Call for Submissions:
Critical Management Studies Research Workshop
August 11-12, 2006, Atlanta, GA
Stream:
Critical Perspectives on "Gender" and "Diversity"
Submission Deadline for abstracts:
March 15, 2006
Conveners
Marta B. Calas (University of Massachusetts at Amherst)
Linda Smircich (University of Massachusetts at Amherst)
Regine Bendl (Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration)
You are cordially invited to submit an abstract to this pre-Academy research workshop
"Gender" and "diversity" as topics in organization and management theory, research, and practice have acquired particular importance in recent years. While "gender" has been a topic of interest for more than 30 years, originally associated with issues of equality and fairness for women in organizations and management, this topic is now increasingly associated with issues of "gendering" as a situated social practice involved in modes of organizing as well as in identity formation of organizational members. In this sense, "gendering" is a social process that can be observed in practices and relationships among organizational members instead of simply addressed as a property of individuals, "women" or "men". "Diversity", as a more recent topic of interest in organization and management theory and practice, seems to have become a very wide umbrella-term. It may refer to, among other topics, ethnic and racial differences, to multiculturalism, to issues of immigrant populations, as well as also incorporating gender and sexuality.
At this time, it is important to consider how variations in the meanings and approaches to these topics, including ontological and epistemological variations over time and location, are reflections of changing conditions in a globalizing world. These conditions require rethinking known conceptualizations as well as production of newer ones to be able to understand and explicate emerging organizational and management phenomena in changed social, cultural, and economic circumstances. Thus, considering globalization as our contemporary context, this stream invites papers reflecting on possibilities for new organization and management theory and research that may emanate from critical notions of "gender" and "diversity" as conceptual starting points.
Detailed information on discussion topics and submission guidelines on the
stream website.
Extended abstracts are due no later than March 15, 2006 and should be submitted via email attachment to all conveners of this stream (see contact information below). Submissions for this workshop are primarily intended for discussion and exchange of ideas for future research and theory development. Therefore, it is acceptable to submit abstracts related to papers or symposia that were already submitted to the 2006 Academy of Management meetings. To maximize discussion and exchange of ideas, at most 15 abstracts will be selected based on their intended contribution to the theme of this stream. On April 15, 2006, authors of selected abstracts will be invited to submit full discussion papers. Deadline for submission of discussion papers to conveners is June 15, 2006.
Contact Persons (Stream Conveners)
Marta B. Calas
e-mail: marta@mgmt.umass.edu
Linda Smircich
e-mail: smircich@mgmt.umass.edu
Regine Bendl
e-mail: Regine.Bendl@wu-wien.ac.at
For further information:
Stream website
Critical Management Studies Research Workshop website
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