Call for Abstracts: 5th ANNUAL PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS CONFERENCE
September 28th and 29th, 2012
The Wharton School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
OVERVIEW
The purpose of the “People and Organizations” Conference is to bring
attention to research on work and employment. We aim to continue to build
and support the community of scholars from management, industrial
relations, organization theory, organizational behavior, sociology,
economics and strategy who share common interests and seek a forum for
interdisciplinary exchange.
Once again, we particularly welcome papers on the following broad set of
topics:
- New developments in work and employment relationships
- New insights on inequality in the workplace
- Explanations of workplace practices and their effects on firms and
workers
- Explorations of the structure and determinants of careers in and across
modern workplaces
- Studies of human and social capital issues related to business strategy
and performance.
In addition to a plenary program, we plan to continue our practice of
roundtable sessions for specialized topics or work in progress.
Submissions:
If you are interested in participating in the conference, please send an
email to Nancy Permsap at the Wharton Center for Human Resources -
nancy57@wharton.upenn.edu by June 30th. Attach an abstract (800 words or
less) as a Word document. Please DO NOT include names or affiliations in
this word document as we will evaluate abstracts anonymously. Instead,
please include the cover page information for your paper (paper title and
the names, affiliations and email addresses of all co-authors) in the body
of the email.
Submissions from all fields and disciplines are welcome. We are
particularly seeking studies that have not yet been published nor accepted
for publication. We are less interested in studies that have no empirical
results, however, unless they are explicitly theoretical. We have a
special interest in studies that relate to new developments in issues
around work and employment.
Attendance:
If you would like to attend the conference and not present a paper, please
let us know by June 30th as well. Spaces are limited, especially for
overnight accommodations, but we will do our best within logistics
constraints. In the interests of maximizing participation with limited
budgets, we hope that participants can handle their own travel expenses.
Questions:
Feel free to contact any of the members of the organizing committee with
questions.
Conference Organizing Committee:
Matthew Bidwell, The Wharton School (
MBidwell@wharton.upenn.edu)
Diane Burton, Cornell University (
Burton@cornell.edu)
Peter Cappelli, The Wharton School (
Cappelli@wharton.upenn.edu)
Gina Dokko, University of California, Davis (
gdokko@ucdavis.edu)
Peter Sherer, University of Calgary (
Peter.Sherer@haskayne.ucalgary.ca)