Dr. Jessica Jaye Ranieses

I teach business management, project management, and research methods at De La Salle University. I also advise undergraduate theses and doctoral dissertations.

My research looks at the everyday lives of working women and at gender in education. I want to understand the structures that shape people's choices and how they shape those structures in return.

Reflexivity sits at the center of how I work. I pay close attention to how my own position and experience shape the questions I ask and how I make sense of what people share with me. I also study reflexivity itself, as the inner conversation through which people weigh their concerns and decide how to act.

I regularly contribute to the Green Light Column of the Manila Standard.

Women professionals

How women build careers, lead, and make decisions in Philippine organizations.

Work and nonwork boundaries

How people draw, cross, and redraw the lines between work, family, and self.

Human flourishing

What a good working life looks like, and how workplaces can support it.

Gender and education

How business schools teach and practice gender equality, and how responsible management education can prepare fairer leaders. This work is why I am active in PRME, the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Management Education.

My approach draws on critical realism and Margaret Archer's morphogenetic framework. I use qualitative methods, including reflexive thematic analysis.

• PresidentPhilippine Academy of Management (PAOM)
• Co-ChairPRME Working Group on Global Women and Leadership
• Conference ChairNational Business and Management Conference (NBMC)
• FellowInternational Humanistic Management Association

Green Light Column, Manila Standard

• A year of red lightsOct 2026
• The lessons we never announceJul 2026
• When women come and lead together, the world shiftsMay 2026
• Confronting how we see women and the systems around themApr 2026
• Leaving well, coming back strongerJan 2026

Classroom games and simulations

Free browser activities I built for my classes. Other teachers are welcome to use them.

• CampusConnect Crisis Project management

  Teams inherit a troubled campus project and balance budget, morale, stakeholder trust, and scope through group decisions.

• Operation Bagyo Project management

  Teams get 20 minutes to plan a satellite mission: write the charter, define the work, and set the budget.

• Event Decision-Making Simulation Project management

  Students run a youth leadership summit from planning to execution and make decisions under uncertainty.

• Event Budget Builder Project management

  Build an event under budget, pick a venue that fits the audience, and survive surprises.

• Sariwa Trails Organizational design

  Students redesign a growing sustainable travel company and reflect on how structure shapes the people in it.

• AI Hiring Bias Demo Management and ethics

  Students review candidates, run a biased and a fairer screening model, and see how the AI made its choices.

• RRL Detective Research methods

  Teams sort evidence from studies, form a tentative answer, and name the research gap before the twist arrives.

Also coming here

• Publications Coming soon
• Talks and presentations Coming soon

jessica.ranieses@dlsu.edu.ph

I welcome invitations to collaborate on research, speak at events, or partner with PAOM and PRME.