This event is part of an IHRM Webinar Series, organized by the Centre for Global Workforce Strategy at Simon Fraser University (Canada), the Center for International Human Resource Studies at the Pennsylvania State University (USA), Pennsylvania Western University (USA), ESCP Business School and RIT Croatia (Europe).

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This webinar delves into the multifaceted role played by informal social networks in shaping organizational approaches to gender diversity management. These informal networks act as vital intermediaries, exerting a significant influence on how institutional mechanisms impact organizational strategies for managing gender diversity and fostering inclusion. Interestingly, while institutions certainly wield influence over structures and their outcomes, it is informal networks that ultimately define the dynamics and pathways that enable the establishment and effectiveness of these institutions. Hence, any comprehensive understanding of organizational approaches to gender diversity management must inherently incorporate the intricate interplay with informal networks, and this relationship is reciprocal.

Speakers

• Dr. Andri Georgiadou is the Director of External Engagement (OB/HRM), the Director of the CIPD accredited MSc HRM and Organization and an Associate Professor in the Nottingham University Business School. Dr. Georgiadou’s expertise centers around equality, diversity, and inclusion at work, with a focus on relational and interdisciplinary perspectives. Dr. Georgiadou is an Associate Editor of Gender Work & Organization and the Review Editor of International Studies of Management & Organization. Dr. Georgiadou is a member of a number of British Standards Institution (BSI) and International Organization for Standardization (ISO) committees, including the Gender Equality and International Human Resource Management ones. Her research has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals, including Human Resource Management Journal, Gender Work & Organization, and European Management Review, among others. Dr. Georgiadou has also contributed to numerous book chapters. She actively collaborates with a wide range of organizations, providing support to achieve sustainable results in enhancing inclusion within the hybrid workplace. Additionally, she is the founder of the Equality Inclusion Diversity Centre (EQUIDY), a non-governmental organization dedicated to advancing inclusion and diversity.
• This session will be moderated by Maja Vidovic, Professor of Human Resource Management, at Penn State University, USA.

Date: 26 October 2023.
Time: 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. CET (Vienna, Berlin, Paris, Zagreb)
More information & registration here. This event will be hosted virtually on Zoom. Event access links will be provided 24 hours prior to the event start.
No fee.
Inquiries: beedie-events@sfu.ca

Previous installments of the IHRM Webinar Series are available online at our YouTube Channel.

This event is part of an IHRM Webinar Series, organized by the Centre for Global Workforce Strategy at Simon Fraser University (Canada), the Center for International Human Resource Studies at the Pennsylvania State University (USA), Pennsylvania Western University (USA), ESCP Business School and RIT Croatia (Europe).

About this event

This seminar focuses on an innovative teaching method to explain ways of knowing and research paradigms (i.e., positivism, interpretivism, and critical theory) in Master and PhD courses. The method consists of using works of art to illustrate these paradigms, an initiative launched originally by the French philosopher Michel Foucault. Despite Foucault’s influence on Management, this is a unique pedagogical initiative in IHRM. The method helps clarify and make more accessible some notions and issues which tend to be challenging to grasp for students (and researchers) without a philosophical background. The use of paintings (and other non-academic sources) can help students distinguish various ways of knowing in IHRM and reinforces information provided in more academic-oriented texts. This can, in turn, trigger the utilization of different research paradigms in an area like ours that is often accused of being overly biased and/or dominated by positivist positions.

Speakers

• Jaime Bonache is Full Professor of Management at University Carlos III of Madrid (Spain) and Visiting Professor at Esade Business School (Barcelona, Spain). Jaime started his University career in the Philosophy Field, teaching Logic and Philosophy Science at Carleton University (Canada). He later moved to the HR Management area, a field in which he has been Full Professor of International HRM at Cranfield School of Management (UK), holder of the DAAD Guest Chair International Management at Göttingen Universität (Germany) and Visiting Professor at numerous Universities and Business Schools in Latin-America. This year he has been awarded the Johann-von-Spix- Guest Chair at Bamberg Universität (Germany). Jaime is an expert in International Compensation, Countercultural HR Practices, and Epistemology. His work has appeared in leading scholarly outlets, including Human Resource Management Journal, Organization Studies, Journal of World Business, Journal of Organizational Behaviour, and International Journal of HRM, among others. His latest co-edited book, Global Mobility and the Management of Expatriates, has been published by Cambridge University Press.
• This session will be moderated by Elaine Farndale, Professor of Human Resource Management, at Penn State University, USA.

