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Sub-theme 35:

Working Across Boundaries: The Upsetting Effects of Offshoring on the Dynamics of Knowledge Intensive Work

 

Convenors:

Bart van den Hooff
Dept. of Business Administration,
Vrije Universiteit (The Netherlands)
bhooff@feweb.vu.nl

Elisa Mattarelli
Dept. of Engineering Science and Methods, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy)
elisa.mattarelli@unimore.it

Suzanne P. Weisband
Eller College of Management, University of Arizona (USA)
weisband@email.arizona.edu

Maria Rita Tagliaventi
Dept. of Management, University of Bologna (Italy)
mrita.tagliaventi@mail.ing.unibo.it

 

Session I: Thursday, July 10 – 11:00–12:30
Organizational Choices in Offshoring of Knowledge Intensive Work

Convenors
Introduction

Joseph Lampel and Ajay Bhalla
The impact of offshoring on the evolution of organizational configurations

Claudia Loebbecke and Claudia Huyskens
Selective offshoring of knowledge intensive IT tasks via the Internet: Criteria and effects
 

Session II: Thursday, July 10 – 14:00–15:30
Human Resources and Offshoring of Knowledge Intensive Work

Nurit Zaidman
Working in global teams: Employees perspectives and strategies

Laurie Cohen, M.N. Ravishankar and Joanne Duberley
Old careers in emerging economies: Indian research scientists' perceptions of opportunity, constraint and the allure of the diaspora

Steffen Böhm and Christopher Land
Value and gentrification: Displacement and fetishism in the creative economy
 

Session III: Friday, July 11 – 9:00–10:30
Day-to-Day Work Practices in Offshoring of Knowledge Intensive Work

Mohamed Makkaoui, François Pichault and Chafik Bentaleb
The upsetting effects of offshoring call centers: From the value-added 'greed' to the identities crisis

Pamela J. Hinds and Catherine Durnell Cramton
Being in the right place with the right people: How influence dynamics are disrupted in offshore collaborations

Alfons van Marrewijk
Conflictive cooperation in offshoring: Day-to-day work practises of Indian and Dutch employees in global IT projects
 

Session IV: Friday, July 11 – 14:00–15:30
Strategic Issues in Offshoring of Knowledge Intensive Work

Maria Isabella Leone, Paolo Boccardelli and Mats Magnusson M
The learning potential of strategic licensing

Arie Y. Lewin, Stephan Manning and Marc Schürch
The sustainability of offshore outsourcing relationships: The role of contracts and client-specific investments

Wrap up


– no Sessions V, VI and VII –

 

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