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Working on the Dark Side: A Paper Development Workshop for New Research on Organizational Misconduct           

Saturday, August 8 from 10:20:00 AM through 1:20:00 PM at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, Hong Kong Room

We would like to invite researchers working on issues on the dark side of organizational research to participate in a paper development PDW at this year's Academy of Management.

Organizers

Jo-Ellen Pozner, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley (pozner@haas.berkeley.edu)

Celia Moore, London Business School (cmoore@london.edu)

Colleen Stuart, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto (colleen.stuart04@rotman.utoronto.ca)

Background

The current economic environment and the persistence of corporate scandals are increasing the need for academics to take up misconduct as a critical and coherent area of inquiry. To date, empirical research on these related phenomena (such as fraud, corruption, misbehaviour, deviance, illegality, etc.) has been sporadic. However, we believe this area of scholarship has the potential to make an important and cohesive impact on the Academy.

Purpose

This goal of this PDW will be a practical one, geared toward hands on development of participants' working papers. We have invited a team of senior scholars who have successfully published papers on misconduct and related topics in top management journals. We will pair these scholars with PDW participants interested in developing their working papers towards publication. A second goal of this PDW is to help build a community of scholars currently working on issues relating to organizational misconduct and set a foundation from which new collaborations might develop.

How to Participate

PDW applicants should submit working papers or detailed outlines of their papers covering any aspect of organizational misconduct to the organizers, including a one page abstract, by June 1. We will then assign them as appropriate to senior scholars, who will act as mentors on the project. Each mentor will then receive an outline or working paper from no more than three participants and will prepare comments in advance of the AoM meetings. To facilitate discussion, abstracts of all accepted papers will also be circulated among the full group of participants in advance of the session.

We are aiming for an intimate session of no more than 15 papers, and so encourage those interested to contact the organizers as soon as possible to secure their places. Please feel free to contact the organizers with any questions, or to directly submit your working papers or detailed outlines.

Mentors

Philip Bromiley

Dean's Professor in Strategic Management

Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine

Henrich Greve

Professor of Entrepreneurship and Organisational Behaviour

INSEAD

Joshua Margolis

Associate Professor of Business Administration

Harvard Business School

Donald Palmer

Professor of Management

Graduate School of Management, University of California, Davis

Andrew Ward

Assistant Professor

Terry College of Business, University of Georgia