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Þóra H. Christiansen - Adjunct Lecturer
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School of Social Sciences
Þóra H. Christiansen
Íslenska
Adjunct Lecturer
Location
Gimli / G-210
Phone
525 - 5182
Email
thc [at] hi.is
Unit
Faculty of Business Administration
Published Work
Þóra H. Christiansen - published work
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8060-0676
Research portal – Þóra H. Christiansen
Courses 2024 - 2025
VIÐ406G - Communication and Human Interaction
VIÐ284F - Negotiation
VIÐ288F - Diversity and Inclusion in Organizations
FMF431L - MS Thesis
MBA101L - MBA Final project
AVS001L - MA Thesis
FMF431L - MS Thesis
AVS001L - MA Thesis
VIÐ512G - Business and Intercultural Communication
AVS001L - MA Thesis
Education
,
,
Annenberg School of Communication, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
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Doctoral Candidate in organizational communication at the Annenberg School for Communication
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MA
,
Emerson College, Boston, MA
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MA in Business Communication
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BA
,
University of Iceland
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BA in English
Published works
2024
“I have to fight inequality with love, with a smile, with hard work”: Migrant Women’s Entrepreneurship in Iceland
Closing the Gap
Next Level Quotas? Corporate and Public Support for Gender Quotas in Executive Management
Administrative Sciences
Attitudes Toward Gender Quota Legislation on TMT-level Positions
Proceedings of the International Conference on Gender Research
2023
Do Women Have the Right Skills, Network and Support to Become CEOs?
International Conference on Gender Research
„Veit hann eitthvað?“ Upplifun karlstjórnenda af samspili kyns, kynþáttar og uppruna á íslenskum vinnumarkaði
Migrant women entrepreneurs in Iceland through an intersectional lens
„Frelsi til að leggja mitt af mörkum til samfélagsins”
Tímarit um viðskipti og efnahagsmál
Hvers konar forystuhæfni er leitað að við ráðningar forstjóra?
„Ég fann að hún treysti mér ekki“. Áskoranir hjúkrunarfræðinga frá Filippseyjum á íslenskum vinnustað
Migrant women entrepreneurs in Iceland through an intersectional lens: Motivators, enablers, and constraints
Do Women Have the Right Skills, Network and Support to Become CEOs?
Do Women Have the Right Skills, Network and Support to Become CEOs?
2022
Gender Quota Legislation has no Spillover Effect on Hiring of Female CEOs
“Er þetta ekki bara útlendingur eða?”
Implementation of diversity policies and actions to achieve gender equality
“Whether you like my skin or not, I am here”: skilled racial minority migrant women's experiences of navigating career challenges in the White Icelandic labor market
Journal of Global Mobility
Reynsla stjórnarkvenna af forystuhæfni, tengslaneti og stuðningi við konur til að gegna forstjórastöðu
Tímarit um viðskipti og efnahagsmál
“Frelsi til að láta gott af sér leiða” : Upplifun kvenna af erlendum uppruna á frumkvöðlastarfsemi á Íslandi
“The board needs more courage to make the decision to hire a woman CEO”
2021
If Iceland Is a Gender Paradise, Where Are the Women CEOs of Listed Companies?
Who can create equal opportunities for men and women to reach top management positions, and how?
Glass hearts?! Successful visible ethnic minority women migrants at work in Iceland and New Zealand
Journal of Management and Organization
Forstjóraráðningar í þjóðhagslega mikilvægum fyrirtækjum: Kynjahalli, útilokun og ófagleg ráðningarferli?
Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla
Who can create equal opportunities for men and women to reach top management positions, and how?
„…erlend kona mun alltaf upplifa ójafnrétti…“: Upplifun innflytjendakvenna í stjórnunarstöðum á áskorunum í starfi
What can be done to even the gender ratio in senior management in Iceland?
Who can create equal opportunities for men and women to reach top management positions, and how?
Hámenntaðar konur af erlendum uppruna: Hvernig yfirstíga þær hindranir á íslenskum vinnumarkaði?
En þú ert ekki einu sinni íslensk
Who can create equal opportunities for men and women to reach top management positions, and how?
If Iceland is a gender paradise, where are the women CEOs of listed companies?
2020
Þetta er allt mannanna verk
Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla
When you are a professional
Jafnréttisskorkort fyrir íslenskt atvinnulíf
Tímarit um viðskipti og efnahagsmál
I keep pushing the wall
Ég er þá allavega góð fyrirmynd
2019
Lithuanian Temporary Workers in Iceland in Another Economic Boom: Expectations and Experiences
South East European Journal of Economics and Business
“I don’t see obstacles, I only see steps” Lived experience of successful visible minority migrant women in the Icelandic labor market
Hana langar ekki að missa mig
Íslenska þjóðfélagið.
