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2305: Doing it Differently: Gender and Relationships at Work (17012)

Organizer(s)

• JS

  Jamie Strassman

  U. of Texas at Austin, United States

Participant(s)

• DH

  David Harrison

  U. of Texas at Austin, United States

Presenter(s)

• DK

  Diane Kang

  U. of Kentucky, United States
• CS

  Colleen Stuart

  Johns Hopkins U., United States

Participant(s)

• GK

  Gayoung Kim

  Carnegie Mellon U.
• BA

  Brandy Aven

  Carnegie Mellon U., United States

Presenter(s)

• EZ

  Evelyn Zhang

  Nanyang Business School, NTU Singapore, Germany

Participant(s)

• WL

  Wu Liu

  Hong Kong Polytechnic U., Hong Kong
• XH

  Xiaofei Hu

  Hong Kong Polytechnic U., China
• XB

  Xinwen Bai

  Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Presenter(s)

• MW

  Meredith Woehler

  Purdue U., United States

Participant(s)

• HW

  Huan Wu

  -, United States
• KS

  Kinshuk Sharma

  U. of North Texas, United States

Presenter(s)

• JS

  Jamie Strassman

  U. of Texas at Austin, United States

The papers in this symposium examine how gendered expectations impact how organizational actors build professional relationships and the consequences of such relationships. The papers introduce new theory at levels “below” (Brands et al., 2022: 602) the network (e.g., dyadic level; Woehler et al.). They focus on, and in several cases, observe, the mediating mechanisms that drive relationship and network formation (e.g., Zhang et al.; Strassman & Harrison) and the impact of those relationships (e.g., Stuart et al.). They also study contexts underexplored in the gender and networks literature (e.g., Kang). Together, the papers in this symposium expand work on gender and professional relationships by focusing on the mechanisms driving workplace relationships and breaking conventions regarding the units of analysis and contexts typically investigated.

Presentations:

• 15:00 – 16:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  2305: His & Hers Gratitude (17012)
  

  Author: Evelyn Ying Zhang – Nanyang Business School, NTU Singapore

  Author: Wu Liu – Hong Kong Polytechnic U.

  Author: Xiaofei Hu – Hong Kong Polytechnic U.

  Author: Xinwen Bai – Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• 15:00 – 16:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  2305: Decoding Gender Dynamics in Network Mobilization (17012)
  

  Author: Meredith Lauren Woehler – Purdue U.

  Author: Huan Wu – -

  Author: Kinshuk Sharma – U. of North Texas
• 15:00 – 16:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  2305: As One or As One? (17012)
  

  Author: Jamie Strassman – U. of Texas at Austin

  Author: David A. Harrison – U. of Texas at Austin
• 15:00 – 16:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  2305: Gender and Friendship Network in a Korean Firm (17012)
  

  Author: Diane Kang – U. of Kentucky
• 15:00 – 16:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  2305: Pathways to Power (17012)
  

  Author: Colleen Stuart – Johns Hopkins U.

  Author: Gayoung Kim – Carnegie Mellon U.

  Author: Brandy Aven – Carnegie Mellon U.