Dr Emma Jeanes

About me:

Professor Emma Jeanes is an Associate Professor at the Exeter Business School, University of Exeter and was previously affiliated to Lund University, Sweden (2011-2012) alongside her position at Exeter. Prior to her appointment, she worked at Cardiff University. She conducts research within the broad area of organisational behaviour and organisation theory, particularly gender and inclusivity at work and also has an interest in SMEs and rural employment contexts.

Professor Jeanes is Head of Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources Management and the School's Athena Swan Lead and sits on the University's Gender Pay Gap Committee. Emma was previously Head of Department for Management, Head of Department for Organisation Studies, Head of Taught Programmes, Head of Undergraduate Studies, and has undertaken a number of other administrative roles during her time at Exeter, including: Advanced Teaching Practitioner (Digital Lead), Ethics Officer, Exams Officer, MRes Programme Director, Admissions Tutor, and Editor of the working paper series. She has also chaired and been a member of a number of school committees, and served on various University-level committees.

She has previously acted as an Associate Editor for Gender, Work and Organization, and as a member of the editorial board of Journal of Finance and Management in Public Services and the Series Editor of Gender and Organization Theory (Ashgate Publishing). She co-edited the Wiley Handbook in Gender, Work and Organization (2011) with David Knights and Patricia Yancey Martin, and Men, Wage Work and Family (2012) with Paula McDonald. Prof. Jeanes publishes in journals such as British Journal of Management, Journal of Management Inquiry; Gender, Work and Organization, Public Administration, Scandinavian Journal of Management, Creativity and Innovation Management and Organization, Social Science and Medicine. Her research has been funded by the ESRC, Housing Corporation, Handelsbanken Foundation, ERDF, the British Academy, GW4, and Defra.

Emma’s research draws on sociology and philosophy; she was awarded her MA in Political Theory (Distinction) from Exeter in 2009 which she undertook part-time alongside her employment at Exeter.

Interests:

Experiences of work, gender, discrimination, and inclusivity at work; adopts an historical, sociological and philosophical approach to research alongside empirical study of behavioural practice.

• Discrimination and equality at work (particularly gender, disability and age)
• Organising for inclusivity
• Affect in the workplace

Her earlier work focused on public services, including the NHS and Housing Association sector, SMEs and the farming community.

Qualifications:

BSc (Econ and Management) (Cardiff), Dipl (SocSciResMeths) (Cardiff), PhD (Cardiff),

MA (Political Theory) (Exeter)

Awarded LTHE Accreditation in 2002

Academic Associate Member of CIPD