Organization and Management Theory OMT

Dear colleagues,

Please consider joining us for the following PDW at the 2018 AOM Annual Meeting in Chicago next month:

Putting Cultural Toolkits to Work: Unpacking Four Vectors of Culture

Friday, August 10, 2018
12:00PM - 1:30PM
Marriott Chicago Downtown - Clark Marriott Ballroom

Distinguished Speakers:
Shahzad Ansari, Cambridge U.

Elena Dalpiaz, Imperial College Business School

Simona Giorgi, U. of Bath

Maxim Voronov, Schulich School of Business, York U.

Organizers:
Jean-François Soublière, U. of Alberta
Christi Lockwood, U. of Virginia

Organization and management research has taken a cultural turn, and the "cultural toolkit" metaphor is increasingly gaining currency to shed light on a variety of phenomena, including entrepreneurship and innovation, organizational and cultural change, and strategy making. Recognizing this trend, this PDW seeks to synthesize and bridge recent developments in understanding how cultural toolkits are put to use. The goal of this workshop is not to catalogue the rich set of elements that actors hold in their cultural toolkits (e.g., logics, identities, vocabularies, beliefs), but to unpack the various means by which culture is used to mobilize action or to convey meanings to others. More specifically, this PDW will discuss four vectors of culture: language, materials, emotions and time. This PDW will bring together leading scholars who are experts in each of these vectors of culture. After a panel discussion, participants will be able to interact with the panelists in a roundtable format. No pre-registration is required. The hope is that this will enable participants to leave the workshop better equipped to pursue conceptual and empirical work in this area.

We hope to see you there!

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McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia