Deirdre Anderson
Biographic Data
| ID | 4083508 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Deirdre Anderson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Deirdre |
| FAMILY NAME | Anderson |
| SIGNATURE | ANDERSON D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cranfield University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8142-2349 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Cultivating selves-in-relation-with-others as Community, Work and Family scholars through collective writing
In this paper, we ask, ‘What are the possibilities for embodying our better selves as community, work, and family scholars through writing together in the same place at the same time?’ Our collective enquiry cultivated inclusion and kindness in our enactment of learning, research, and knowledge production as a project that is personal, political, and collective. By coming together in a live collective writing session held at the 9th Community, Wo…
Positive During Covid ‐19
The COVID‐19 pandemic led to far‐reaching detrimental impacts, with challenges weighted toward women, who experience a double‐burden of paid work and care/domestic work. Professional lives were enacted in new spaces, as many were ordered to work from home. This was particularly testing for women, who found themselves servicing additional expectations each day, such as complex relational work and home‐schooling. For many, this caused stress, damag…
Understanding practices which foster inclusion
Purpose This study aims to deepen our understanding of how inclusionary practices are used within organizations and how they satisfy specific inclusion needs. Design/methodology/approach We adopt a qualitative research design, reporting on data from semi-structured interviews conducted with 15 diversity and inclusion (D&I) directors/leads and using a thematic approach to analysis. Findings Our study expands understanding of inclusion practices, s…
A qualitative exploration of managerial mothers' flexible careers
Enforced remote working and the work-life interface during lockdown
Purpose This paper aims to consider enforced working from home in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and how it may differ from working from home through choice. In particular, the authors discuss how lockdown may be affecting work-family arrangements. Design/methodology/approach This is a thought piece. Findings The paper briefly examines the extant research on remote working. It is argued that as many of the (beneficial) outcomes found for both …
Public sector austerity cuts in Britain and the changing discourse of work-life balance
The relative importance of economic and other motives for employers to provide support for work-life balance (WLB) is debated within different literatures. However, discourses of WLB can be sensitive to changing economic contexts. This article draws on in-depth interviews with senior human resources professionals in British public sector organizations to examine shifting discourses of WLB in an austerity context. Three main discourses were identi…
Women partners leaving the firm
Purpose This paper is based on the experiences of 31 women who have recently left partner roles within an international management consultancy firm. The purpose of this paper is to explore discursively their perceptions of choice within their decisions to leave. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from 31 women using semi‐structured telephone interviews, a 66 per cent response rate. A discursive approach to analysis was adopted. Findi…
A Case Study in Performance Management
Enforced remote working and the work-life interface during lockdown
Purpose This paper aims to consider enforced working from home in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and how it may differ from working from home through choice. In particular, the authors discuss how lockdown may be affecting work-family arrangements. Design/methodology/approach This is a thought piece. Findings The paper briefly examines the extant research on remote working. It is argued that as many of the (beneficial) outcomes found for both …
Public sector austerity cuts in Britain and the changing discourse of work-life balance
The relative importance of economic and other motives for employers to provide support for work-life balance (WLB) is debated within different literatures. However, discourses of WLB can be sensitive to changing economic contexts. This article draws on in-depth interviews with senior human resources professionals in British public sector organizations to examine shifting discourses of WLB in an austerity context. Three main discourses were identi…
Women partners leaving the firm
Purpose This paper is based on the experiences of 31 women who have recently left partner roles within an international management consultancy firm. The purpose of this paper is to explore discursively their perceptions of choice within their decisions to leave. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from 31 women using semi‐structured telephone interviews, a 66 per cent response rate. A discursive approach to analysis was adopted. Findi…
Understanding practices which foster inclusion
Purpose This study aims to deepen our understanding of how inclusionary practices are used within organizations and how they satisfy specific inclusion needs. Design/methodology/approach We adopt a qualitative research design, reporting on data from semi-structured interviews conducted with 15 diversity and inclusion (D&I) directors/leads and using a thematic approach to analysis. Findings Our study expands understanding of inclusion practices, s…
A Case Study in Performance Management
A Case Study in Performance Management
Women partners leaving the firm
Purpose This paper is based on the experiences of 31 women who have recently left partner roles within an international management consultancy firm. The purpose of this paper is to explore discursively their perceptions of choice within their decisions to leave. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from 31 women using semi‐structured telephone interviews, a 66 per cent response rate. A discursive approach to analysis was adopted. Findi…
Public sector austerity cuts in Britain and the changing discourse of work-life balance
The relative importance of economic and other motives for employers to provide support for work-life balance (WLB) is debated within different literatures. However, discourses of WLB can be sensitive to changing economic contexts. This article draws on in-depth interviews with senior human resources professionals in British public sector organizations to examine shifting discourses of WLB in an austerity context. Three main discourses were identi…
Enforced remote working and the work-life interface during lockdown
Purpose This paper aims to consider enforced working from home in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and how it may differ from working from home through choice. In particular, the authors discuss how lockdown may be affecting work-family arrangements. Design/methodology/approach This is a thought piece. Findings The paper briefly examines the extant research on remote working. It is argued that as many of the (beneficial) outcomes found for both …
A qualitative exploration of managerial mothers' flexible careers
Positive During Covid ‐19
The COVID‐19 pandemic led to far‐reaching detrimental impacts, with challenges weighted toward women, who experience a double‐burden of paid work and care/domestic work. Professional lives were enacted in new spaces, as many were ordered to work from home. This was particularly testing for women, who found themselves servicing additional expectations each day, such as complex relational work and home‐schooling. For many, this caused stress, damag…
Understanding practices which foster inclusion
Purpose This study aims to deepen our understanding of how inclusionary practices are used within organizations and how they satisfy specific inclusion needs. Design/methodology/approach We adopt a qualitative research design, reporting on data from semi-structured interviews conducted with 15 diversity and inclusion (D&I) directors/leads and using a thematic approach to analysis. Findings Our study expands understanding of inclusion practices, s…
Cultivating selves-in-relation-with-others as Community, Work and Family scholars through collective writing
In this paper, we ask, ‘What are the possibilities for embodying our better selves as community, work, and family scholars through writing together in the same place at the same time?’ Our collective enquiry cultivated inclusion and kindness in our enactment of learning, research, and knowledge production as a project that is personal, political, and collective. By coming together in a live collective writing session held at the 9th Community, Wo…
Political science (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Work-Family Balance Challenges (5 works) · Gender Diversity and Inequality (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Work (physics (4 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works)