285: Social, Political, and Ideological Barriers to Research on Race in Management (10203)

Saturday, August 10, 2024

14:00 – 16:00 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

Location: Hyatt: Grand Hall J

Session Number: 285
PDW (workshop)
Orientation: Theme,Research,Diversity
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/WypZy5

Session Chair(s)

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Alexandra Noel Figueroa

U. of Utah, David Eccles School of Business, United States

Moderator(s)

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Sakaria Auelua-Toomey

Stanford U.

Organizer(s)

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Alondrea Michelle Hubbard

Rutgers U., School of Management and Labor Relations, United States
KW

Kimberly Weston Moore

North Carolina Central U., United States
LB

Lauryn Burnett

George Washington U., United States
AS

Angel Simon

Ohio State, United States
AH

Andrea Marie Hodge

Florida State U., United States

Session Chair(s)

AM

Anthony D. Meyers

Baruch College & The Graduate Center, CUNY, United States

Panelist(s)

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Alexis Nicole Smith

Oklahoma State U., United States
DR

Darryl Rice

Farmer School of Business, Miami U., United States
DA

Derek R. Avery

U. of Houston, United States
PM

Penelope Muzanenhamo

U. College Dublin, Smurfit, Ireland
IO

Ivuoma Onyeador

Northwestern Kellogg School of Management
TO

Tina R. Opie

Babson College, United States

Discussant(s)

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Ashleigh Shelby Rosette

Duke U., United States

This professional development workshop (PDW) aims to foster a candid and transparent dialogue on the state of race research within the academy, where growing politicization has led to an intellectual divide over the role and importance of race within management scholarship. More than fifty years of management research on race has led to our theoretical and practical understanding of how race, and social identity more broadly, affects and is affected by organizational processes and outcomes (Crenshaw, 1989; Nkomo, 1997; Nkomo et al., 2019; Ray, 2019). Yet, within the current political and social climate, this line of research has faced backlash, becoming “less favorably received as a research topic” and, at times, considered inadequate for theoretical contribution (Avery et al., 2021, p.10). Under the 2024 AOM theme–Innovating For the Future, this session will feature perspectives from race scholars and editors from top journals on the challenges and opportunities of doing race research within socially and politically uncertain times and will engage participants in generative exchanges on innovative and supported future projects.