31st EGOS Colloquium

Organizations and the Examined Life:
Reason, Reflexivity and Responsibility

ALBA Graduate Business School at The American College of Greece

July 2–4, 2015
Athens, Greece

Sub-themes

Please note: if you have submitted a short paper to one of the below listed sub-themes, the corresponding convenors will inform you if your paper is accepted or rejected by end of February 2015 at the very latest.

Before submitting your full paper, please first take a look at the "Guidelines and criteria for the submission of full papers at EGOS Colloquia"!

Submission period for full papers:

Start: Monday, March 2, 2015

End: Monday, June 15, 2015, 23:59:59 (CEST)

List of sub-themes

Sub-theme 01: (SWG) Careers: Multi-level Issues in Theory, Methodology and Empirical Research Convenors: Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Hugh Gunz, Marijke Verbruggen
Sub-theme 02: (SWG) The Dynamics of Trust in Challenging Contexts Convenors: Rosalind Searle, Reinhard Bachmann, Shay S. Tzafrir
Sub-theme 03: (SWG) Routine Dynamics, Innovation and Creativity Convenors: Martha S. Feldman, Carlo Salvato, Dionysios Dionysiou
Sub-theme 04: (SWG) Paradigms and Methods of Diversity Scholarship Convenors: Inge L. Bleijenbergh, Lize A.E. Booysen, Albert J. Mills
Sub-theme 06: (SWG) Revisiting the 'Publicness' of Organization, Management and Bureaucracy Convenors: Christine Teelken, Heidi Houlberg Salomonsen, Haldor Byrkjeflot
Sub-theme 07: (SWG) Institutions and Identities Convenors: Tammar B. Zilber, Michael Lounsbury, Renate E. Meyer
Sub-theme 08: (SWG) History, Institutions and Institutional Change Convenors: Stephanie Decker, Lars Engwall, Behlül Üsdiken
Sub-theme 09: (SWG) The Beautiful and the Ugly in Art, Design and Organization Convenors: Steven S. Taylor, Niina Koivunen, Grete Wennes
Sub-theme 10: (SWG) Creating and Sustaining Transnational Multi-Actor Governance of Corporate Conduct Convenors: Jeremy Moon, Arno Kourula, Juliane Reinecke
Sub-theme 11: (SWG) The MNE and Developing Economies: Entering Markets and Managing Organizations Convenors: Florian Becker-Ritterspach, Rick Molz, Ali Taleb
Sub-theme 12: (SWG) The Temporal Experience of Organizing Convenors: Barbara Simpson, Tor Hernes, Chahrazad Abdallah
Sub-theme 13: (SWG) Reflecting on Institutionalizing Creativity: The Role of Material Form and Practices in Creative Industries Convenors: Eva Boxenbaum, Candace Jones, Massimo Maoret
Sub-theme 14: (SWG) Organizational Network Research: Networks in Social and Technological Innovation Convenors: Terry L. Amburgey, Jörg Raab, Barak S. Aharonson
Sub-theme 15: (SWG) Creativity, Reflexivity and Responsibility in Organizational Ethnography Convenors: Laura Galuppo, Geneviève Musca, Linda Rouleau
Sub-theme 16: (SWG) Organization as Communication: The Performative Power of Talk Convenors: François Cooren, Lars Thøger Christensen, Dennis Schoeneborn
Sub-theme 17: Activity Theory and Organizations Convenors: Yrjö Engeström, Anu Kajamaa, Zlatko Bodrožić
Sub-theme 18: Actors and Institutions: Alternative Currents Convenors: Samer Abdelnour, Hans Hasselbladh, Jannis Kallinikos
Sub-theme 19: What Ancient Philosophy has to Teach Organization Studies Convenors: Stelios Zyglidopoulos, Charilaos Platanakis, Thomas Donaldson
Sub-theme 20: Organizing Alternatives to Capitalism: Theories, Models and Mechanisms Convenors: Luciano Barin Cruz, Mário Aquino Alves, Bernard Leca
