Dr Maria Adamson


NameDr Maria Adamson
Job titleSenior Lecturer in Human Resources Management
Research institute
Primary appointmentBusiness School Leadership
Contact categoryAcademic staff (past)

Research outputs

Heading home: motherhood, work, and the failed promise of equality, by Shani Orgad. Columbia University Press. 2019, 288 pp., https://doi.org/10.7312/orga18472 [Book review]

Adamson, M. 2020. Heading home: motherhood, work, and the failed promise of equality, by Shani Orgad. Columbia University Press. 2019, 288 pp., https://doi.org/10.7312/orga18472 [Book review]. Gender, Work and Organization. 27 (2), pp. 281-283. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12399

The many faces of gender inequality at work

Beauregard, T., Lup, D. and Adamson, M. 2018. The many faces of gender inequality at work. Work, Employment and Society. 32 (4), pp. 623-628. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017018780603

'Female heroes': celebrity executives as postfeminist role models

Adamson, M. and Kelan, E. 2019. 'Female heroes': celebrity executives as postfeminist role models. British Journal of Management. 30 (4), pp. 981-996. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12320

Book review: Like Mother, Like Daughter? by Jill Armstrong

Adamson, M. 2018. Book review: Like Mother, Like Daughter? by Jill Armstrong. Organization. 25 (5), pp. 687-689. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350508418759160

Exploring gendered inclusion in contemporary organisations - ESRC

Adamson, M., Kelan, E., Lewis, P., Rumens, N. and Śliwa, M. 2017. Exploring gendered inclusion in contemporary organisations - ESRC. Impact. 2017 (9), pp. 56-57. https://doi.org/10.21820/23987073.2017.9.56

'The bottom line is that the problem is you': aesthetic labour, postfeminism and subjectivity in Russian self-help literature

Adamson, M. and Salmenniemi, S. 2017. 'The bottom line is that the problem is you': aesthetic labour, postfeminism and subjectivity in Russian self-help literature. in: Elias, A., Gill, R. and Scharff, C. (ed.) Aesthetic Labour: Rethinking Beauty Politics in Neoliberalism London Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 301-316

Postfeminism, neoliberalism and a 'successfully' balanced femininity in celebrity CEO autobiographies

Adamson, M. 2017. Postfeminism, neoliberalism and a 'successfully' balanced femininity in celebrity CEO autobiographies. Gender, Work and Organization. 24 (3), pp. 314-327. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12167

Gender and professional work in Russia and Hungary

Adamson, M. and Kispeter, E. 2016. Gender and professional work in Russia and Hungary. in: Baker, C. (ed.) Gender in the 20th Century Eastern Europe and the USSR Palgrave. pp. 214-227

The quality of equality: thinking differently about gender inclusion in organizations

Adamson, M., Kelan, E., Lewis, P., Rumens, N. and Śliwa, M. 2016. The quality of equality: thinking differently about gender inclusion in organizations. Human Resource Management International Digest. 24 (7), pp. 8-11. https://doi.org/10.1108/HRMID-04-2016-0060

Compositions of professionalism in counselling work: an embodied intersectionality framework

Adamson, M. and Johansson, M. 2016. Compositions of professionalism in counselling work: an embodied intersectionality framework. Human Relations. 69 (12), pp. 2201-2223. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726716639118

Book review: Jane Horan, How Asian women lead: lessons for global corporations

Adamson, M. 2016. Book review: Jane Horan, How Asian women lead: lessons for global corporations. Work, Employment and Society. 30 (2), pp. 380-381. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017015579598

The making of a glass slipper: exploring patterns of inclusion and exclusion in a feminized profession

Adamson, M. 2015. The making of a glass slipper: exploring patterns of inclusion and exclusion in a feminized profession. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal. 34 (3), pp. 214-226. https://doi.org/10.1108/EDI-01-2014-0002

Executive remuneration consultancy in the UK: exploring a professional project through the lens of institutional work

Adamson, M., Manson, S. and Zakaria, I. 2015. Executive remuneration consultancy in the UK: exploring a professional project through the lens of institutional work. Journal of Professions and Organization. 2 (1), pp. 19-37. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpo/jou007

Reflexivity and the construction of competing discourses of masculinity in a female-dominated profession

Adamson, M. 2014. Reflexivity and the construction of competing discourses of masculinity in a female-dominated profession. Gender, Work and Organization. 21 (6), pp. 559-572. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12058

New heroines of labour: domesticating post-feminism and neoliberal capitalism in Russia

Salmenniemi, S. and Adamson, M. 2015. New heroines of labour: domesticating post-feminism and neoliberal capitalism in Russia. Sociology. 49 (1), pp. 88-105. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038513516830
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