
Albert Mills
Professor
Albert J. Mills is an 02 Professor of Innovation Management at UEF. He is also Professor Emeritus of Management in the Sobey School of Business, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Business School
albert.mills@uef.fi
Albert’s research interests include gender discrimination at work; intersectionality and diversity management; management history; and existentialism and management theory. He is the author and editor of over 150 scholarly articles; 100 book chapters and 50 books. He is the co-developer of Critical Sensemaking and ANTi-History and played an important role in the development of the field of gender and organizational theory. Albert is currently the Co-Chair of the international Critical Management Studies organization and has previously served as President of the Atlantic Schools of Business; President of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada; Divisional Co-Chair of the Critical Management Studies division of the Academy of Management; and board member of the International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management and of the Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism. He is the Co-editor of the international journal Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management and serves on the editorial board of several leading journals. He has supervised 30 plus doctoral students in Canada and Finland. Albert’s association with Finland began in 1996 when he co-taught an international course on gender, culture and management at Lappeenranta University; taught doctoral courses at Hanken University and at the UEF since 2011. He has also been involved in several Canadian and Finnish-funded research to the tune of CAN$12 million.
Research groups
Publications
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Beyond politics of difference: intersectionality across time and place
Mahadevan, Jasmin; Primecz, Henriett; Mills, Albert J. 2023. Culture and organization. 29: 191-196 B1 Non-refereed journal articles -
The creation of the stranger - the process of recreating immigrants as the Other in Canada's government-produced texts
Krysa, Isabella; Barragan, Salvador; Mills, Albert JJ. 2023. Culture and organization. 29: 241-254 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
ANTi-History of the functionalist paradigm in organization theory: using the lens of March and Simon’s Organizations
Mills, Albert James; Novicevic, Milorad Miodr; Roberts, Foster. 2022. Journal of management history. 28: 134-155 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Emotional rhythms of power: reframing emotion rules through aesthetic modes of embodied interaction
Aromaa, Eeva; Eriksson, Päivi; Mills, Albert J. 2022. Culture and organization. 28: 549-565 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Narratives of workplace resistance: Reframing Saudi women in leadership
Jamjoom, Liela A; Mills, Albert J. 2022. Human relations. [Epub ahead of 2 March 2022]: 1-35 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Zen Koan Pedagogy: A Spiritual Approach to Management Education
Yu, Tianyuan; Mills, Albert J.. Teoksessa: Vu, MC; Singh, N; Burton, N; Chu, I, 2022. Faith Traditions and Practices in the Workplace Volume II. s. 137-156. Palgrave Macmillan A3 Book section, Chapters in research books -
Corporate Storytelling and the Idea of Latin America
Paludi, Mariana I; Mills, Jean Helms; Mills, Albert J. 2021. RAE. 61: 1-14 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Cultural learning process: lesson from microhistory
Yu, Tianyuan; Mills, Albert J.. 2021. Journal of management history. 27: 440-463 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Damsels in distress: Discourses of entrepreneurship in management textbooks
Richard, Tasha; Deal, Nicholous M; Mills, Albert J. 2021. Industry and higher education. 35: 281-292 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Feminist frustrations: The enduring neglect of a women's business history and the opportunity for radical change
Mills, Albert J; Williams, Kristin S. 2021. Business history. [Online ahead of print 29 Mar 2021]: 1 - 16 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research