KRISTIN S WILLIAMS

Visiting Researcher

I investigate neglected historical figures, novel theoretical approaches, alternative ways of organizing, and overlooked innovative management strategies and practices, to broaden the field and build a more inclusive business history.

I am a Visiting Researcher with the Innovation Management research team at the UEF Business School, University of Eastern Finland. I bring to various collaborative research projects a gender lens and a commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion. I am a critical management studies scholar and I identify as a polemical feminist engaged in critical historiography through activist writing and narrative methods. Much of my work has focused on uncovering neglected female figures in management and organizational studies and management history. I completed my PhD studies at the Sobey School of Business, Saint Mary's University, Canada.

Contact info

Organization

Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Business School

Email

kristin.williams@uef.fi

Phone

Keywords

activist writing autoethnography collective biography critical historiography critical management studies ethnographic fiction feminism ficto-feminism fictocriticism non-profit leadership polemics social innovation social justice sociology of knowledge

Teaching Activities

Feminism and Gender, Management History, Qualitative Methods Organizational Behaviour (macro and micro), Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Business Ethics, Non-profit Organizations, Leadership

Societal Activities

Executive Committee, Critical Management Studies Division: Academy of Management -- Associate Editor, Culture and Organization -- Associate Editor, Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management: An International Journal -- Past Chair, Community Sector Council of Nova Scotia (labour market sector council for NGOs) -- Board of Directors, The Discovery Centre (an interactive science museum)

Research groups

Innovation Management (INNO)