Sub-theme 21: Challenging Unreflective Organizational Life: Innovating towards Sustainable Enterprise Models Convenors: Stefano Brusoni, Arnaldo Camuffo, Kerstin Neumann
Sub-theme 22: Civil Society: The Site of Organized and Organizational Resistance Convenors: Michael Meyer, Marta Reuter, Liesbet Heyse
Sub-theme 23: Climate (In)action: Understanding Corporate and Institutional Inertia Convenors: Bobby Banerjee, Timo Busch, Jonatan Pinkse
Sub-theme 24: Critical Perspectives on Corporate Social Responsibility and Stakeholder Relations Convenors: Johanna Moisander, Kathryn Fahy, Claudia Groß
Sub-theme 25: Devising Markets and Other Valuation Sites [merged with sub-theme 43] Convenors: Liz McFall, Pascale Trompette, Elena Raviola
Sub-theme 26: Digital Media and Organization Convenors: Armin Beverungen, Timon Beyes, Lisa Conrad
Sub-theme 27: Dynamic Capabilities for Strategic Change in Practice Convenors: Wolfgang H. Güttel, Patrick Cohendet, Uta Wilkens
Sub-theme 28: Entrepreneurial Design and Designing Entrepreneurship Convenors: Dimo Dimov, Isabelle Reymen, Georges Romme
Sub-theme 29: Ethico-Politics and Organization [merged with sub-theme 50] Convenors: Carl Rhodes, Pasi Ahonen, Mrinalini Greedharry
Sub-theme 30: Fostering Change for Responsibility: Forms of Reflexivity in Engaged Scholarship [merged with sub-theme 41] Convenors:
Sub-theme 31: Perspectives on Management Expertise and Advice in Global and Linguistically Diverse Organizational Contexts [merged with sub-theme 42] Convenors: Stefan Heusinkveld, Martyna Śliwa, Andrew Sturdy
Sub-theme 32: Risk, Ethics and Practical Wisdom in Project Management Convenors: Christophe Bredillet, Damian Hodgson, Jonas Söderlund
Sub-theme 33: Identity Work through the Ages: Unexamined Lives? Convenors: Cynthia Hardy, Leanne Cutcher, Cara Reed
Sub-theme 34: Inequality, Institutions and Organizations Convenors: John M. Amis, Thomas B. Lawrence, Kamal A. Munir
Sub-theme 35: Innovation, Knowledge Integration and Path Dependence: Towards More Reflective Practices Convenors: Jörg Sydow, Christian Berggren, Robert DeFillippi
Sub-theme 36: Institutional Theories of Family Firms Convenors: Michael Carney, Roy Suddaby, Giuseppe Delmestri
Sub-theme 37: International Migration, Work and Organization Convenors: Jelena Zikic, Kyoung-Hee Yu, Robert MacKenzie
Sub-theme 38: Internationalization of SMEs: Actors, Processes and Practices Convenors: John Child, Joanna Karmowska, Said Elbanna
Sub-theme 39: Challenging Power, Rationality and Diversity in Organizations during the Crisis: Emerging New Meanings and Learning from Ancient Greek Myths [merged with sub-themes 53 and 54] Convenors: Marianna Fotaki, Anastasia Kynighou, Aikaterini Koskina
Sub-theme 40: Living the Critical Life: Unreason, Nonreflection and Irresponsibility Convenors: Garance Marechal, Peter Fleming, Bent Sørensen
Sub-theme 41: Looking for Thorns, Paradoxes and Blind Spots as Triggers for Reflection about Research and Practice: Discourses and Practices of Change and Stability [merged with sub-theme 30] Convenors: Karl-Heinz Pogner, Kristina Lauche, Anne Pässilä
Sub-theme 42: Management Expertise and Advice in Comparative Perspectives [merged with sub-theme 31] Convenors:
Sub-theme 43: Managing Overflow: Devices and Discourses [merged with sub-theme 25] Convenors:
Sub-theme 44: Marxist Organization Studies: Structures, Systems and Power Convenors: Paul S. Adler, Rick Delbridge, Matt Vidal