Date: 28 September 2023.
Time: 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. CET (Vienna, Berlin, Paris, Zagreb)
More information & registration here. This event will be hosted virtually on Zoom. Event access links will be provided 24 hours prior to the event start.
No fee.
Inquiries: beedie-events@sfu.ca

Previous installments of the IHRM Webinar Series are available online at our YouTube Channel.

This event is part of an IHRM Webinar Series, organized by the Centre for Global Workforce Strategy at Simon Fraser University (Canada), the Center for International Human Resource Studies at the Pennsylvania State University (USA), Pennsylvania Western University (USA), ESCP Business School and RIT Croatia (Europe).

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People, not organizations, speak languages. This webinar introduces language-sensitive research in IB and explains why and how it emerged. It provides an overview of current state of knowledge and discusses potential avenues for future (interdisciplinary) research.
During this webinar, we will problematize the way translation has been treated in quantitative and qualitative IB research. Instead, translation is offered as an approach that has implications both for theory development as well as methodological advances in IB and the IHRM field.

Speakers

• Rebecca Piekkari is Marcus Wallenberg Chair of International Business at Aalto University School of Business in Finland. Her recent research focuses on translation as a theoretical perspective on IB phenomena; the shifting meaning of location for cross-border activities, as well as questions of socio-cultural sustainability, diversity and inclusion in multinational corporations. She is known for her expertise in language-sensitive research and qualitative research methods in IB. Together with her co-authors she won the 2021 JIBS Decade award for the article on theorizing from case studies. Rebecca has also co-edited several handbooks and book chapters on these topics. She is one of the Area Editors of the Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS) and sits on several editorial boards of IB and management journals. Rebecca is the leader and founding member of Qual+ – the Center for Qualitative Management Research – at Aalto University School of Business. She is Fellow of the Academy of International Business and the European International Business Academy.
• This session will be moderated by Maral Muratbekova, Professor of the Department of Management, ESCP Business School, Paris, France.

Date: 27 April 2023.
Time: 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. CET (Vienna, Berlin, Paris, Zagreb)
More information & registration here. This event will be hosted virtually on Zoom. Event access links will be provided 24 hours prior to the event start.
No fee.
Inquiries: beedie-events@sfu.ca

Previous installments of the IHRM Webinar Series are available online at our YouTube Channel.

This event is part of an IHRM Webinar Series, organized by the Centre for Global Workforce Strategy at Simon Fraser University (Canada), the Center for International Human Resource Studies at the Pennsylvania State University (USA), Pennsylvania Western University (USA), ESCP Business School and RIT Croatia (Europe).

About this event

Informal networks are a societal phenomenon that can be a significant obstacle to the effectiveness of international managers and expatriates. However, informal networks can simultaneously enable and facilitate business activities and support the efficiency and effectiveness of managerial actions. While informal networking has been universally regarded as an important feature of expatriate effectiveness, respective network constructs as well as the act of networking abroad, remain weakly understood when taking expatriates’ ability to connect to local networks into account.

This webinar will showcase conceptual and empirical research on informal networks in International HRM. Its purpose is to create awareness that informal networking is not only relevant to the field of expatriate management but also to the broader trend towards global mobility and social cohesion in diverse and pluralistic societies.

Speakers

• Sven Horak teaches and researches in the field of international management, human resources management, and leadership ethics at The Peter J. Tobin College of Business at St. John’s University in New York.
• This session will be moderated by Elaine Farndale, Professor of Human Resource Management, at Penn State University.

Date: 16 March 2023.
Time: 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. CET (Vienna, Berlin, Paris, Zagreb)
More information & registration here. This event will be hosted virtually on Zoom. Event access links will be provided 24 hours prior to the event start.
No fee.
Inquiries: beedie-events@sfu.ca

Previous installments of the IHRM Webinar Series are available online at our YouTube Channel.