Editorial Work

This special issue revolves around the topic of unconscious bias in organizations. The six articles included draw on diverse disciplinary, theoretical, and methodological approaches to show how unconscious bias play out in organizational settings and how they lead to various forms of discrimination. The articles contribute to the current bias literature by (1) elevating the idea of bias from individualist perspectives toward more contextual considerations, (2) drawing on multiple perspectives from different research fi elds and thereby creating a more interdisciplinary understanding, (3) considering unconscious and discriminatory gender bias in intersection with other markers of social inequality, and (4) by reframing current understandings of bias in organizations toward a more actionable and change-oriented perspective. To conclude, the special issue illustrates novel approaches to and discussions on the matter of investigating bias at the root of discrimination in organizations.

This special issue is a space for queer troublemakers and killjoy activism in organizational research, remembering the legacies of queer activism and the political roots of queer(ing). Queer activism involves acknowledging the struggles of the community in their resistance, but also making space for queer experiences of joy and waves of intersectional solidarity in times of backlash. We welcome empirical insights from queer voices and communities in the context of gender, work and organization studies such as (but not limited to): accounts of queer joy and solidarity but also everyday experiences of queer struggle and resistance; embodied writing from/with/about queer bodies; studies of inclusive queer movements; reflections on cis- and hetero privilege across intersectional (dis)similarities. Moreover, we also encourage conceptual and methodological studies from a queer troubling killjoy perspective.