Conference « Gender and Diversity in Organizations »
Supported by the Institut Emilie du Châtelet, Paris, France
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Paris, France, January 15th, 2009
This is the first announcement and call for papers for the international Conference on "Gender
and Diversity in Organizations", an initiative from the AGRH "diversity and equality" special
interest group, to be held at ESCP-EAP European Management School, Paris, France, on
January 15th, 2009.
Although equal treatment and diversity management are established fields of research and
management practices in Anglo-Saxon countries, they are relatively recent in Continental
Europe. Anglo-Saxon research has begun to explore the rhetoric and the reality of such
policies. The relationships between gender equality and diversity have been questioned,
theoretically and empirically. On the other hand, it can be argued that the concept of Diversity
enables to better seize the diverse dimensions of gender, i.e. the diverse realities of men and
women's employment and career situations but also the diversity of women (of class, ethnic
origin, age...). The concept also evokes the potential benefits which employers can get from a
gender diverse workforce.
Suitable topics of communications include but are not limited to :
o Studying gender inequalities in organizations and other dimensions of diversity (age,
origins, sexual orientation) ;
o Implementing equality policies between women and men, in relation (or not) with
diversity management ;
o Analysing HRM and organisational practices with a gender perspective ;
o Evaluating organizational practices of equality and diversity management.
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Papers should be prepared for anonymous review and submitted by email to the conference
organizers Anne-Françoise Bender (bender@cnam.fr ; anne-francoise.bender@cnam.fr) or
Frédérique Alexandre-Bailly (alexandre-bailly@escp-eap.net).
Proposals (1 page) should be sent by April 15th, 2008 and full papers by June 30th, 2008.
Scientific Committee:
Alexandre-Bailly Frédérique, ESCP-EAP, Paris France ;
Barth Isabelle, Institut d'Administration des Entreprises Metz and Lyon, ISEOR, France ;
Bender Anne-Françoise, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France ;
Cornet Annie, HEC-Liège and EGID, Liège, Belgium ;
Davoine Eric, University of Fribourg, Switzerland ;
De Bry Françoise, Institut d'Administration des Entreprises Paris 1, France ;
Falcoz Christophe, CERAG CNRS UMR 5820, Grenoble, France ;
Klarsfeld Alain, Toulouse Business School, Toulouse, France ;
Lallement Michel, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France ;
Landrieux-Kartochian Sophie, University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France ;
Laufer Jacqueline, HEC, Jouy-en Josas, France ;
Naschberger Christina, Audiencia Nantes, France ;
Pigeyre Frédérique, University Paris XII Créteil, France ;
Point Sébastien, Institut d'Administration des Entreprises, Besançon, France ;
Ramos Yvette, I. U. T. Geneva, Switzerland, and IAE Lyon, France.
Silva François, ESCEM Tours, France.
Thévenet Maurice, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Paris ;
Tremblay Diane-Gabrielle, University Québec-TELUQ, Montréal ;
Calendar and forms :
• Abstract of paper/proposal : April 15 th, 2008
• Full Paper Submission : June 30 th, 2008.
• Official reply to researchers : Septembre 15 th, 2008.
• Final Submission : October 15th, 2008.
• International Conference : January 15 th, 2009.
Presentation standards :
• Languages: English, French
• Characters : Times Roman 12, interline 1 ½, margins 2,5 each side, justified,
• Summary 10 to 15 lines, Times Roman 10
• Keywords : approx. 4; a maximum of 5 footnotes
• Tables and figures with title and number
• References according to the following :
References inserted in the text : (Dupont, 1987) or (Dupont, 1987; Smith, 1990; Faucher,
1988) or (Dupont, 1987 quoted in Smith, 1990). When there are more than 3 cowriters
(Sekiou et al., 1992).
Bibliography :
- Articles
ERUTKU, Can and VALLÉE, Luc (1996), « Analyse des perceptions et des préférences des
travailleurs quant à leur manager », Management international, vol.1, n°1, pp.23-33.
- Books :
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GAUTHIER, Gilles and HUPPÉ, François (1991), Cost-benefit analysis. An extensive
bibliography, Gaëtan Morin Éditeur, Montréal.
- Web sites will be cited in the bibliography with their URL.