NANNETTI Francesca

People & Organisations
PhD, Management

Francesca Nannetti is an Assistant Professor in the People & Organisations department at NEOMA Business School. She holds an MSc degree from Bocconi University and a Ph.D. from ESSEC Business School. Additionally, she has been a visiting scholar at Goizueta Business School at Emory University. At NEOMA, she teaches Management and Organization.

In her research, she explores the influence of gender on network dynamics and its performance implications, particularly in the realms of creativity and innovation. She utilizes different methods to investigate: 1. Gender differences in creativity and innovation returns to social network characteristics and 2. Gender differences in tie formation. She has presented her projects at several conferences, including the Academy of Management conference, EGOS Colloquium, ION conference, Strategic Management Society annual conference, and People & Organizations. Furthermore, her work has been published as a book chapter and featured in the Academy of Management Proceedings.

Prior to joining academia, she worked as a project manager.

TOMOVA SHAKUR, T., F. NANNETTI, C. SHEA, J. R. ROSS, K. M.-P. ROBERTSON, A. MEHRA, S. KANG, H. BLUNDEN, J. VILLANUEVA, D. Z. LEVIN, W. TSAI, Q. HU, R. A. BRANDS, Y. HE, C. MORBIDELLI, C. DUPREE, Y. (. YIN, "Networks Under Scrutiny: Social Evaluation, Emotion, and Agency", Academy of Management Proceedings, July 2026, vol. 2026, no. 1

DOI : 10.5465/AMPROC.2026.17935symposium

NANNETTI, F., E. OPERTI, "Equalizing networking opportunities: How women can leverage incubators in entrepreneurship", Journal of Vocational Behavior, June 2026, vol. 167

DOI : 10.1016/j.jvb.2026.104233

NANNETTI, F., T. TOMOVA SHAKUR, Y. YIN, A. FERRAGAMO, D. WADHWANI, C. WAKSLAK, D. KANG, T. M. FLOYD, A. MEHRA, A. AGGARWAL, E. OPERTI, C. MORBIDELLI, J. BRENNECKE, "Beyond Network Structure: Gendered Dynamics in the Use, Content, and Perception of Social Networks", Academy of Management Proceedings, vol. 2025, no. 1, 2025

DOI : 10.5465/AMPROC.2025.21421symposium

NANNETTI, F., E. OPERTI, "Equalizing networking opportunities: How women can leverage incubators in entrepreneurship", Journal of Vocational Behavior, June 2026, vol. 167

DOI : 10.1016/j.jvb.2026.104233

NANNETTI, F., J. PERRY-SMITH, "Chapter 20 - Social networks and creativity: A gender perspective" in Handbook of Organizational Creativity., Roni Reiter-Palmon and Sam Hunter Ed., Editions Elsevier, pp. 303-316, 2023

DOI : 10.1016/B978-0-323-91840-4.00022-0

TOMOVA SHAKUR, T., F. NANNETTI, C. SHEA, J. R. ROSS, K. M.-P. ROBERTSON, A. MEHRA, S. KANG, H. BLUNDEN, J. VILLANUEVA, D. Z. LEVIN, W. TSAI, Q. HU, R. A. BRANDS, Y. HE, C. MORBIDELLI, C. DUPREE, Y. (. YIN, "Networks Under Scrutiny: Social Evaluation, Emotion, and Agency", Academy of Management Proceedings, July 2026, vol. 2026, no. 1

DOI : 10.5465/AMPROC.2026.17935symposium

NANNETTI, F., T. TOMOVA SHAKUR, Y. YIN, A. FERRAGAMO, D. WADHWANI, C. WAKSLAK, D. KANG, T. M. FLOYD, A. MEHRA, A. AGGARWAL, E. OPERTI, C. MORBIDELLI, J. BRENNECKE, "Beyond Network Structure: Gendered Dynamics in the Use, Content, and Perception of Social Networks", Academy of Management Proceedings, vol. 2025, no. 1, 2025

DOI : 10.5465/AMPROC.2025.21421symposium

NANNETTI, F., T. TOMOVA SHAKUR, "Navigating Social Networks: Network Evolution and Inequality Shaped Over Time", Academy of Management Proceedings, vol. 2024, no. 1, 2024

DOI : 10.5465/AMPROC.2024.20159symposium

NANNETTI, F., E. OPERTI, "How Professional and Family Ties Affect Idea Elaboration for Men and Women." in Academy of Management, vol. 2023, no. 1, 2023

DOI : 10.5465/AMPROC.2023.111bp

NANNETTI, F., "Creating a Better World Together: How Different Groups Create, Maintain, and Utilize Their Networks" in Academy of Management, 2022
NANNETTI, F., "Gender differences along the idea journey: How tie strength and brokerage affect idea elaboration and championing for men and women" in EGOS, 2022, Vienne
NANNETTI, F., "Reassessing the Gender-Competition Interface: an Interdisciplinary Meta-Analysis" in Strategic Management Society, 2021
NANNETTI, F., "Gender stereotypes and individual creativity: the network effect" in Academy of Management, 2021
NANNETTI, F., "Bringing your family to work: How parenthood homophily and gender influence the formation of network ties" in Academy of Management, 2020
NANNETTI, F., "Bringing your family to work: How parenthood homophily and gender influence the formation of network ties" in EGOS, 2020, Hamburg, Germany
NANNETTI, F., "Bringing your family to work: How parenthood homophily and gender influence the formation of network ties" in East Coast Doctoral Conference, 2020, New York
NANNETTI, F., "Reassessing the Gender-Competition Interface: an Interdisciplinary Meta-Analysis" in People & Organizations conference,, 2020, Wharton
NANNETTI, F., "Gender stereotypes and individual creativity: the network effect" in Organized Creativity: Approaching a Phenomenon of Uncertainty, 2019, International Spring School

NANNETTI, F., "Gender differences along the idea journey: How tie strength and brokerage affect idea elaboration and championing for men and women" 10th SKEMA KTO Paper Development Workshop. 2022, Lille, France
NANNETTI, F., "Gender differences along the idea journey: How tie strength and brokerage affect idea elaboration and championing for men and women" 15th Chamonix Ph.D. Seminar in Management. 2022, Lyon, France
NANNETTI, F., "Reassessing the Gender-Competition Interface: an Interdisciplinary Meta-Analysis" ESSEC Management Ph.D. Bootcamp. 2022, France