460: How to Theorize in and Through Extreme Contexts Research (14197)

Saturday, August 10, 2024

16:15 – 19:15 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

Location: Fairmont: International Ballroom

Session Number: 460
PDW (workshop)
Orientation: International,Research
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/bRp9aa

Organizer(s)

DK

Derin Kent

Warwick Business School, United Kingdom

Presenter(s)

SP

Sandra Pereira

U. of Warwick, United Kingdom
MR

Madeleine Stefanie Rauch

Cambridge Judge Business School

Facilitator(s)

JA

John Matthew Amis

U. of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
JB

Jose Alexandre Bento Da Silva

Warwick Business School, United Kingdom
DB

Daniel Beunza Ibanez

Bayes Business School, United Kingdom
SL

Sharlene Michelle Leroy-Dyer

D. of Gender and Diversity in Organizations, Australia
SM

Sam C. MacAulay

U. of Queensland, Australia
SN

Samira Nazar

Australian National U., Australia

Organizer(s)

AW

April L. Wright

Warwick Business School, United Kingdom

Presenter(s)

SC

Samantha Cooms

The U. of Queensland, Australia
GD

Graham Dwyer

Swinburne U. of Technology
SN

Stephanie Nzekwu

Warwick Business School, United Kingdom
NG

Nina Granqvist

Aalto U., Finland
WH

Wesley Helms

Brock U., Canada
PH

Paul Hibbert

Warwick Business School, United Kingdom
GI

Gemma Irving

U. of Queensland, Australia

This interactive PDW provides participants with a practical framework for developing theory from empirical research in extreme contexts, which are organizational settings where potential adverse events and harm arise from risks, emergencies, and disruptions. The PDW is designed for scholars whose primary interest is extreme contexts as well those considering doing research in this area for the first time or as a one-off project. Participants will be introduced to a comprehensive and dynamic framework for theorizing in and from extreme contexts research, which comprises four distinctive modes of engagement: (1) Adventuresome Inquiry; (2) Instrumental Scholarship; (3) Ideological Improvement; and (4) Reflexive Labor. To give participants a taste of each mode of engagement and how different modes can be combined, a group of early career scholars, mid-career researchers, and senior academics will share examples from their own research in extreme contexts, including mixed martial arts, emergency departments, storm chasers, war-torn areas, bushfires, women entrepreneurs in Afghanistan, and the pandemic. Scholars will also offer Indigenous and African perspectives on extreme contexts. In roundtable discussions with facilitators, participants will gain practical insights for adapting the four modes of engagement in their own empirical research for more generative theorizing.