Natalia Vershinina
Biographic Data
| ID | 267693 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Natalia Vershinina |
| GIVEN NAMES | Natalia |
| FAMILY NAME | Vershinina |
| SIGNATURE | VERSHININA N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Audencia Business School |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7281-1043 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 77 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Against the Erasure of Gender: Refocusing Gender, Work and Organization for Socially Situated, Theoretically Rigorous, Methodologically Plural, and Policy‐Relevant Scholarship
Data sharing not applicable to this article as no datasets were generated or analyzed during the current study.
“Will the Real Feminist Please Stand Up?”: Plural Feminisms, Narrative Control, and the Politics of Staying In (and Out) at Gender, Work & Organization
Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no datasets were generated or analyzed during the current study.
Sexism and Gender Washing in Academia and Beyond: Reclaiming Equity in Academia Beyond Rhetoric
Data sharing not applicable to this article as no datasets were generated or analyzed during the current study
Counting Women, Keeping Men in Power? Willingness–Ability–Authority in Family Firms
This commentary unsettles the “add‐women‐and‐stir” perspective and re‐centers gendered power in family firms as a question of governance, not headcounts. We see family firms as gendered regimes where kinship, ownership, and succession intertwine with broader societal gender norms to maintain patriarchal settlements. Building on feminist analyses of patriarchy and hegemonic masculinity, we advance a willingness–ability–authority framework to illum…
From Dystopian Academia to Utopian Sororal Counterspaces: A Collaborative Autoethnography of Women Academics in Business Schools
The contemporary business school is increasingly portrayed as dystopian, shaped by neoliberal managerialism, metric‐driven performativity, and precarious labor. These pressures weigh heaviest on women academics, whose careers are fractured by intersecting lines of gender, race, class, and citizenship. Drawing on a year‐long collaborative autoethnography involving three women scholars situated in three distinct national systems, this article inter…
Sawubona
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From Theorizing Othering to Othering Theorizing: Reflections From the GWO 2025 Keynote Panel
The authors have nothing to report
Exploring Informal Work: Gaining Legitimation through Nudging
This article develops a micro-level understanding of informal work (IW) by exploring the legitimising factors which business owners exercise to provide the rationale for engaging in IW. Using the lens of nudge theory, originating from behavioural economics, we show how IW becomes legitimised through nudging . Empirically, we explore the lived experience of service sector business owners who engage in IW practices in the East Midlands, UK. The fin…
Moving forward with Gender, Work and Organization
As we celebrate the 30th anniversary of Gender, Work and Organization (GWO), we are excited to welcome our readers to a new chapter of the journal. With a new leadership team of three Editors-in-Chief at the helm, we are poised to build upon the strong foundation laid by a line of distinguished scholars who have served as Editors-in-Chief, each leaving an indelible mark on the journal's trajectory and shaping its development in unique and signifi…
From the cocoon to la chape de plomb: The birth and persistence of silence around sexism in academia
Drawing on narrative accounts of French business school staff and faculty about their experiences and observations of actions taken by different organizational actors in response to a trigger event, we theorize the intricate connections between organizational practices conducive to sexism and the persistence of silence around such practices. Specifically, empirical investigation demonstrates how managerial practices such as the allocation of orga…
Gendered regulations and SME performance in transition economies
Migration uncertainty in the context of Brexit: Resource Conservation Tactics
The Brexit referendum has led to uncertainty, which has threatened EU migrants' resources, including their rights to reside, to run a business or access welfare. Cross-national political and legal resources that include citizenship rights can enable migrants' access to health care, pensions, education and other welfare benefits, but these remain far from guaranteed. Using Conservation of Resources theory, we show how coping with uncertainty requi…
Global Migration, Entrepreneurship and Society
In the field of business and management, the core concept associated with migration sees “difference and distance” as liabilities, whether they are national, cultural, geographic, or semantic. While existing research is valuable, recently it has been suggested that an emphasis on liabilities and adverse outcomes associated with such differences may hinder our understanding of the conditions that help to leverage the value of diversity in a wide r…
“Stuck in the middle of what?”: The pursuit of academic careers by mothers and non-mothers in higher education institutions in occupied Palestine
Breaking the mold: Working through our differences to vocalize the sound of change
