Guest Scholars:

• Dr. Jamie L. Callahan (Durham University, UK).

• Dr. Mark Gatto (Northumbria University, UK).

• Taylor Cavallo (University of Minnesota, USA).

Topics Include:

• What is meant by the term “pop culture”.

• How does pop culture portray organizations and work.

• How does pop culture portray HR.

• How does pop culture’s portrayal of organizations, work and HR influence how employees view HR and HRD in the workplace.

• How can HRD leverage pop culture.

• What research is needed into the relationship between HRD and pop culture.

Bios:

• Dr. Jamie L. Callahan is Professor of Organization and Ethics at Durham University. She is the former Editor of Human Resource Development Review and current Co-Editor of International Journal of Management Reviews. Jamie has earned numerous research awards, including the inaugural Laura Bierema Excellence in Critical HRD Award, the Academy of Human Resource Development 2020 Scholar of the Year Award and the 2015 Outstanding Book of the Year Award. Jamie’s research addresses issues of power and privilege in organized contexts, leading her to explore marginalized groups’ experiences of leadership, learning, and organizational transformation. Her particular passion is championing gender equity.

• Dr. Mark Gatto is Lecturer in Critical Organisation Studies at Newcastle Business School in Northumbria University. Mark’s main research interest is the gender inequity experienced by working parents in paid employment. He explores the influence of patriarchal discourse on individuals in organisational contexts, particularly the motherhood penalty and patriarchal dividend. Mark’s PhD used dystopian fiction and critical discourse analysis as a transdisciplinary, critical approach to gender research in organisations. He also uses fiction as a subversive means of writing differently.

• Taylor Cavallo is a PhD Student in the Human Resource Development program at the University of Minnesota. Taylor’s research interests are focused on the intersection of work, labor and gender with a particular emphasis on the experiences of motherhood and work for millennial women as well as the ways that work and labor are represented in and create meaning in our lives and society. Taylor has presented her work at AHRD Conferences and recently published a co-authored piece on cultural narratives of work and motherhood in an interdisciplinary journal. She began her career working in HR and Talent Development in advertising agencies in New York City.

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Sponsor:

This episode is sponsored by the Board of the Academy of Human Resource Development, which encourages you to register for their 31st International Research Conference in the Americas in Arlington, VA, February 21-24, 2024. For full details, visit https://www.ahrd.org/.