For our next ICOR Seminar on October 10th, we’ll discuss questions of power and control in digitalized organizational spaces. First, we are honored to receive Patrizia Zanoni (Hasselt University) who will present her paper “Beyond Despotic Control: Alienation and Consent by ‘Liberated’ Workers in the Amazon Warehouse,” co-authored with Milosz Miszczynski (Kozminski). The abstract can be found here.
Then, Christine Abdalla Mikhaeil (IESEG) will present her study “Govern Less to Govern More? Autonomy-control tensions in firm-hosted online communities,” co-authored with Marie Joachim (ESSCA School of Management) and Aurélie Leclercq-Vandelannoitte (IESEG). The abstract can be found here.
To kick-off the academic year, we’ll have the pleasure to welcome Evgenia Lysova (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) to discuss what constitutes meaningful work. She will present her study: “Signaling meaningful work: Examining the interactions of calling with corporate social responsibility and job design”, which abstract can be found here.
On June 6th, we’ll discuss natural resources’ extraction and uses and their impacts on local communities’ day-to-day life and on stakeholders’ collaborations to achieve sustainability. First, Alvin Panjeta (Université Paris-Est Créteil) will present his paper “From energy justice to feelings of injustice: the case of offshore windfarms in Norway”, co-authored with Kristiane Fjaer Lindland (University of Stavanger). The abstract can be found here.
Then, Johanna Jarvela (IESEG) will present her study “Out of Sight, Out of Mind — How Visibility Dynamics Influence the MSI Legitimacy Formation,” co-authored with Marjo Siltaoja (Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics). The abstract can be found here.
On May 24th, our ICOR Seminar will point at the complexities lying behind the private sector’s financial endeavors and narratives addressing climate change. First, Ioana Sendroiu (University of Hong Kong) will present her paper “Market bootstrapping to address grand challenges: Possibilities and limitations in innovating towards net zero.” The abstract can be found here.
Then, Hugues Chenet (IESEG) will present his manuscript “Unravelling the narratives of the climate finance agenda”, co-authored with Soline Ralite (Université Paris-Dauphine). The abstract can be found here.
On April 26th, the question of micro-practices of collaborations between different stakeholders to achieve CSR purposes and legitimacy will be at the core of our incoming ICOR Seminar. Susana Esper (IESEG) will present her research project “How CSR managers use public policy to strengthen their roles: Juggling between student activism and internal resistance”, co-authored with Gustavo Birollo (FSA ULaval) and Maria Castillo (IESEG). The abstract can be found here.
On April 12th, we’ll discuss the broad issue of sustainability in our next ICOR Seminar. First, Lionel Garreau (Associate Professor at Université Paris Dauphine) will present his approach of sustainability, based on a systemic perspective.
Then, Simone Carmine (Assistant Professor at IESEG) will present his research project “MNE crowdsourcing sustainability innovations”, co-authored with Haitao Yu (Faculty of Business Administration, University of Macau). The abstract can be found here.
To begin the year, we’ll discuss reflexive approaches to academic writing and management theories during the in-coming ICOR Seminar. First, Haitao Yu, Assistant Professor at IESEG, will present his paper “Emotion and Research on Personally Relevant Grand Challenges” (co-authored with Lucas Amaral Lauriano, Iéseg) (The abstract can be found here).
Then, John Hegarty (IESEG) will present his piece “Living in the Tension – A Reflexive and Pragmatic Approach to Management Decision-Making” co-authored with Regis Maubrey (IPAG Business School) and Hans-Jörg von Mettenheim (IPAG Business School). (The abstract can be found here as well as the full paper here).
On December 5th, philantropy and hybrid organizations’ performance will be at the center of the discussions in our next ICOR Seminar. First, Arthur Gautier, Associate Professor at ESSEC, will present his paper “Philanthropy For Systems Change: An Exploratory Study.” (The abstract can be found here).
Then, Cyrine Ben-Hafaeidh, Associate Professor at IESEG will present her research project “Increasing Quantitative Research in Social Entrepreneurship: A Question of Method”, co-authored with Anaïs Hamelin (EM Strasbourg Business School). (The abstract can be found here).
The question of stigma within and around organizations will be at the core of our discussions in our next ICOR Seminar. We’ll have the pleasure to receive Mohamad Sadri, Assistant Professor at ESSEC, who will present his paper “An Audience-Based Perspective on Firms’ CSR and Stakeholder Disapproval in Stigmatized Contexts” (abstract available here).
Following, Lucas Amaral, Assistant Professor at Iéseg, will present his article titled: “The Role of Social Media Affordances in Organizational Stigma Events” (abstract available here).
For starting this academic year, we’ll discuss different facets of Social Entrepreneurship in the context of a joint ICOR-INENT Seminar. We’ll have the pleasure to host Daniel Hjorth, Professor at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, and Lund University, School of Economics and Management, Sweden, and adjunct professor at Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University, Japan. He is the former Editor-in-Chief of Organization Studies, and serves as Art Review Editor for Business Ethics Quarterly. His research and publications are centered on philosophy and business, art and management, and aesthetics and organization while empirically investigating organizational creativity, entrepreneurship and innovation. He will present his paper in development “The Poetics of Imagined Lives: Desire, Imagination and Fabulation in Social Entrepreneuring” co-authored with Mollie Painter (Nottingham Trent University)(abstract available here).
Following, Elodie Dessy, post-doctoral researcher at Iéseg, with research interests on philanthropy, social-mission platforms and boundary work, will present her paper in development: “Should they stay or should they go? The interplay of divergent boundary work strategies in shaping field renewal in Belgian philanthropy” co-authored with Benjamin Huybrechts (Iéseg) and Danielle Logue (USNW Sydney) (abstract available here).
