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Annette Risberg

Annette Risberg

Professor

Email
annette.risberg@inn.no
Phone number
+47 62 43 04 28

Inland School of Business and Social Sciences
Department of Organisation, Leadership and Management
Campus Lillehammer, Room 1K337

Short description

I am a professor of organization and management. My research is focused on diversity in organizations, and the integration of skilled migrants in the work organization. I burn for equality, equity, and inclusion in organizations and society at large. Some of my latest publications are:

Annette Risberg & Hervé Corvellec (2022) The significance of trying: How organizational members meet the ambiguities of diversity. Gender Work and Organization. Online publication. Open Access: https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12883

Risberg, A., & Romani, L. (2022). Underemploying highly skilled migrants: An organizational logic protecting corporate ‘normality’. Human Relations, 75(4), 655–680. Open Access: https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726721992854

Just N, S. Risberg, A and Villsèche, F. (Eds) (2021) The Routledge Companion to Organizational Diversity Research Methods. Routledge, UK. ISBN 9780367211486

Romani, L., Holck, L. and Risberg, A. (2019) Benevolent discrimination: Explaining how human resources professionals can be blind to the harm of diversity initiatives., Organization, 26(3), pp. 371–390. Open Access:10.1177/1350508418812585.

 

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Research groups

Publications

  • Diedrich, Andreas & Risberg, Annette (2023). Organising the “Labour of Hope”: A Critical Take on the Role of Internships and Mentorships in Supporting Highly Skilled Immigrants into Jobs. In Diedrich, Andreas & Czarniawska, Barbara (Ed.), Organising Immigrants' Integration. Practices and Consequences in Labour Markets and Societies. Springer Nature. ISSN 978-3-031-26820-5. p. 189–215. doi: https:/doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26821-2_11.
  • Risberg, Annette & Corvellec, Hervé (2022). The significance of trying: How organizational members meet the ambiguities of diversity. Gender, Work & Organization. ISSN 0968-6673. doi: 10.1111/gwao.12883. Full text in Research Archive
  • Risberg, Annette & Romani, Laurence (2021). Underemploying highly skilled migrants: an organizational logic protecting corporate ‘normality’ . Human Relations. ISSN 0018-7267. 75(4), p. 655–680. doi: 10.1177/0018726721992854. Full text in Research Archive
  • Nørholm Just, Sine; Risberg, Annette & Villesèche, Florence (2020). Doing Diversity Research - What Now? . In Sine, Nørholm Just; Risberg, Annette & Florence, Villsèche (Ed.), The Routledge Companion to Organizational Diversity Research Methods. Routledge. ISSN 9780367211486. p. 257–259.
  • Nørholm Just, Sine; Risberg, Annette & Villesèche, Florence (2020). Researching Organizational Diversity: Opportunities and Challenges. In Sine, Nørholm Just; Risberg, Annette & Florence, Villsèche (Ed.), The Routledge Companion to Organizational Diversity Research Methods. Routledge. ISSN 9780367211486. p. 1–10.
  • Risberg, Annette & Skovbo Gottlieb, Sofie (2019). Workplace diversity and gender in merger and acquisition research. Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions. ISSN 1479-361X. 18, p. 51–63.
  • Romani, Laurence; Holck, Lotte & Risberg, Annette (2019). Benevolent discrimination: Explaining how human resources professionals can be blind to the harm of diversity initiatives. Organization. ISSN 1350-5084. p. 1–20. doi: 10.1177/1350508418812585. Full text in Research Archive
  • Romani, Laurence; Holck, Lotte & Risberg, Annette (2018). Benevolent discrimination: How HR managers reproduce ethnic discrimination with diversity initiative. Academy of Management Proceedings. ISSN 0065-0668. doi: 10.5465/ambpp.2018.16111abstract.
  • Risberg, Annette & Pilhofer, Katharina (2018). Diversity and difference research: a reflection on categories and categorization. Ephemera : Theory and Politics in Organization. ISSN 2052-1499. 18(1), p. 129–146. Full text in Research Archive
  • Meglio, Olimpia; King, David R. & Risberg, Annette (2017). Speed in Acquisitions: A Managerial Framework. Business Horizons. ISSN 0007-6813. 60(3), p. 415–425. doi: 10.1016/j.bushor.2016.12.004.
  • Risberg, Annette (2015). Qualitative and longitudinal studies of mergers and acquisitions: A reflection of methods in use. In Risberg, Annette; King, David R. & Meglio, Olimpia (Ed.), The Routledge Companion to Mergers and Acquisitions. Routledge. ISSN 9780415704663.
