Join us for a Symposium on Relational Perspectives on the Future of Work at the 2025 Academy of Management Annual Meeting in Copenhagen.
How is work changing, and how should we study it? This symposium draws attention to the evolving interactions among people, systems, and objects. Presenters leverage ethnography, interviews, and archival research to examine inflection points before, during, and after changes to the way we work.
Presentations include:
- The Future Now: How Organizations Anticipate Digital Innovation. Author: Virginia Leavell (Cambridge Judge Business School)
- Relational Perspective on Changing Expert Work: Insights from Technology Design to Technology Use. Author: Pauli Pakarinen (Aalto University)
- Speaking to Those Who Know: How Experts Manage Knowledge Overlaps with Clients. Co-authors: Abhishek Gupte, Callen Anthony, and Beth Bechky (New York University, University of California Davis)
- Is there more to know than just delivering food? Relational knowledge at the intersection of platform workers and algorithmic systems. Co-authors: Stella Kyratzi and Corentin Curchod (University of Edinburgh)
Anca Metiu (ESSEC Business School), whose research has illuminated the relational, material, and temporal dimensions of collaborative work, will serve as discussant.
Details:
🕐 Time: Tuesday, July 29, 2025, 1:45PM – 3:15PM
📍 Location: Bella Center, Room 16
🧑🤝🧑 Organizers: Valerio Iannucci (Boston University), Laura Lam (University of Toronto), and Sienna Parker (University of California Santa Barbara)
Link to AOM Schedule: https://cdmcd.co/3RpWmM
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We warmly invite you to join the conversation as we reflect on the relational dynamics shaping work today-and imagine the contours of what may lie ahead.
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Laura Lam
PhD candidate
University of Toronto
Toronto ON
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