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Dear Colleagues
We would like to draw your attention to a call for short papers for sub-theme 68 of the 32nd EGOS Colloquium in Naples from 5-7 July, 2016.
Best wishes
Anna Rainhart Thomas
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32nd EGOS Colloquium 2016: Organizing in the Shadow of Power
University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
July 7–9, 2016
Sub-theme 68:
Power and Inequality: Organizing and Organization in Transforming Societies and Emerging Economies
Convenors
Call for Papers
This sub-theme seeks to bring together researchers studying change in organization and management in transforming societies and emerging economies. The ambiguous and turbulent nature of these
societies offers a challenging and valuable opportunity for scholars to examine the nature and exercise of power. This is because the processes of organizational change as the normally hidden and taken-for-granted assumptions and understandings that either
are not yet in place or being negotiated.
We are interested in studies of the various forms of exercise of power, in particular, between unequal organizational partners in joint ventures; or the imposition of organizational change on local actors in acquired organizations; or changes in local management
and employment practices. We believe studies located within the challenging context of transforming and emerging societies can serve to advance organization theory in a significant way. Studying processes of power enables researchers to explore the successful
and unsuccessful responses of organizational actors when confronted with radical environmental changes and challenges to adapt to new rules and frameworks.
To gain additional insight into these processes, the convenors seek participation from different countries and regions across the world. Potential areas of interest include studies of organizational change in transforming settings, e.g. European post-communist
societies, and developing societies in Asia, Africa and South America undergoing transition.
Topics might include:
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Power, resistance and micro-political responses to organizational change by managers and workers to imposed organizational structures and practices
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Studies of the active role of owners and managers in designing processes and the re-institutionalisation of management structures, systems
and practices
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Processes of power, politics, co-operation and trust in international joint ventures
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Privatisation processes and changing structures of organizational and managerial power and control
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Studies of new, emergent forms of organization and organizing under conditions of radical environmental change, resulting from international,
regional and national pressures, including influences such as foreign direct investment, asymmetrical joint ventures, knowledge transfers and organizational learning
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Dilemmas, contradictions and unresolved phenomena associated with processes of organizing and organization in transforming societies and emerging
economies
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Organizational identity change and processes of power and politics
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Process studies of power and language-based shadow structures and informal communication flows in organizations
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Methodological papers on the issues surrounding the study of power, organizational process and change in these challenging contexts
We would welcome papers from researchers working across a range of qualitative and quantitative methodologies and methods in the fields mentioned above. We invite empirical industry-based
and organizational research grounded in any methodological stance, but also encourage purely theoretical contributions.
Convenors
Anna Soulsby is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour at Nottingham University Business School, University of Nottingham, UK. Her research focuses on organizational and managerial
change in transforming and emerging societies.
Rainhart Lang is Professor of Organization Studies at the Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany. His research focuses on organizational culture, leadership and organizational
transformation in transforming and emerging societies.
Thomas Steger is Professor of Leadership and Organization at the University of Regensburg, Germany. His research focuses on corporate governance (especially boards of directors)
and employee owned companies.
Short Paper Submission Process
Please note:
Short papers should focus on the main ideas of the paper, i.e. they should explain the purpose of the paper, theoretical background, the research gap that is addressed, the approach taken, the methods
of analysis (in empirical papers), main findings, and contributions. In addition, it is useful to indicate clearly how the paper links with the sub-theme and the overall theme of the Colloquium, although not all papers need to focus on the overall theme. Creativity,
innovativeness, theoretical grounding, and critical thinking are typical characteristics of EGOS papers.
Your short paper should comprise 3,000 words (including references, all appendices and other material).If you intend to submit a short paper, please
first look at the
Guidelines and criteria
for the submission of short papers at EGOS Colloquia.
Time period for submission of short papers:
Start: Thursday, October 1, 2015
End: Monday, January 11, 2016, 23:59:59 CET
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