This paper orchestrates alterethnographical reflections in which we, women, polyphonically document, celebrate and vocalize the sound of change. This change is represented in Kamala Harris's appointment as the first woman, woman of color, and South Asian American as the US Vice President, breaking new boundaries of political leadership, and harvesting new gains for women in leadership and power more broadly. With feminist awareness and curiosity,…
Leveraging symbolic capital: The Use of Blat Networks Across Transnational Spaces
In this article, we contribute to debates on how social networks sustain migrants' entrepreneurial activities. By reporting on 31 interviews with Eastern European migrants in the UK, we provide a critical lens on the tendency to assume that migrants have ready-made social networks in the host country embedded in co-ethnic communities. We extend this limited perspective by demonstrating how Eastern European migrants working in the UK transform bla…
Transnational migrant entrepreneurship, gender and family business
Despite increased academic attention paid to migration flows in Europe, the gendered nature of transnational migrant entrepreneurial journeys within the context of a family business remains under-researched. We address this gap by investigating how transnational spaces allow women to challenge dominant ideas about their roles, and to claim legitimacy by opening branches of their family business abroad. With extensive longitudinal evidence collect…
We were fighting for our place’: Resisting gender knowledge regimes through feminist knowledge network formation
The transformative potential of feminist knowledge in the disciplines of entrepreneurship, business and management has arguably been hindered by persistent gender knowledge regimes that marginalize feminist scholarship and channel widely applicable gender expertise into niche streams, conferences and publication outlets. Whilst offering valuable spaces for feminist knowledge production, removing gender expertise from mainstream fora reduces its c…
Methodological issues in studying hidden populations operating in informal economy
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the issues in studying hidden populations, with particular focus on methodology used to investigate ethnic minority entrepreneurs who illegally run their businesses in the UK. In this paper, on reflection, the authors look at what issues should be considered before engaging with such communities, as we identify current approaches and evaluate their merits. Design/methodology/approach Certain methodo…
Forms of capital, intra-ethnic variation and Polish entrepreneurs in Leicester
A study of ten Polish entrepreneurs operating in Leicester, UK is reported in this article. The concepts of social, cultural and economic capital are used as the lens through which to explore the way the capital they access is employed and converted into entrepreneurial activity. Ethnic entrepreneurship takes place within wider social, political and economic institutional frameworks and opportunity structures and so this is taken into account by …
Forms of capital, intra-ethnic variation and Polish entrepreneurs in Leicester
A study of ten Polish entrepreneurs operating in Leicester, UK is reported in this article. The concepts of social, cultural and economic capital are used as the lens through which to explore the way the capital they access is employed and converted into entrepreneurial activity. Ethnic entrepreneurship takes place within wider social, political and economic institutional frameworks and opportunity structures and so this is taken into account by …
Migration uncertainty in the context of Brexit: Resource Conservation Tactics
The Brexit referendum has led to uncertainty, which has threatened EU migrants' resources, including their rights to reside, to run a business or access welfare. Cross-national political and legal resources that include citizenship rights can enable migrants' access to health care, pensions, education and other welfare benefits, but these remain far from guaranteed. Using Conservation of Resources theory, we show how coping with uncertainty requi…
We were fighting for our place’: Resisting gender knowledge regimes through feminist knowledge network formation
The transformative potential of feminist knowledge in the disciplines of entrepreneurship, business and management has arguably been hindered by persistent gender knowledge regimes that marginalize feminist scholarship and channel widely applicable gender expertise into niche streams, conferences and publication outlets. Whilst offering valuable spaces for feminist knowledge production, removing gender expertise from mainstream fora reduces its c…
From the cocoon to la chape de plomb: The birth and persistence of silence around sexism in academia
Drawing on narrative accounts of French business school staff and faculty about their experiences and observations of actions taken by different organizational actors in response to a trigger event, we theorize the intricate connections between organizational practices conducive to sexism and the persistence of silence around such practices. Specifically, empirical investigation demonstrates how managerial practices such as the allocation of orga…
Breaking the mold: Working through our differences to vocalize the sound of change
