
Kristin 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.
Business School, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
kristin.williams@uef.fi
I am a Visiting Researcher with the Innovation Management research team at the UEF Business School, University of Eastern Finland. I am also the Historian in Residence with the Faculty of Management at Dalhousie University in Canada. 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.
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Creating good knowledge together: heartful-communal storytelling at the intersection of caregiving and academia
Winham, Nina; Williams, Kristin S; Jamjoom, Liela A; Watson, Kerry; Weigand, Heidi; Deal, Nicholous M. 2023. Equality, diversity and inclusion. {Epub ahead of print Sept 21 2023]: 1-20 -
Kindness-informed allyship praxis
Williams, Kristin S; Weigand, Heidi; Okoroafor, Sophia; Liuzzo, Giuseppe; Ganuelas Weigand, Erica. 2023. Equality, diversity and inclusion. 42: 1-15 -
Reclaiming space in family histories: impressionistic memory work as a feminist approach to historiography and storytelling
Boncori, Ilaria; Williams, Kristin Samantha. 2023. Qualitative research in organizations and management. 18: 20-38 -
Be a ‘Good Girl’: The Durability and Enigmatic Nature of Benevolent Sexism as a Form of Performative Kindness
Williams, Kristin S. Teoksessa: Thomason, Michelle(toim.) , 2022. Kindness in Management and Organizational Studies . s. 159-170. Emerald -
Historical female management theorists: Frances Perkins, Hallie Flanagan, Madeleine Parent, Viola Desmond
Williams, Kristin S. 2022. Critical Management Studies. . Emerald -
Patterns and Possibilities: Exploring the Meaning of Kindness
Williams, Kristin S; Weigand, Heidi. Teoksessa: Thomason, Michelle(toim.) , 2022. Kindness in Management and Organizational Studies . s. 1-12. Emerald -
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 -
Introducing ficto-feminism: a non-fiction, fictitious conversation with Hallie Flanagan, director of the Federal Theatre Project (1935-1939)
Williams, KS. 2021. Qualitative research journal. 21: 244-257 -
Feminist critical historiography: undoing history - a conceptual model
Williams, Kristin S. Teoksessa: Bruce, Kyle(toim.) , 2020. Handbook of Research on Management and Organizational History. s. 243 - 256. Edward Elgar -
Finding Viola: the untrue, true story of a groundbreaking female African Nova Scotian entrepreneur
Williams, Kristin S. 2020. Culture and organization. 2021; 27: 365-385