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AOM PDW - Getting Emotional: Tackling Methodological Challenges in Studying Emotions and Institutions Emotions

  • 1.  AOM PDW - Getting Emotional: Tackling Methodological Challenges in Studying Emotions and Institutions Emotions

    Posted 05-23-2018 21:04
    Dear colleagues,

    If you are planning to book your AOM travels and are interested in emotions and institutions, consider arriving as early as Friday for the 2nd edition of the PDW on "Tackling Methodological Challenges in Studying Emotions and Institutions". No pre-registration needed, but the PDW does start at 8am on Friday August 10th. All are welcome!

    Submission: 10983 | Sponsor(s): (OMT, RM, OB)
    Scheduled: Friday, Aug 10 2018 8:00AM - 10:30AM at Marriott Chicago Downtown - Magnificent Mile in Addison Marriott Ballroom
     
    Getting Emotional: Tackling Methodological Challenges in Studying Emotions and Institutions
    Emotions and Institutions

    Organizer: Tammar B. Zilber, Hebrew U. of Jerusalem
    Organizer: Maxim Voronov, Brock U.
    Organizer: Madeline Toubiana, U. of Alberta
    Presenter: Simona Giorgi, Boston College
    Presenter: Tim Hallett, Indiana U., Bloomington
    Presenter: Jennifer Howard-Grenville, Cambridge Judge Business School
    Presenter: Linda Jakob Sadeh, Hebrew U. of Jerusalem
    This PDW is a continuation of a PDW we organized in AoM 2017 in Atlanta, which attracted much interest and a large audience from across the academy. It aims to encourage empirical research at the intersection of emotions and institutions by creating an opportunity to discuss the possibilities and trouble- shoot the challenges of conducting such research. Studying emotions from an institutional perspective requires a more socially embedded conceptualization and a more contextualized approach than survey scales of affect can reveal. This leads researchers working in this domain to face empirical challenges in collecting, analyzing and displaying emotions as data. While emotions have been studied extensively by researchers from psychology, sociology, anthropology, philosophy and neurobiology, the appropriate lenses and methods by which to tackle emotions and their role in institutional dynamics is less understood. By bringing together renowned scholars, versed in distinct approaches and qualitative methodologies, we seek to develop expertise across the community of interested scholars to enable the continued growth of this important research stream within organizational theory. Senior and junior scholars who have successfully studied emotions and institutions or emotions in other organizational contexts will walk attendees through their specific approaches for collecting and analyzing data on emotions. By creating a forum to share best practices and common pitfalls, the proposed PDW will help build and enhance the skills of researchers interested in conducting empirical research on emotions and institutions.

    Warmest regards,

    Tammar, Maxim and Madeline
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    Madeline Toubiana PhD
    Assistant Professor
    Strategic Management and Organization
    Alberta School of Business
    University of Alberta