Accidental activists: headhunters as marginal diversity actors in institutional change towards more women on boards

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dc.contributor.authorDoldor, Elena
dc.contributor.authorSealy, Ruth
dc.contributor.authorVinnicombe, Susan
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-01T11:34:10Z
dc.date.available2016-07-01T11:34:10Z
dc.date.issued2016-05-06
dc.description.abstractWe present a qualitative study that examines the role of headhunters as actors in a broader institutional change process aiming to increase gender diversity on corporate boards. We draw on institutional and diversity management theories to conceptualise their change agency in the broader field of women on boards. We describe their role as ‘accidental activists’ and theorise two micro-processes that define their change agency in this field: voluntaristic framing of intentionality and role redefinition by drawing on competing logics. This conceptualisation does not match the heroic image of the institutional entrepreneur driving institutional change, or that of the tempered radical championing diversity, but rather casts light into a marginal and previously neglected change role. We demonstrate the opportunistic and precarious nature of this role with regard to both institutional change and diversity management and discuss its possibilities and perils.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationDoldor, E., Sealy, R., Vinnicombe, S. (2016) Accidental activists: headhunters as marginal diversity actors in institutional change towards more women on boards, Human Resource Management Journal, Vol. 26, Issue 3, July 2016, pp. 285-303en_UK
dc.identifier.cris14397820
dc.identifier.issn0954-5395
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/10058
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12107
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherWileyen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Internationalen_UK
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subjectInstitutional changeen_UK
dc.subjectChange agencyen_UK
dc.subjectWomen on boardsen_UK
dc.subjectDiversity managementen_UK
dc.subjectHeadhuntersen_UK
dc.titleAccidental activists: headhunters as marginal diversity actors in institutional change towards more women on boardsen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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