Organization and Management Theory OMT

Dear All,

We encourage you to submit papers to Sub-theme 74: "The Social Control of Organizational Deviance" at EGOS in Milan, Italy, July 4-6, 2024.

Organizations do not exist in a vacuum. When organizations deviate from laws, rules, or norms, other individuals or organizations – typically referred to as social control agents – will often intervene so that the rule system is not upended. The process that ensues – generally labeled as organizational social control – is enormously consequential for those organizations that are subjected to it. In some cases, social control agents are successful in suppressing deviant behavior and restoring social order; in other circumstances, such behavior can persist and, over time, even become accepted in the very system of rules it sought to challenge. This process of social control can unfold in myriad ways: through informal means such as boycotts and protests, to more formal methods such as fines, lawsuits, and legislative action.

In this sub-theme we call upon contributions at the crossroads of social control theory and research on organizational deviance to help unpack the ways in which the behavior of organizations is policed, curbed, and restricted. The social control of organizational deviance is a negotiated process where definitions of deviance and the rules regarding deviant behavior evolve over time across different contexts and by a diverse range of social actors. Understanding this phenomenon requires going beyond the study of individual organizations by examining how social control unfolds and is orchestrated at the field level.

 

More details can be found here.

 

The deadline for submission is January 9, 2024.

In case you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Best,

Patrick, Alessandro and Ana

 

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Patrick Bergemann
Assistant Professor of Organization and Management
University of California, Irvine
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