Please join us for an All-Academy Theme Symposium on Mobilizing Meaning in Times of Crisis
Sunday, August 7 from 4:15 - 5:45PM at the Hilton Anaheim in the Santa Monica Room
Panelists:
Marlys K. Christianson, University of Toronto
Rich DeJordy, Northeastern University
Christi Lockwood, Boston College
Ryann Manning, Harvard University
Trent A. Williams, Syracuse University
The past few years have seen a string of crises, ranging from terrorist attacks to the greatest refugee crisis since World War II, unprecedented outbreaks of the Ebola and Zika viruses, political rancor and turmoil in various countries, and global talks to avert a pending climate catastrophe. Organizations are at the center of these crises, not only directly affected by them, but also responding, resolving, rebuilding, and charting new paths forward. As such, this is an important moment for organizational scholars to reflect on the role of organizations in times of crisis, and particularly on how organizational actors can derive meaning from crises, mobilize that meaning as a source of resilience, and restore meaning after it has been eroded.
This symposium will bring together a group of scholars to discuss some new empirical work on recent crises, but also to reflect on how the theories and empirical studies of the past might apply to the turbulent events and challenging circumstances we face today. Please join us for this timely discussion.
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Ryann Manning
Organizational Behavior and Sociology PhD Candidate
Harvard Business School and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
rmanning@hbs.edu
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