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MARJUKKA OLLILAINEN

EDUCATION

PhD, Sociology: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1999; Dissertation: Gendered Processes in Self-Managing Teams: http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-042199-143559/

MA, Political Science: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1992

Graduate Specialization in International Research and Development

MSS, (Master of Social Sciences) Journalism and Mass Communication: University of Tampere, Finland, 1991

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Weber State University, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, 1999- present

Virginia Tech, Instructor and Graduate Teaching Assistant, Departments of Sociology, Communication Studies, Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Political Science, 1991-1999

PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS

Publications

With Joyce Rothschild. "Can Self-Managing Teams Be Truly Cross-Functional?: Gender Barriers to a ‘New’ Division of Labor." In Steven Vallas (ed), Research in the Sociology of Work, special issue on Remaking Work Organizations, JAI. Forthcoming.

2000. "Gendering Emotions, Gendering Teams: Construction of Emotions in Self-Managing Teamwork." In Neal Ashkanasy, Charmine Härtel and Wilf Zerbe (eds), Emotions in the Workplace: Research, Theory, and Practice. Westport, CT: Quorum.

With Joyce Rothschild. 1999. "Obscuring but Not Reducing Managerial Control: Does TQM Measure Up to Egalitarian Standards?" Economic and Industrial Democracy, 20(4), November.

Teaching-related publications

2000. "Learning Through Activity." In Marybeth B. Stalp and Julie Childers (eds), Teaching Sociological Concepts and the Sociology of Gender. Washington, D.C. : American Sociological Association Teaching Resource Center.

2000. Syllabus of "Comparative Political Sociology: Case Studies in Power and Empowerment." Political Sociology Syllabi Set, Fourth Edition. Washington, D.C.: American Sociological Association Teaching Resource Center.

Book Reviews

Forthcoming. Review of Cultivating the Sociological Imagination: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Sociology by James Ostrow, Garry Hesser, and Sandra Enos (eds). Teaching Sociology.

Forthcoming. Review of Age Works: What Corporate America Must Do to Survive the Graying of the Workforce by Beverly Goldberg. Journal of Business-to-Business Marketing.

1999. Review of Gendered Practices in Working Life, edited by Liisa Rantalaiho and Tuula Heiskanen. Gender & Society, 13(3).

1999. Review of Diversity in Work Teams, edited by Susan E. Jackson and Marian N. Ruderman. International Journal of Organizational Analysis, January.

1999. Review of Understanding Gender and Organizations by Mats Alvesson and Yvonne Due Billing. Journal of Socio-Economics, 28(2).

Conference Presentations

2000. "Spatial Restructuring and ‘Demasculinization’ in Team-Based Offices. Presented at the Organizations, Occupations, and Work Refereed Roundtables at the American Sociological Association annual meeting, Washington, D.C.

2000. "Mothers, Sons, Families, and Football Teams: Gender and Organizational Control through Metaphors," Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

1999. "Gender and Work Space: Reflections from Team-Based Offices," presented at the Southern Sociological Society annual meeting, Nashville, TN.

1998. "Self-Managing Teams and the Construction of ‘Gendered Empowerment’," presented at the Organizations, Occupations, and Work Refereed Roundtable at the American Sociological Association annual meeting, San Francisco, California.

1998. "Gendering Emotions, Gendering Teams: The Construction of Emotions in Self-Managing Teamwork," presented at the First Conference on Emotions in Organizational Life, San Diego, California.

1997. "Is There Potential for Gender Equality? Exploring Gender in Self-Managing Teams," presented at the Society for the Study of Social Problems annual meeting, Toronto, Canada.

With Joyce Rothschild. 1997. "Obscuring But Not Reducing Managerial Control: A Critique of the Social Relations of Total Quality Management," presented at the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics international meeting, Montréal, Canada.

1996. "Gendered Practices in Self-Managing Work Teams," presented at the Student Research Conference on Gender, Radford University, Virginia.

1995. "Organizing for Profit or Equality? A Feminist Critique of Total Quality Management," presented at the Midwest Sociological Society annual meeting, Chicago, Illinois.

1993. "Incentives and Barriers in Gender Planning: Focus on NGOs/PVOs," presented at the Association for Women in Development biannual conference, Washington, D.C.

With Merja Aura 1990. "Influence of Western Communication Research on Communication Research in Developing Countries focusing on Africa and Asia: A Textbook Analysis," presented at the International Association for Mass Communication Research Conference, Bled, Yugoslavia.

FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS

Curriculum Development Grant (with Dr. Huiying Wei-Arthus), 2000. Committee on Diversity Task Force on Teaching and Learning, Weber State University. US$ 2,286.

Dissertation research grant, Ella and Georg Ehrnrooth’s Foundation,1997. Helsinki, Finland, US$ 6,000.

Dissertation research grant, Eemil Aaltonen Foundation, 1997. Tampere, Finland, US$ 4,000.

Dissertation research grant, Oskar Öflund’s Foundation, 1997. Espoo, Finland, US$ 4,000.

Virginia Tech Arts and Sciences Cultural Diversity Committee, 1997. US$ 500.

Dissertation research grant, The Foundation for Economic Education, 1996. Helsinki, Finland, US$ 10,000.

Fellowship, The Finnish Work Environment Fund, 1996-1997. Helsinki, Finland, US$ 5,000.

Fellowship, Leo and Regina Weinstein Foundation, 1992 Helsinki, Finland, US$ 4,000.

Grant for data collection in Singapore, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, 1990. Copenhagen, Denmark, US$ 1,500.

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

American Sociological Association

Sociologists for Women in Society

Pacific Sociological Association

Alpha Kappa Delta, International Sociology Honor Society