Dr Emma Jeanes

Biography

Dr Emma Jeanes is a Senior Lecturer at the Exeter Business School, University of Exeter and is affiliated to Lund University, Sweden. Prior to her appointment, she worked at Cardiff University. She conducts research within the broad area of organisational behaviour and organisation theory, particularly gender, identity, control, ethics, and also has an interest in organising in rural contexts, and in farming in particular. She also studies the process of research, and researcher collaboration. Her earlier work focused on public services, including the NHS and Housing Association sector (research funded by the ESRC and Housing Corporation). She is the Associate Editor for Gender, Work and Organization, and was previously a member of the editorial board of Journal of Finance and Management in Public Services and the Series Editor of Gender and Organization Theory (Ashgate Publishing). She recently co-edited the Wiley Handbook in Gender, Work and Organization (2011) with David Knights and Patricia Yancey Martin, and Men, Wage Work and Family (2012) with Paula McDonald. Dr Jeanes publishes in journals such as British Journal of Management, Journal of Management Inquiry; Gender, Work and Organization, Public Administration, Scandinavian Journal of Management, and Creativity and Innovation Management. Dr Jeanes was previously Head of Undergraduate Studies then Head of Taught Programmes, and has undertaken a number of other administrative roles during her time at Exeter, including: Ethics Officer, Exams Officer, MRes Programme Director, Admissions Tutor, and Editor of the working paper series. She has also chaired and been a member of a number of school committees, and served on various University-level committees. Emma’s research draws on sociology and philosophy; she was awarded her MA in Political Theory (Distinction) from Exeter in 2009.  

Research Interest

Gender & discrimination, Intersection between work and life ‘outside’ of paid employment, Organising in ‘ethical’ & rural contexts, Ethics and reflexivity, Draws on notions of time, identity, power and difference.