Glass hearts?! Visible ethnic minority migrant women at work in Iceland and New Zealand
Er grasið alltaf grænna annars staðar? Væntingar og reynsla erlends starfsfólks af starfsmannaleigu og íslensku samfélagi
Tímarit um viðskipti og efnahagsmál
Er skortur á framboði eða er engin eftirspurn eftir konum í æðstu stjórnunarstöður?
Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla
Þættir sem hafa áhrif á stöðu kynjanna í íslensku atvinnulífi
Tímarit um viðskipti og efnahagsmál
2018
“I’m not saying this is a sacrifice, this is a choice”: The lived experience of women in top-level positions of managing a demanding job at work and at home
The expectations of foreign temporary employees in Iceland
"I smile but feel humiliated": Lived experience of highly skilled Filipino immigrants of communication, contribution and integration in the Icelandic labor market
Successful migrant women in Iceland
I’m not saying this is a sacrifice, this is a choice
European Research on Management and Business Economics
Here to stay? The rapid evolution of the temporary staffing market in Iceland
Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla
“It’s a Man Who Runs the Show”: How Women Middle-Managers Experience Their Professional Position, Opportunities, and Barriers
SAGE Open
"You are not part of the group”: Lived experience of highly skilled Filipino immigrants in the Icelandic labor market
2017
Highly educated women from Asia in the Icelandic labor market: Stereotypes and identities
Hvernig má stuðla að jafnari stöðu kynjanna í atvinnulífinu? (How can we increase gender equality in the labor market?)
“It’s a man who runs the show”: How women middle managers experience their professional position, opportunities and barriers
“…when you are professional…” : The experiences and identities of highly educated immigrants in the Icelandic workplace
“When you are professional”: Lived experience and identity of immigrants with university degree in the Icelandic labor market
“Mig langar til að flýja”: Upplifun háskólamenntaðra innflytjenda frá Filipseyjum á íslenskum vinnumarkaði. (“I wanted to escape”: Lived experience of immigrants with university degree from the Philippines in the Icelandic labor market)
...hvað segið þið strákar? Upplifun kvenmillistjórnenda af stöðu sinni, möguleikum og hindrunum í starfi
Research in applied business and economics
Female entrepreneurs in the making: Perceptions of the glass ceiling, entrepreneurship and themselves
“…You have to face the fact that you're a foreigner”
Journal of Intercultural Communication
2016
“Einhver að tala bæklaða íslensku?”: Upplifun háskólamenntaðra innflytjenda af samskiptum við samstarfsfólk og yfirmenn. (Some is speaking a crippled Icelandic?” : Lived experience of immigrants with university degree of communication with coworkers and supervisors)
“Ég er bara mjög ánægð þar sem ég er.”: Upplifun kvenmillistjórnenda af starfi sínu. (“I am just very happy where I am”: Lived experience of women middle managers of their jobs)
“…it’s always this constant internal battle…” The lived experience of highly educated immigrants of managing their career and communicating with their supervisors and peers in the Icelandic workplace
„Veggurinn er alltaf til staðar“: Upplifun háskólamenntaðra innflytjenda af samskiptum og samningsstöðu gagnvart vinnuveitendum
Íslenska þjóðfélagið.
2015
“There comes a stigma with being a foreigner”: Lived experience of immigrants in Icelandic labor market, their communication and negotiation position
"Damned foreigners!": Immigrants' communication and negotiation position in the Icelandic labor market
"Damned foreigners!": Immigrants' communication and negotiation position in the Icelandic labor market
2014
Damned foreigners!”: Immigrants’ communication and negotiation position in the Icelandic labor market
2013
Rannsóknir á samningum kynjanna um launakjör - Kerfisbundin úttekt
Rannsóknir í félagsvísindum
Do entrepreneurial women have a different view of the glass ceiling?
2012
Hvatning og samskipti við sýndarsamningaborð
Rannsóknir í félagsvísindum
Hver er sýn starfsmanna og stjórnenda á starfshvatningu í stóru iðnfyrirtæki?
Vorráðstefna Viðskiptafræðistofnunar Háskóla Íslands
2011
Achievement goal orientation in negotiation; does it fit the 3x2 model?
Rannsóknir í félagsvísindum
Lærdómsdrifnir eða frammistöðudrifnir samningamenn… og –konur: Hverjir setja fram kröfur?
Vorráðstefna Viðskiptafræðistofnunar Háskóla Íslands
Propensity to negotiate for non-monetary resources; is there a difference between learning-driven and performance-driven negotiators?
2010
Are the Genders Equal in Integrative Negotiation?
Vorráðstefna Viðskiptafræðistofnunar Háskóla Íslands
2009
Samningar í þrívídd: Einkavæðing Landsbankans
2008
Áhrif menningar á samningagerð í alþjóðaviðskiptum: að byggja upp traust samband
1998
Community or Colony: The Case of Online Newspapers and the Web
Journal of Computer Mediated Communication
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