“ Pioneering the Future of Work through Interdisciplinary, Qualitative Exploration - paving the way for a more sustainable and equitable future of work.”
PhD, Research director Future of Work / University Lecturer
Chair of The Finnish Association of Work Life Research
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Publications
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Vuorenmaa, H. and Koivunen, T. (2023) ”Ansiotyö muuttuu : yhteiskuntasopimuksen ja sopimisen päämäärän täytyy muuttua” ,Tiedepolitiikka journal.
Vuorenmaa, H., Sumelius, J. & Sanders K. (2023) “Examining missing pieces of the human resource (HR) atributions puzzle: The interplay between line manager beliefs, HR information and context. Front. Psychol., 16 February 2023, Sec. Organizational Psychology. Volume 14 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1103996 AJG 1, IF 4.232
Kauppila, O-P, Smale A., Ehrnrooth, M., Mäkelä, K., Sumelius, J. & Vuorenmaa, H. (2020) “Serving to Help and Helping to Serve: Using Servant Leadership to Influence Beyond Supervisory Relationships”. First Published March 10, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206321994173 Journal of Management. FT50, AJG 4, IF 13.5
Hearn, J. and Niemi, H. (2006) ‘The State of “Men’s Movements” in Finland: Gender- conscious Organising in Men’s Politics’, Nordic Journal of Masculinity Studies.
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Vuorenmaa, H., Koivunen, T. “Gender equality as a struggle over legitimacy.”
The article is under review (second round) in Organization Studies (FT50, AJG 4, IF 6.306).
Simsek Caglar, P.; Vuorenmaa, H.; Roto, V. “Unite and Engage: Positive Experiences and Work Engagement through Digital Tools.”
The article is under review in Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (JUFO 3, IF 4.8).
Platanou, K., Vuorenmaa, H., and Mäkelä, K. “Exploring HRM Discourse Online: Integrating Author-Topic Modeling and Qualitative Methods using Social Media Data.”
Accepted for AOM 2025. To be submitted to Human Resource Management (FT50, AJG 4, IF 5.078) in spring 2025.
Vuorenmaa, H. & Koivunen, T. “Imagine better. A practice theory approach to the growing complexities of changing work.”
Manuscript in progress to be submitted to Organization Theory (FT50, AJG 4, IF 4.2) in autumn 2026.
Vuorenmaa, H., Sumelius, J. & Vaara, E. “Not another HRM practice but HRM as Practice. A social practice theory approach to the everyday work of HR managers.”
Manuscript in progress to be submitted to Human Relations (FT50, AJG 4, IF 5.658) in spring 2027.
Platanou, K., Sdraka, M. & Vuorenmaa, H. “Tweeting on digital Human Resource Management: Exploring the attempts to create meanings within digital institutional fields.”
Based on Platanou’s dissertation (defended in December 2023), planned for submission to Organization Studies (FT50, AJG 4, IF 6.306) in spring 2027.
Vuorenmaa, H., Sumelius, J. & Mäkelä, K. “Enabling inclusion in the hybrid workplace: Obstacles to employee participation in a digitalizing environment.”
Manuscript in progress to be submitted to Human Resource Management (FT50, AJG 4, IF 6.235) in 2026.
Vuorenmaa, H., Sumelius, J., Sippola, M., Mäkelä, E. "Rethinking Expertise: Beyond Skills - Unveiling Essential Components for Navigating Complexity in Technological Work Environments". Work in progress for submission to Human Relations, FT 50, AJG 4, IF 5.658 during 2025
Book chapter:
Vuorenmaa, H. & Koivunen, T. (accepted, to be published during 2026) “Layers of Entanglement: The Affective Aftermath of Ethnographic Encounters in the Finnish Parliament.” Book chapter in Affective Ethnography: Canon and Dissonance of a Research Style, edited by Michela Cozza, Silvia Gherardi, Laura Lucia Parolin, and Carmen Pellegrinelli.
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Published:
Gartner, Mäkelä, Sumelius, Vuorenmaa (alphabetical order) (2024) The accelerating disconnection of work from time and place: New questions for HR. in Handbook of Future of Work eds. Bondarouk and Meijerink. Forthcoming.
Vuorenmaa, Sumelius, Mäkelä (2023) Tietotyö myllerryksessä, kyvyt kateissa. In Työn kirjo ja kirous eds. Koivunen, Sippola and Melin.
