitions of gender, race, sexuality and other social definitions as well as the construction of identity in individual actors. We are looking for research that examines organizations as a mesolevel, a mediating context situated between the macro-society on the one hand, and the distinct micro-level of the individual, and interactions between and among individuals, on the other. The purpose of this stream is to explore the process of negotiation of social definitions within organizations and how this affects change in societies in general as well as individual self-identity and behaviour.
Possible Subjects include: Equality, management and diversity; trade unions, labor and diversity; organization politics, gendered lives at work; emotional labor; men and masculinities; women and femininities, and various gender identities; sexuality and sexualities as manifest in organizations; ethics; narratives/stories of equality in organizations; the body; competency and performance, emotions at work; religion or belief as it affects social status; entrepreneurship; harassment, prejudice and discrimination; work/life balance; unequal pay; networks; race/ethnicity; social inclusion/exclusion; disability; organization culture; international comparisons among social definitions; employment/equality law; leadership; corporate social responsibility; age and generational issues.
Ely, Robin and Irene Padavic. 2007. “A Feminist Analysis of Organization Research on Sex Differences.” Academy of Management Review. Vol. 32. No. 4, 1121-1143.
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Authors of empirical papers will be invited to provide a section, albeit brief, about the country or countries of data collection.
There will be a doctoral workshop under the supervision of Professor Judith Pringle.
The 2012 edition also welcomes pre-conference workshops to be held July 23.
Publication partnerships of EDI 2012 Toulouse conference
Associated with this conference are British Journal of Management, Cross-Cultural Management: an International Journal; Equality, Diversity, Inclusion: an International Journal, and the European Journal of Industrial Relations. Pre-selected best papers of the conference will be submitted to these journals that will process them according to their usual standards.
Relevant papers will be eligible to be included in the second edition of the International Handbook on Diversity Management at Work (to be published in 2013 with Edward Elgar), under the chief-editorship of Alain Klarsfeld. Stream organizers alongside participants to their stream may also want to write a summary comparative paper which might then qualify for this book project. See call http://www.viadeo.com/fr/event/006gnzvl84zvhv0/diversity-and-equality-in...
The book series Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at Work (Published by Emerald) headed by Professor Mustafa Özbilgin is associated with the conference, and relevant stream proposals will be eligible for this book series subject to an acceptance decision by Professor Özbilgin, who will attend the conference.
Please see additional information at: http://edi-conference.org/
Indicative framework for the processing of papers by stream chairs
Papers’ first versions: January 1, 2012. Papers will have to be subjected to two peer reviews organized by stream chairs.
Deadline for 1st review: February 15 (acceptance, acceptance with revisions following developmental feedback, rejection), 2012.
Deadline for revised paper: April 1, 2012
Final acceptance decision, best paper nominations and submission of best papers to the relevant associated journal (as agreed by submitter): May 1, 2012.
The review process of the best papers by partner journals remains under the total supervision of the respective journal chief-editors and independent from the conference dates.