Sub-theme 45: Materiality, Human Agency and Practice Convenors: Eleni Lamprou, Nathalie Mitev, Lucas D. Introna
Sub-theme 46: Open Organizations for an Open Society? Practicing Openness in Innovation, Strategy and Beyond Convenors: Leonhard Dobusch, Georg von Krogh, Richard Whittington
Sub-theme 47: Risk and Organizations: Understanding Reason, Reflexivity and Responsibility in Risk Management Convenors: Robert P. Gephart Jr., Steve Maguire, Michael Power
Sub-theme 48: Organizations and the Imagined Life: Perspectives on Imagination, Creativity and Novelty Convenors: Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Charalampos (Babis) Mainemelis, Mar Pérezts
Sub-theme 49: Organizing Organizations: Dynamics and Variation Convenors: Göran Ahrne, Nils Brunsson, Dieter Kerwer
Sub-theme 50: Organizing Subjects: Reflexivity, Responsibility and Transformation at Work [merged with sub-theme 29] Convenors:
Sub-theme 51: Valuation and Evaluation within and across Organizations Convenors: Charlotte Cloutier, Jean-Pascal Gond, Louis-François Brodeur
Sub-theme 52: Paradoxes and Unreason: Provoking Greater Examination into Organizational Life Convenors: Constantine Andriopoulos, Ella Miron-Spektor, Wendy K. Smith
Sub-theme 53: Power and Difference in Organizations: Turning to Ancient Greek Philosophy, Drama and Mythology in Search of New Meanings [merged with sub-themes 39 and 54] Convenors:
Sub-theme 54: Rationality and Organizational Life in Hard Economic Times [merged with sub-themes 39 and 53] Convenors:
Sub-theme 55: Re-examining the Organization of Healthcare: Institutional, Technological and Clinical Challenges Convenors: Daniele Mascia, Federica Angeli, Americo Cicchetti
Sub-theme 56: Reflections on New Worlds of Work Convenors: Michel Anteby, Israel (Issy) Drori, Amy Wrzesniewski
Sub-theme 57: Responsible Leadership: Addressing Social, Environmental and Business Implications of Leadership Convenors: Nicola M. Pless, Günter K. Stahl, Christian Vögtlin
Sub-theme 58: Space and Materiality in Organizations Convenors: Perttu Salovaara, Arja Ropo, Donatella De Paoli
Sub-theme 59: Speaking Truth to Power: Organizing for the Greater Good Convenors: Dirk Lindebaum, Yiannis Gabriel, Deanna Geddes
Sub-theme 60: Stewardship as a Post-GFC Standard of Legitimacy Convenors: Walter Jarvis, Miguel Pina e Cunha, Stewart Clegg
Sub-theme 61: Strategy-as-Practice: Cognition, Emotions and Strategy Practice Convenors: Julia Balogun, Jane K. Lê, Feng Liu
Sub-theme 62: Take a Walk on the Wild Side: Social Ontologies and Post-Legitimacy Theorizing about Social Structure Convenors: Peer C. Fiss, Mark T. Kennedy
Sub-theme 63: Antecedents and Consequences of Institutional Logics for Reasoning and Rationality Convenors: Patricia H. Thornton, William Ocasio, Julien Jourdan
Sub-theme 64: Customer-facing Service Work as a 'Moment of Truth'? Convenors: Marek Korczynski, Jean-Baptiste Suquet, Caroline Ruiner
Sub-theme 65: Translating the Business Model into Action: Practice and Performativity Convenors: Stefan Häfliger, Vincent Mangematin, Charles Baden-Fuller
Sub-theme 66: When Reason is not Enough: Intercultural Competence Acquisition and Use Convenors: Laurence Romani, Sylvie Chevrier, Christoph Barmeyer
Sub-theme 67: Learning Networks, Innovation and Educational Institutions [= open sub-theme 1] Convenors: Nikolaos Mylonopoulos, Nikolaos Smyrlakis
Sub-theme 68: Perspectives on Gender, Identity and Employment [= open sub-theme 2] Convenors: Petra Adolfsson, Gianluigi Mangia