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Program Session #: 128 | Submission: 13311 | Sponsor(s): (RM, OMT, BPS) 
Scheduled: Friday, Aug 3 2012 1:00PM - 5:00PM at Westin Copley Place in Essex North-Center & East

Organizer: Ruth V. Aguilera; U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; 
Organizer: Donal Crilly; London Business School; 
Organizer: Peer C. Fiss; U. of Southern California; 
Organizer: Thomas Greckhamer; Louisiana State U.; 
Organizer: Rodney Lacey; Emory U.; 
Organizer: Vilmos F. Misangyi; Pennsylvania State U.; 

Given the success of this PDW over the past six AoM conferences-with average attendance of around 60 participants each year-we are proposing to again offer this workshop on Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and fuzzy-set (fsQCA) set-theoretic methodologies. The workshop aims to bring together a variety of scholars ranging from those who are new to this methodological approach to those who have extensive experience working with it to those who want to draw upon the conceptual logic behind QCA for their theory development. To accommodate this range of interests, we have successfully offered a dual-track system over the past three meetings that serves the needs of both novice and advanced users. The introductory track will include a general overview of set theoretic methodologies and their conceptual logic and break-out sessions centered upon giving attendants hands-on experience in how to get started with running the software and interpreting results. The advanced track will focus on the needs of more experienced users and provide participants with the opportunity to receive consultation regarding their ongoing research projects using QCA/fsQCA. The goal of the PDW is to expand and deepen the ties of a community of researchers doing set-theoretic analysis across a variety of areas in organizations and strategy research.

Pre-registration (email to fiss@marshall.usc.edu) is strongly recommended. Those who register will be emailed preparatory reading beforehand.