Marjolein Dennissen

65 An intersectional analysis of diversity networks I have conducted 51 in-depth semi-structured interviews with active network members, 33 interviews in Finance and 18 in Govt (see Table 3). Interview questions dealt with topics such as the network’s history, goals and activities, members’ motivations to join a particular diversity network, whether and why they joined multiple networks, and if and how their networks collaborated with other networks. The interviews were conducted in Dutch, lasted between 45 minutes and two hours, were tape recorded and transcribed verbatim. Next to interviews, I have observed 46 network meetings that presented a total of 145 hours of observation. These observations yielded additional insight into the negotiations and coalition-building between diversity networks. Examples of network meetings are: board meetings where network leaders discuss their course of action, cross-network meetings between multiple networks, and collaborative network events. Lastly, I analyzed documents such as annual plans and meeting minutes which contained information about the collaboration between different networks and the network’s perspective on multiple identities (or the lack thereof). Table 3. Overview respondents Network Interviewees Finance Interviewees Govt Women 5 (Ladies with ambition) 4 (Women at the top) 5 women Ethnic minority 1 woman 5 men - LGBT 3 women 4 men 1 woman 3 men Disability 3 women 2 men 4 men Young 3 women 3 men 2 women 3 men Data analysis My data analysis relies on an abductive approach, going back and forth between theory and empirical material (VanMaanen et al., 2007). My focal data consisted of the interviewmaterial, as interviewees are able to thoroughly reflect on their identities, their network membership and the interaction between networks. Observation notes and documents not only allowed for triangulation, but also complemented the interviews to build a more accurate account of political intersectionality. By attending network meetings, I was able to observe how members talked about coalition-building and collaborating with other networks, and how their collaboration worked out in actual events. The documents provided information about whether networks plan to work together and whether members discuss collaboration and coalition-building during meetings that were not attended by me.