  • Risberg, Annette & Noerholm Just, Sine (2015). Ambiguous diversities - Practices and perceptions on diversity in organizations. In Bendl, Regine; Bleijenbergh, Inge; Henttonen, Elina & Mills, Albert (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Diversity in Organizations. Oxford University Press. ISSN 9780199679805.
  • Meglio, Olimpia; King, David R. & Risberg, Annette (2015). Improving Acquisition outcomes with Contextual Ambidexterity. Human Resource Management. ISSN 0090-4848. 54(S1), p. 29–43. doi: 10.1002/hrm.21721.
  • Risberg, Annette (2012). The Stake of High Failure Rates in Mergers and Acquisitions. In Anderson, Helen; Havila, Virpi & Nilsson, Fredrik (Ed.), Mergers and Acquisitions: The Critical Role of Stakeholders. Routledge. ISSN 9780415536523.
  • Risberg, Annette; Beauregard, Alexandra & Sander, Gudrun (2012). Organizational Implementation; Diversity Practices and Tools. In Danowitz, Mary Ann; Hanappi-Egger, Edeltraud & Mensi-Klarbach, Heike (Ed.), Diversity in Organizations: Concepts and Practices. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 978-0230361317. p. 185–339. doi: 10.1007/978-1-137-28487-7_9.
  • Remke, Robyn V. & Risberg, Annette (2012). Work, Life and a Culture of Care. In Danowitz, Mary Ann; Hanappi-Egger, Edeltraud & Mensi-Klarbach, Heike (Ed.), Diversity in Organizations: Concepts and Practices. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 978-0230361317. p. 239–274. doi: 10.1007/978-1-137-28487-7_10.
  • Meglio, Olimpia & Risberg, Annette (2012). Are All Mergers and Acquisitions Treated as if they were Alike? A Review of Empirical Literature. In Cooper, Gary L. & Finkelstein, Sydney (Ed.), Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions. Emerald Group Publishing Limited. ISSN 978-1-78052-196-1. p. 1–18. doi: 10.1108/s1479-361x(2012)0000010004.
  • Risberg, Annette & Meglio, Olimpia (2012). Merger and acquisition outcomes - Is it meaningful to talk about high failure rates? In Weber, Yaakov (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Mergers and Acquisitions. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISSN 978 1 84844 956 5. doi: 10.4337/9781781953655.00014.
  • Risberg, Annette; Tienari, Janne & Vaara, Eero (2012). Making Sense of a Transnational Merger: Media Texts and the (Re)construction of Power Relations. In Rhodes, Carl & Lilley, Simon (Ed.), Organizations and Popular Culture: Information, Representation and Transformation. Routledge. ISSN 9780415692397. p. 103–119. doi: 10.1080/14759550302806.
  • Meglio, Olimpia & Risberg, Annette (2010). Mergers and acquisitions - Time for a methodological rejuvenation of the field. Scandinavian Journal of Management. ISSN 0956-5221. 26(1), p. 87–95.
  • Meglio, Olimpia & Risberg, Annette (2010). The (mis)measurement of M&A performance - A systematic narrative literature review. Scandinavian Journal of Management. ISSN 0956-5221. 27, p. 418–433.
  • Risberg, Annette & Søderberg, Anne-Marie (2008). Translating a Management Concept: Diversity Management in Denmark. Gender in Management. ISSN 1754-2413. 23(6), p. 426–441. doi: 10.1108/17542410810897544.
  • Corvellec, Hervé & Risberg, Annette (2007). Sensegiving as mise-en-sens - The case of wind power development. Scandinavian Journal of Management. ISSN 0956-5221. 23(3), p. 306–326.
  • Risberg, Annette; Tienari, Janne & Vaara, Eero (2003). Making Sense of a Transnational Merger: Media Texts and the (Re)construction of Power Relations. Culture and Organization. ISSN 1475-9551. 9(2), p. 121–137. doi: 10.1080/14759550302806.
  • Risberg, Annette (2001). Employee experiences of acquisitions. Journal of World Business. ISSN 1090-9516. 36(1), p. 58–84. doi: 10.1016/S1090-9516(00)00054-7.
  • Risberg, Annette (1997). Ambiguity and communication in cross-cultural acquisitions - Towards a conceptual framework. Leadership & Organization Development Journal. ISSN 0143-7739. 18(5), p. 257–266.

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  • Sine, Nørholm Just; Risberg, Annette & Florence, Villsèche (2020). The Routledge Companion to Organizational Diversity Research Methods. Routledge. ISBN 9780367211486. 280 p.
  • Risberg, Annette & Mensi-Klarbach, Heike (2019). Diversity in Organizations. Macmillan Publishers Ltd.. ISBN 9781137569271. 342 p.
  • Risberg, Annette; King, David R. & Meglio, Olimpia (2015). The Routledge Companion to Mergers and Acquisitions. Routledge. ISBN 9780415704663. 396 p.
  • Risberg, Annette (2006). Mergers and Acquisitions. A Critical Reader. Routledge. ISBN 978-0415364607. 247 p.

