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Symposium: Emotions and Institutional Logics: Putting Affect onto the Y-axis

  • 1.  Symposium: Emotions and Institutional Logics: Putting Affect onto the Y-axis

    Posted 07-11-2014 08:49
    Please join us for the symposium "Emotions and Institutional Logics: Putting Affect onto the Y-axis" on Monday, August 4th @ 9:45AM to 11:15AM in the Room 107 B of the Pennsylvania Convention Center. 

    Organizer: 
    Madeline Toubiana, York University 

    Panelists: 
    W. E. Douglas Creed, Rhode Island University 
    Elizabeth Goodrick, Florida Atlantic University 
    Trish Reay, University of Alberta 
    Patricia Thornton, Duke University 
    Maxim Voronov, Brock University 
    Charlene Zietsma, York University 

    Sponsors: OMT and MOC 

    This symposium aims to push theorizing and empirical study of institutional logics beyond cognitive myopia to consider the diverse ways in which emotions may play a role in the enactment, management and change of institutional logics, potentially mapping emotions "along the Y-Axis" of the interinstitutional system (Massa, Voronov, Helms & Wang, 2013; Thornton et al., 2012). Renowned scholars are brought together to discuss the ways in which emotions and institutional logics interact and influence institutional processes and outcomes. Maxim Voronov will highlight the ways in which emotions can be identified in institutional logics, discussing the affective distinctions between logics; Charlene Zietsma will outline the implications of emotional investment in institutional logics for institutional work in hybrid organizations; Trish Reay and Beth Goodrick will consider how emotions can be used to influence shifts in institutional logics and institutional change; and Douglas Creed will showcase how emotions and social bonds influence and change the dynamics of institutional complexity and pluralism espoused to date in the institutional logic perspective. Patricia Thornton will then act as a critical discussant outlining the potential limitations or opportunities of putting affect more explicitly into the institutional logics perspective. Following presentations by the panelists, audience questions will be solicited to be addressed by the panel. 

    We look forward to seeing you there!


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    Madeline Toubiana 
    PhD Candidate
    Organization Studies
    Schulich School of Business
    York University