This paper orchestrates alterethnographical reflections in which we, women, polyphonically document, celebrate and vocalize the sound of change. This change is represented in Kamala Harris's appointment as the first woman, woman of color, and South Asian American as the US Vice President, breaking new boundaries of political leadership, and harvesting new gains for women in leadership and power more broadly. With feminist awareness and curiosity,…
Methodological issues in studying hidden populations operating in informal economy
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the issues in studying hidden populations, with particular focus on methodology used to investigate ethnic minority entrepreneurs who illegally run their businesses in the UK. In this paper, on reflection, the authors look at what issues should be considered before engaging with such communities, as we identify current approaches and evaluate their merits. Design/methodology/approach Certain methodo…
Transnational migrant entrepreneurship, gender and family business
Despite increased academic attention paid to migration flows in Europe, the gendered nature of transnational migrant entrepreneurial journeys within the context of a family business remains under-researched. We address this gap by investigating how transnational spaces allow women to challenge dominant ideas about their roles, and to claim legitimacy by opening branches of their family business abroad. With extensive longitudinal evidence collect…
Moving forward with Gender, Work and Organization
As we celebrate the 30th anniversary of Gender, Work and Organization (GWO), we are excited to welcome our readers to a new chapter of the journal. With a new leadership team of three Editors-in-Chief at the helm, we are poised to build upon the strong foundation laid by a line of distinguished scholars who have served as Editors-in-Chief, each leaving an indelible mark on the journal's trajectory and shaping its development in unique and signifi…
Leveraging symbolic capital: The Use of Blat Networks Across Transnational Spaces
In this article, we contribute to debates on how social networks sustain migrants' entrepreneurial activities. By reporting on 31 interviews with Eastern European migrants in the UK, we provide a critical lens on the tendency to assume that migrants have ready-made social networks in the host country embedded in co-ethnic communities. We extend this limited perspective by demonstrating how Eastern European migrants working in the UK transform bla…
Methodological issues in studying hidden populations operating in informal economy
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the issues in studying hidden populations, with particular focus on methodology used to investigate ethnic minority entrepreneurs who illegally run their businesses in the UK. In this paper, on reflection, the authors look at what issues should be considered before engaging with such communities, as we identify current approaches and evaluate their merits. Design/methodology/approach Certain methodo…
Forms of capital, intra-ethnic variation and Polish entrepreneurs in Leicester
A study of ten Polish entrepreneurs operating in Leicester, UK is reported in this article. The concepts of social, cultural and economic capital are used as the lens through which to explore the way the capital they access is employed and converted into entrepreneurial activity. Ethnic entrepreneurship takes place within wider social, political and economic institutional frameworks and opportunity structures and so this is taken into account by …
We were fighting for our place’: Resisting gender knowledge regimes through feminist knowledge network formation
The transformative potential of feminist knowledge in the disciplines of entrepreneurship, business and management has arguably been hindered by persistent gender knowledge regimes that marginalize feminist scholarship and channel widely applicable gender expertise into niche streams, conferences and publication outlets. Whilst offering valuable spaces for feminist knowledge production, removing gender expertise from mainstream fora reduces its c…
Leveraging symbolic capital: The Use of Blat Networks Across Transnational Spaces
In this article, we contribute to debates on how social networks sustain migrants' entrepreneurial activities. By reporting on 31 interviews with Eastern European migrants in the UK, we provide a critical lens on the tendency to assume that migrants have ready-made social networks in the host country embedded in co-ethnic communities. We extend this limited perspective by demonstrating how Eastern European migrants working in the UK transform bla…
Transnational migrant entrepreneurship, gender and family business
Despite increased academic attention paid to migration flows in Europe, the gendered nature of transnational migrant entrepreneurial journeys within the context of a family business remains under-researched. We address this gap by investigating how transnational spaces allow women to challenge dominant ideas about their roles, and to claim legitimacy by opening branches of their family business abroad. With extensive longitudinal evidence collect…
Global Migration, Entrepreneurship and Society
