Please join us for this AOM Showcase Symposium on 'Category Dynamics: Emergence, Change, and Dissolution,' sponsored by the OMT, MOC, and BPS divisions. Moving beyond understanding how categories confine and define people's sense-making processes, our symposium aims to shift attention to the ways in which categories themselves emerge, evolve, and dissolve.
The symposium will take place at the Academy of Management Meeting in Vancouver, on Monday, Aug 10 9:45AM - 11:15AM at Vancouver Convention Centre in Room 001. The details of the event are as follows:
Category Dynamics: Emergence, Change, and Dissolution
Finalist for the OMT Division Best Symposium Award
Discussant: Ezra Zuckerman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Discussant: Mark T. Kennedy, Imperial College Business School
Organizer: Eunice Y. Rhee, Seattle U.
Organizer: Jade Y.-C. Lo, Drexel U.
Organizer: Peer C. Fiss, U. of Southern California
As enduring as categories are, they can and do change, over time and across spaces. Yet, such processes have received comparatively little attention. Moving beyond understanding how categories confine and define people's sense-making processes, our symposium aims to shift attention to the ways in which categories themselves emerge, evolve, and dissolve. What are the different processes by which category systems can emerge? What approaches are best suited to studying such formation, change, and also dissolution of categories? Further, how is the same category system used and interpreted differently in different communities? In this symposium, we aim to address these questions by bringing together four studies that take a cultural and socio-cognitive approach to understanding category dynamics. In addition, we aim to explore how cultural artifacts-including language and narratives, for example-may co-evolve with and affect the evolution of categories.
Explaining Hypes: Narratives and Category Emergence
Presenter: Nina Granqvist, Aalto U.
The Linguistic Structure of Industry Categories
Presenter: Stine Grodal, Boston U.
Presenter: Steven Kahl, Dartmouth College
The Categorical Dis-Imperative? Examining Category Effects in Fields of Innovation
Presenter: Adam R. Castor, The Wharton School, U. of Pennsylvania
Presenter: Tyler E. Wry, The Wharton School, U. of Pennsylvania
Category Dynamics of a Hybrid Category: The Rise and Fall of Edutainment
Presenter: Eunice Y. Rhee, Seattle U.
Presenter: Jade Y.-C. Lo, Drexel U.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Best regards,
Eunice, Jade, & Peer