Hearn, J. and Niemi, H. (2011) Interventions on, and of, Men in the Finnish State, Civil Society and Media in Elisabe!a Ruspini, Jeff Hearn, Bob Pease and Keith Pringle (Eds.) Men and Masculinities Around the World, Transforming Men’s Practices, Palgrave Macmillan, New York.
Niemi, H. and Jyrkinen, M. (2007) Kansainvälinen polii!inen talous in Kantola, Johanna and Valenius, Johanna (Eds). Sukupuoli maailmanpolitiikassa: 10 käsite!ä feministiseen kansainvälisten suhteiden tutkimukseen, Vastapaino, Tampere.
Hearn, J. and Niemi, H. (2007), The State in Flood, Michael, Kegan, Judith, Pease, Bob and Pringle, Keith (Eds.). International Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities, Routledge, New York.
Hearn, J. and Niemi, H. (2006)‘Men’s movements and feminism in Finland: Organisations, networks and social relations’, in A. Moring (ed.) Politics of Gender, Otava, Helsinki, (Available in English, Swedish and Finnish).
European Perspectives on Men and Masculinities: National and Transnational Approaches, Niemi, H. (2006) with Hearn, J. and Pringle, K. and members of Critical Research on Men in Europe, Palgrave Macmillan, London, 240 pp.
Niemi, H. with Pringle, K., Hearn, J. et al (2006) Men and Masculinities in Europe, Whiting & Birch, London, 280 pp.
Hearn, J. and Niemi, H, (2006) ‘Men’s movements and feminism in Finland: Organisations, networks and social relations’, in A. Moring (ed.) Politics of Gender, Otava, Helsinki, (Available in English, Swedish and Finnish).
Lattu, E., Tallberg, T. and Niemi, H. (2005) ‘Finland: gender dominance, gender equality and gender-neutrality’ in Critical Research on Men in Europe Men and Masculinities in Europe, Whiting & Birch, London.
Co-edited with Eriksson, P., Hearn, J., Jyrkinen, M., Meriläinen, S., Moisander, J., Niemi, H., Rolin, K., Vanhala, S., Hen!onen, E., Hiillos, M., Katila, S., Tallberg, T. (2004) ‘Gender and Organisations in Flux?’, Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration Research Reports, Helsinki.
Selected Conference Proceedings and Presentations
Platanou, K., Sdraka, M., & Vuorenmaa, H. (2020), “Bringing social media communication into institutional work: The making of meanings of HRM digitalization on Twitter”, Presented at the 36th European Group for Organization Studies Colloquium, Hamburg 2020.
Vuorenmaa, H. Sumelius, J., & Sanders K. (2019) “What do HR managers do?”. 3rd Academy of Management HR Division International Conference 2019, Dublin.
Kauppila, O-P, Ehrnrooth, M., Mäkelä, K., Smale A., Sumelius, J. & Vuorenmaa, H. (2018) Serving to help and helping to serve: Employee reactions to HR manager servant leadership. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings 2018, 14885.
Sumelius, J., Vuorenmaa, H. & Smale, A. (2018) Line manager attributions of the HR function. Symposium presentation at the Academy of Management (AoM) Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA.
Gartner, J., Mäkelä, K., Sumelius, J. & Vuorenmaa, H. (2017) Brave New HR? The Changing Nature of Work and the Management of Human Resources. Academy of Management Proceedings 2017 (1), 13747.
Sumelius, J. Smale A., Björkman, I., Ehrnrooth, M. Kauppila, O-P, Mäkelä, K., & Vuorenmaa, H. “Influence without authority- the challenging role of the HR function”. Presented at the Critical Management Studies Conference Liverpool 2017.
Vuorenmaa, H., Vaara, E. (2016) Gender inequality and multilevel (il)legitimacy struggles: from alegitimacy to unlegitimacy to illegitimacy. Presented at the 32nd European Group for Organization Studies Colloquium, Naples, 2016.
Sumelius, J., Vuorenmaa, H. (2015) Working towards observing the everyday work & working life of HR managers. A reflection and discussion of the insecurities, responsibilities and necessary creativity of the access phase. Presented at the 31st European Group for Organization Studies Colloquium, Athens, 2015.