In the field of business and management, the core concept associated with migration sees “difference and distance” as liabilities, whether they are national, cultural, geographic, or semantic. While existing research is valuable, recently it has been suggested that an emphasis on liabilities and adverse outcomes associated with such differences may hinder our understanding of the conditions that help to leverage the value of diversity in a wide r…
“Stuck in the middle of what?”: The pursuit of academic careers by mothers and non-mothers in higher education institutions in occupied Palestine
Breaking the mold: Working through our differences to vocalize the sound of change
This paper orchestrates alterethnographical reflections in which we, women, polyphonically document, celebrate and vocalize the sound of change. This change is represented in Kamala Harris's appointment as the first woman, woman of color, and South Asian American as the US Vice President, breaking new boundaries of political leadership, and harvesting new gains for women in leadership and power more broadly. With feminist awareness and curiosity,…
Gendered regulations and SME performance in transition economies
Migration uncertainty in the context of Brexit: Resource Conservation Tactics
The Brexit referendum has led to uncertainty, which has threatened EU migrants' resources, including their rights to reside, to run a business or access welfare. Cross-national political and legal resources that include citizenship rights can enable migrants' access to health care, pensions, education and other welfare benefits, but these remain far from guaranteed. Using Conservation of Resources theory, we show how coping with uncertainty requi…
From the cocoon to la chape de plomb: The birth and persistence of silence around sexism in academia
Drawing on narrative accounts of French business school staff and faculty about their experiences and observations of actions taken by different organizational actors in response to a trigger event, we theorize the intricate connections between organizational practices conducive to sexism and the persistence of silence around such practices. Specifically, empirical investigation demonstrates how managerial practices such as the allocation of orga…
Moving forward with Gender, Work and Organization
As we celebrate the 30th anniversary of Gender, Work and Organization (GWO), we are excited to welcome our readers to a new chapter of the journal. With a new leadership team of three Editors-in-Chief at the helm, we are poised to build upon the strong foundation laid by a line of distinguished scholars who have served as Editors-in-Chief, each leaving an indelible mark on the journal's trajectory and shaping its development in unique and signifi…
Sawubona
The authors have nothing to report
From Theorizing Othering to Othering Theorizing: Reflections From the GWO 2025 Keynote Panel
The authors have nothing to report
Exploring Informal Work: Gaining Legitimation through Nudging
This article develops a micro-level understanding of informal work (IW) by exploring the legitimising factors which business owners exercise to provide the rationale for engaging in IW. Using the lens of nudge theory, originating from behavioural economics, we show how IW becomes legitimised through nudging . Empirically, we explore the lived experience of service sector business owners who engage in IW practices in the East Midlands, UK. The fin…
Against the Erasure of Gender: Refocusing Gender, Work and Organization for Socially Situated, Theoretically Rigorous, Methodologically Plural, and Policy‐Relevant Scholarship
Data sharing not applicable to this article as no datasets were generated or analyzed during the current study.
“Will the Real Feminist Please Stand Up?”: Plural Feminisms, Narrative Control, and the Politics of Staying In (and Out) at Gender, Work & Organization
Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no datasets were generated or analyzed during the current study.
Sexism and Gender Washing in Academia and Beyond: Reclaiming Equity in Academia Beyond Rhetoric
Data sharing not applicable to this article as no datasets were generated or analyzed during the current study
Counting Women, Keeping Men in Power? Willingness–Ability–Authority in Family Firms
This commentary unsettles the “add‐women‐and‐stir” perspective and re‐centers gendered power in family firms as a question of governance, not headcounts. We see family firms as gendered regimes where kinship, ownership, and succession intertwine with broader societal gender norms to maintain patriarchal settlements. Building on feminist analyses of patriarchy and hegemonic masculinity, we advance a willingness–ability–authority framework to illum…
From Dystopian Academia to Utopian Sororal Counterspaces: A Collaborative Autoethnography of Women Academics in Business Schools
The contemporary business school is increasingly portrayed as dystopian, shaped by neoliberal managerialism, metric‐driven performativity, and precarious labor. These pressures weigh heaviest on women academics, whose careers are fractured by intersecting lines of gender, race, class, and citizenship. Drawing on a year‐long collaborative autoethnography involving three women scholars situated in three distinct national systems, this article inter…
Sociology (12 works) · Gender Diversity and Inequality (11 works) · Political science (11 works) · Politics (8 works) · Entrepreneurship (6 works) · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (5 works) · Narrative (5 works)