942: Insider Social Change Agents: Integrating Research to Innovate for the Future (20457)

Sunday, August 11, 2024

15:00 – 18:00 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

Location: Fairmont: State Room

Session Number: 942
PDW (workshop)
Orientation: Teaching,Practice,International,Theme,Research,Diversity
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/AB5656

Organizer(s)

EA

Elisa Alt

King's College London, United Kingdom

Facilitator(s)

NG

Nishi Gautam

U. of Massachusetts, Boston, United States
VP

Vontrese Deeds Pamphile

George Washington U., United States

Panelist(s)

LS

Lumumba Seegars

Harvard Business School, United States

Facilitator(s)

GS

Garima Sharma

American U., Kogod School of Business, United States
HS

Heiko Spitzeck

FDC - Fundacao Dom Cabral, Brazil
JT

Juliana Travassos

King's College London
MS

Maureen A. Scully

U. of Massachusetts, Boston, United States

Organizer(s)

GA

Grace Augustine

School of Management, U. of Bath, United Kingdom
VG

Verena Girschik

Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
KH

Katrin Heucher

Faculty of Economics and Business, U. of Groningen, Netherlands

Panelist(s)

AC

Andrew Crane

U. of Bath, United Kingdom
RD

Richard DeJordy

Rochester Institute of Technology, United States
SS

Sara B. Soderstrom

U. of Michigan, United States
GW

Gail Whiteman

U. of Exeter Business School

Facilitator(s)

AD

Andreana Drencheva

King's College London

Across the Academy, scholars have increasingly been focusing on how employees organize within and across organizations to combat critical societal issues, such as the climate crisis, race and gender inequalities, and worker rights in supply chains. In this PDW, we seek to bridge knowledge silos to create a broader community of researchers and educators around insider social change agents: individuals or groups who seek to propel their organizations toward contributing to positive social change. We structure the PDW in two parts. Part 1 consists of a panel of leading management scholars who will share their knowledge and expertise in studying insider social change agents across academic fields and societal issues. The goal of the panel discussion is to connect as-yet siloed lines of inquiry and explore synergies between them under the insider social change agents umbrella. Part 2 includes several roundtable discussions that will allow emerging and established researchers to connect around empirically defined topic areas and identify frontiers, challenges, and opportunities for developing their scholarship. By structuring roundtables around empirically defined topic areas, we seek to enable focused discussions that can cross-fertilize insights across literatures, generating novel communities of practice and knowledge outcomes. Overall, the PDW aims to empower researchers to co-create opportunities for future research, education, and impact that reimagine and transform organizations from the bottom-up and inside out.

To pre-register for Part 2, please submit an abstract by July 12 to elisa.alt@kcl.ac.uk. The abstract (no more than 200 words) should be focused on forward-looking perspectives and/or questions for the roundtables, which will be facilitated by topic experts. Doctoral students interested in co-designing and/or co-facilitating roundtables are especially encouraged to pre-register. Walk-ins are also welcome for Part 2.