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  • Risberg, Annette & Hamrin, Solange (2024). A Literature Review of the Strategies for Labor Market Integration and Career Advancement of Skilled Immigrants: Perspectives from Employees and Employers.
  • Risberg, Annette & Corvellec, Hervé (2024). Othering and De-Othering in Organizations .
  • Risberg, Annette (2023). Diskriminering i arbetslivet . [TV]. AKAVIA / SVT Forum .
  • Risberg, Annette & Hamrin, Solange (2023). Immigrant job integration – a study of the lived experiences of skilled immigrants pursuing a career in Swedish work organizations.
  • Risberg, Annette; Johansson, Janet & Malin, Kvitvær (2022). Performing diversity and normalizing disability: An analysis of inclusion and exclusion of the silent others.
  • Risberg, Annette (2022). Affärsnyttan med mångfald.
  • Risberg, Annette (2022). How to be a good editor – ten (very personal) commandments. In Kostera, Monika (Eds.), How to Write Differently. A Quest for Meaningful Academic Writing. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISSN 978 1 80088 772 5. p. 147–148.
  • Risberg, Annette (2021). High-skilled migrants as risk for organizations.
  • Risberg, Annette (2021). Bedriftene stoler ikke på kompetansen til innvandrere med høy utdanning. [Newspaper]. forskning.no.
  • Risberg, Annette & Corvellec, Hervé (2021). De-othering the Other.
  • Risberg, Annette & Corvellec, Hervé (2021). Continuously Trying Organizations: Ambiguities, Contradictions, and Paradoxes in Diversity Work.
  • Risberg, Annette (2020). Constantly Trying Organizations: Ambiguities, Contradictions, and Paradoxes in Diversity Work.
  • Risberg, Annette & Romani, Laurence (2019). High-Skilled migrants’ employment: introducing the notion of risk.
  • Risberg, Annette & Romani, Laurence (2019). High-Skilled Migrants’ underemployment: When migrants are perceived as a risk to organizational normality.
  • Risberg, Annette & Romani, Laurence (2019). High-Skilled Migrants’ underemployment: When migrants are perceived as a risk to organizational normality.
  • Risberg, Annette & van den Brink, Marieke (2019). Organizational Implementation: Diversity Practices and Tools. In Risberg, Annette & Mensi-Klarbach, Heike (Ed.), Diversity in Organizations. Macmillan Publishers Ltd.. ISSN 9781137569271. p. 240–263.
  • Risberg, Annette; Mensi-Klarbach, Heike & Hanappi-Egger, Edeltraud (2019). Setting the scene for diversity in organizations. In Risberg, Annette & Mensi-Klarbach, Heike (Ed.), Diversity in Organizations. Macmillan Publishers Ltd.. ISSN 9781137569271. p. 3–24.
  • Nørholm Just, Sine; Muhr, Sara Louise & Risberg, Annette (2018). Feminism,activism, writing! Introduction to the special section. Ephemera : Theory and Politics in Organization. ISSN 2052-1499. 18(4), p. 841–853.
  • Hole, Åse Storhaug; Haugen, Anne Oline & Risberg, Annette (2018). The after-math of whistleblowing.
  • Romani, Laurence; Holck, Lotte & Risberg, Annette (2018). Benevolent discrimination: How HR managers reproduce ethnic discrimination with diversity initiative.
  • Risberg, Annette & Corvellec, Hervé (2018). Diversity management implementation and the market for organizational concerns.
  • Romani, Laurence; Holck, Lotte & Risberg, Annette (2017). Inequality regimes of ethnicity and class: Exploring the intersection of ethnicity and class in the employment of high-skilled migrants.
  • Risberg, Annette & Laurence, Romani (2017). Employable, but not employed Ambiguous goals of a mentor program for the insertion of migrants1.
  • Risberg, Annette & Romani, Laurence (2017). Paradoxes and ambiguities of mentor programs for the integration of migrant academics.
  • Andreas, Diedrich; Ola, Bergström; Risberg, Annette & Nicklas, Simonsson (2020). Integration av nyanlända på arbetsmarknaden. FORTE. ISSN 2001-4287.
  • Risberg, Annette (1999). Ambiguities Thereafter. An Interpretive Approach to Acquisitions. Lund University Press. ISSN 91-7966-554-3.

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Visiting Address

Nyhove
Vormstuguvegen 42, N-2624 Lillehammer
Room 1K337
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Postal Address

Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
Postboks 400 Vestad
2418 Elverum
Norway