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Gender and National Identity Constructions in the Cross-Border Merger Context

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  • Eero Vaara

    (EM - EMLyon Business School)

  • Anne Marie Soderberg
  • Charlotte Holgersson
  • Janne Tienari

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In this article we explore ways in which vertical gender inequality is accomplished in discourse in the context of a recent chain of cross-border mergers and acquisitions that resulted in the formation of a multinational Nordic company. We analyse social interactions of 'doing' gender in interviews with male senior executives from Denmark, Finland and Sweden. We argue that their explanations for the absence of women in the top echelons of the company serve to distance vertical gender inequality. The main contribution of the article is an analysis of how national identities are discursively (re)constructed in such distancing. New insights are offered to studying gender in multinationals with a cross-cultural team of researchers. Our study sheds light on how gender intersects with nationality in shaping the multinational organization and the identities of male executives in globalizing business.

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  • Eero Vaara & Anne Marie Soderberg & Charlotte Holgersson & Janne Tienari, 2005. "Gender and National Identity Constructions in the Cross-Border Merger Context," Post-Print hal-02311808, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-02311808
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    1. Puhakka, Hannu, 2017. "The role of accounting in making sense of post-acquisition integration," Scandinavian Journal of Management, Elsevier, vol. 33(1), pages 12-22.
    2. Ala-Heikkilä, Virpi & Lämsä, Anna-Maija & Järvenpää, Marko, 2024. "Management accountants—A gendered image," CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ACCOUNTING, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).
    3. Anne-Marie Søderberg, 2006. "Narrative interviewing and narrative analysis in a study of a cross-border merger," Management International Review, Springer, vol. 46(4), pages 397-416, August.
    4. Eero Vaara & Janne Tienari & Alexei Koveshnikov, 2021. "From Cultural Differences to Identity Politics: A Critical Discursive Approach to National Identity in Multinational Corporations," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 58(8), pages 2052-2081, December.
    5. Tingting Hu & Tianru Guan & Yilu Yang, 2024. "Connecting gender role attitudes among China’s youth to perceptions of the state: a bottom-up approach," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 11(1), pages 1-10, December.
    6. Izabelle Bäckström & Malin Lindberg, 2018. "Behavioural Implications Of Employee-Driven Innovation — A Critical Discourse Analysis," International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 22(07), pages 1-18, October.
    7. Heikkinen, Suvi & Lämsä, Anna-Maija & Hiillos, Minna, 2014. "Narratives by women managers about spousal support for their careers," Scandinavian Journal of Management, Elsevier, vol. 30(1), pages 27-39.
    8. Koveshnikov, Alexei & Tienari, Janne & Piekkari, Rebecca, 2019. "Gender in international business journals: A review and conceptualization of MNCs as gendered social spaces," Journal of World Business, Elsevier, vol. 54(1), pages 37-53.
    9. Bjursell, Cecilia, 2011. "Cultural divergence in merging family businesses," Journal of Family Business Strategy, Elsevier, vol. 2(2), pages 69-77, June.
    10. Van den Brink, Marieke & Stobbe, Lineke, 2014. "The support paradox: Overcoming dilemmas in gender equality programs," Scandinavian Journal of Management, Elsevier, vol. 30(2), pages 163-174.
    11. Jørgensen, Lene & Jordan, Silvia & Mitterhofer, Hermann, 2012. "Sensemaking and discourse analyses in inter-organizational research: A review and suggested advances," Scandinavian Journal of Management, Elsevier, vol. 28(2), pages 107-120.
    12. Schriber, Svante, 2016. "Nordic strategy research—Topics, theories, and trends," Scandinavian Journal of Management, Elsevier, vol. 32(4), pages 220-230.

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