Call for Abstracts:
6th ANNUAL PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS CONFERENCE
October 4th and 5th , 2013
The Wharton School,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Abstract Submission Deadline: July 12, 2013
OVERVIEW
The purpose of the "People and Organizations" Conference is to bring attention to macro-level research on topics associated with work and employment. We aim to continue to build and support the community of scholars from economics, industrial relations, organization theory, political science, sociology and strategy who share common interests and seek a forum for interdisciplinary exchange.
Representative papers from past years have included studies explaining workplace practices, examining organization-level outcomes associated with practices or studying the effects of workplace practices on individuals. Human and social capital issues related to business strategy and performance have also become a common theme.
Among topics of particular interest this coming year are:
- New developments in work and employment relationships
- The effects of organizational employment practices on firm performance and worker outcomes
- The structure and determinants of careers in and across modern workplaces
- Causes and effects of worker mobility
- New insights on inequality in the workplace
In addition to a plenary program, we plan to continue our practice of roundtable sessions for specialized topics or work in progress.
Submission Instructions:
If you are interested in participating in the conference, please send an email to Nancy Permsap at the Wharton Center for Human Resources -
nancy57@wharton.upenn.edu. Attach an abstract (800 words or less) as a Word document. Please DO NOT include names or affiliations in this word document as we will evaluate abstracts anonymously. Instead, please include the cover page information for your paper (paper title and the names, affiliations and email addresses of all co-authors) in the body of the email.
Submissions from all fields and disciplines are welcome. We are particularly seeking studies that have not yet been published nor accepted for publication. We are less interested in studies that have no empirical results, however, unless they are explicitly theoretical. We have a special interest in studies that relate to new developments in issues around work and employment.
Attendance:
If you would like to attend the conference and not present a paper, please let us know by July 12th as well. Spaces are limited, especially for overnight accommodations, but we will do our best within logistics constraints. In the interests of maximizing participation with limited budgets, we hope that participants can handle their own travel expenses.
Questions:
Feel free to contact any of the members of the organizing committee with questions.
Conference Organizing Committee:
Matthew Bidwell, The Wharton School (
MBidwell@wharton.upenn.edu)
Diane Burton, Cornell University (
Burton@cornell.edu)
Peter Cappelli, The Wharton School (
Cappelli@wharton.upenn.edu)
Gina Dokko, University of California, Davis (
gdokko@ucdavis.edu)
Peter Sherer, University of Calgary (
Peter.Sherer@haskayne.ucalgary.ca)