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Sub-theme 41:

The Effects of Social Movements on Organizational Processes

 

Convenors:

Sarah A. Soule
Cornell University, Ithaca (USA)
ss31@cornell.edu

Frank den Hond
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
f.den.hond@fsw.vu.nl

Frank G.A. de Bakker
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
fga.de.bakker@fsw.vu.nl


 

Session I: Thursday, July 10 – 11:00–12:30

Chair: Frank de Bakker

Convenors
Introductions

Stelios Zyglidopoulos, Stephanie Schreven and Laura Illia
Anti-globalization and corporate behavior

Sarah A. Soule, Laszlo Tihanyi and Anand Swaminathan
The diffusion of firm divestment in Burma, 1996–2002

Discussant: Forrest Briscoe
 

Session II: Thursday, July 10 – 14:00–15:30

Chair: Suzanne Benn

Robbin Derry
Singing against medicare injustice: The raging grannies et al defeat Alberta provincial healthcare proposal

Jean-Baptiste Litrico
Keeping control: Framing as a strategic response to meaning inflation in the diffusion of collective kitchens in Quebec

Nahee Kang
The role of civic organisations in corporate governance reforms: The case of minority shareholder movement in South Korea

Discussant: André Spicer
 

Session III: Friday, July 11 – 9:00–10:30

Chair: Frank den Hond

Forrest Briscoe and Sean Safford
When does the activist network matter? Temporal dynamics in the spread of contentious practices

Frank G.A. de Bakker
Networks in action: How activist groups form and use social networks in establishing institutional change to shape corporate social responsibility

Ellen T. Crumley and Michael Lounsbury
Shaken and stirred: The acupuncture movement versus western health care

Discussant: Anand Swaminathan
 

Session IV: Friday, July 11 – 14:00–15:30

Chair: Robbin Derry

Dorothea Baur
Judging the legitimacy of NGOs as partners of corporations

Suzanne Benn and Marie-France Turcotte
Metaproblems, social movements and sub-politics: Issues of legitimacy and impact

Jon Burchell and Joanne Cook
Changing relationships through dialogue: The impact of engagement opportunities on the attitudes and tactics of UK NGOs

Discussant: Glen Whelan
 

Session V: Friday, July 11 – 16:15–17:45

Chair: Stelios Zyglidopoulos

M. Tina Dacin, Michaela DeSoucey and Jo-Ellen Pozner
The invisibility of ideology: The rise of sushi in the US

Frank den Hond and Tom Elfring
Ideology and identity in the creation of a social movement: The emergence of Slow Food in California and the Netherlands

Koen van Bommel and André Spicer
Hail the snail: The creation of collective experience in the Slow Food movement

Discussant: Ellen Crumley

 

Session VI: Saturday, July 12 – 9:00–10:30

Chair: Jon Burchel

Judith van der Voort and Lucas Meijs
The double edge sword of 'leading' the internal & external CCI movement: The core activists view

Glen Whelan
Meat your enemy: An emergent corporate concern at the intersection of animal rights and anthropocentrism

You-Ta Chuang and Robin Church
Taking sides: A social movement perspective of the adoption of same-sex partner health benefits in Fortune 500 corporations, 1990–2003

Ana C. Dinerstein and Gregory Schwartz
Resist, occupy, produce! The effect of the Argentine movement of occupied and recovered factories on institutional path creation

Discussant: Frank de Bakker
 

Session VII: Saturday, July 12 – 11:15–12:45

Chair: Dorothea Baur

Katarina Sikavica
Shareholder activism and top executive careers: How shareholders' psychological dispositions towards ownership impact on the choice of incentives

Mário Aquino Alves and Marcus Vinícius Peinado Gomes
Confrontation, collaboration and co-optation: The relationship dynamics between black movement organizations and banks in Brazil

Jennifer Bair and Florence Palpacuer
The emergence of new social movements in global clothing chains: A comparative Western European and North American perspective

Discussant: Tina Dacin

 

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