Professional development workshops
8AM - Dr Tomi Koljonen (organiser): Occupations and Professions as a Lens for Studying Pressing Societal Challenges (15844)
9AM - Professor Robert Blackburn (discussant): Rejection, Resilience and Wellbeing for Research Scholars (10346)
10.15AM - Dr Francesca Hueller (organiser): Using Sports Data To Advance Management Theory (14796)
10.45AM - Professor Charlotte Croft (organiser): HCM Research Incubator: Research in the Rough (16361)
3PM - Dr Sarah Stephen (organiser): Speed Networking with the SIM Division (12410)
8AM - 10AM CT (UTC-5), Fairmont Chicago - Millennium Park (International Ballroom)
Occupations and Professions as a Lens for Studying Pressing Societal Challenges (15844)
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP (PDW)
Divisions: OMT - Organization and Management Theory, MOC - Managerial and Organizational Cognition, SIM - Social Issues in Management, DEI - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Session: 253
Organiser
- Danielle Elaine Bovenberg – Yale School of Management
Panelist
- Hatim A. Rahman – Northwestern Kellogg School of Management
Facilitators
- Curtis Kwinyen Chan – Boston College
- Andrea Wessendorf – University of Edinburgh
Organisers
- Luke Hedden – University of Miami
- Audrey Holm – HEC Paris
- Ece Kaynak – Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), City, U. of London
- Tomi Koljonen – University of Liverpool Management School
Panelists
- Callen Anthony – New York University
- Matt Beane – University of California, Santa Barbara
- Julia DiBenigno – Yale School of Management
- Jennifer Howard-Grenville – Cambridge Judge Business School
Moderator
- Curtis Kwinyen Chan – Boston College
Summary
The world of work is rapidly changing. New technologies and sweeping social and environmental issues can break down long-standing work boundaries, reconfigure and replace work tasks, and disrupt entire societies. How can scholarship on occupations and professions inform and enrich our understanding of pressing societal challenges? And how can scholars of occupations expand their methodological toolkits to study these phenomena? The goal of this professional development workshop is to stimulate scholarly conversations around these questions. An additional objective of this annual PDW–now in its fifth year–is to encourage community building among scholars engaged in theoretical and empirical research on occupations and professions. Through presentations from leading scholars, interactive panel discussions, and roundtable breakouts, we seek to advance scholarship in these important areas while simultaneously building community.
9AM - 11.30AM CT (UTC-5), Hyatt Regency Chicago (Crystal C)
Rejection, Resilience and Wellbeing for Research Scholars (10346)
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP (PDW)
Division: ENT- Entrepreneurship
Session: 286
Organiser
- Shaker A. Zahra – University of Minnesota
Discussants
- Vincent Lefebvre – Audencia Business School
- Pablo Munoz – Durham University Business School
- Scott L. Newbert – City University of New York, Baruch College
- Susana Correia Santos – Florida State University
Organisers
- William B. Gartner – Babson College
- Miruna Radu-Lefebvre – Audencia
- Raja Singaram – University of Galway
Distinguished Speakers
- Jeffery McMullen – Indiana University - Kelley School of Business
- Johan Wiklund – Syracuse University
- Eric Liguori – Florida State University
Discussants
- Robert Blackburn – University of Liverpool Management School
- Sarah Jack – Lancaster University Management School
Summary
Manuscripts receive a rejection decision from editors for various reasons at different stages of the peer review process. The social and psychological consequences authors face after a manuscript rejection affect their well-being significantly. This professional development workshop (PDW) aims to engage scholars – from advanced doctoral students to research active scholars – in a dialogue on rejection as an editorial decision and its effects on well-being. We realize this purpose by (1) destigmatizing failure and educating the scholars on the nature of rejection decisions, (2) discussing how authors can bounce back after a rejection outcome, and (3) explaining the well-being consequences of rejection and providing recommendations on developing resilience. Editors from nine journals, namely, Journal of Management, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Business Venturing Insights, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, International Small Business Journal, Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, Journal of Small Business Management, and Small Business Economics have agreed to serve as panel members and mentors in this session.
10.15AM - 2.15PM CT (UTC-5), Fairmont Chicago - Millennium Park (Crystal Room)
Using Sports Data To Advance Management Theory (14796)
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP (PDW)
Division: OMT - Organization and Management Theory, STR - Strategic Management, OB - Organizational Behavior, TIM - Technology and Innovation Management, RM - Research Methods
Session: 319
Organiser
- Paolo Aversa – King's College London
- Dmitry Sharapov – Imperial College Business School
- Francesca Hueller – University of Liverpool Management School
Panelists
- Christopher I. Rider – University of Michigan, Ross School of Business
- Lorna Anne Downie – Vrije University Amsterdam
- Patrick Hallila – Imperial College Business School
- Julien Clement – Stanford University
Summary
Publishing rigorous and relevant research in top management journals often requires rich and suitable data for investigating challenging and compelling research questions. The surge of accessible sports data in recent years has increased the number of studies that make use of such data to advance management theory. Beyond the fact that professional sports comprise multi-billion-dollar industries worthy of attention per se, sports also provide settings in which fundamental themes of competition and cooperation are at play, making it attractive for scholars seeking to advance management theories. However, sports settings combine research opportunities with non-trivial challenges and dichotomies that require further reflection: First, sports greatly differ in their nature, and it is not always easy to choose the most suitable sports contexts to respond to particular research questions. Second, in sports settings, the generalizability of results is less evident than in traditional industries, and readers and reviewers often display skepticism about external validity and generalizability of findings to business contexts. Building on successful editions of this workshop at AOM in the previous eight years, this two-part PDW will (1) bring together a panel of scholars to share experience in publishing management research with sports data and (2) provide developmental support in the second part of the workshop for scholars that are in the process of using sports data in their projects or who plan to use sports as a setting to study their research questions.
10.45AM - 12.15AM CT (UTC-5), Fairmont Chicago - Millennium Park (Cuvee Room)
HCM Research Incubator: Research in the Rough (16361)
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP (PDW)
Division: HCM - Health Care Management
Session: 327
Organiser
Panelists
- Timothy Hoff – Northeastern University
- Timothy Huerta – Ohio State University
- Tal Katz-Navon – Arison School of Business, Reichman University, Israel
- Thomas D'Aunno – New York University
- Mattia J. Gilmartin – New York University
- Ann Scheck McAlearney – Ohio State University
- Laura McClelland – Virginia Commonwealth University
- Kathleen Montgomery – University of California, Riverside
- Victoria Parker – University of New Hampshire
- Peter Rivard – Suffolk University
Organiser
- Dori Amelie Cross – University of Minnesota
Panelists
- Patrick Shay – Trinity University
- Sara Singer – Stanford University
- Joshua Ryan Vest – Indiana University, Indianapolis
- Timothy J. Vogus – Vanderbilt University
- Robert J. Weech-Maldonado – University of Alabama, Birmingham
- Amit Nigam – City, University of London
Organiser
- Ren Lovegood – UMass Boston College of Management
- Wiljeana Jackson Glover – Babson College
Panelists
- Ariel Avgar – ILR at Cornell
- Jane Banaszak-Holl – University of Alabama, Birmingham
- Jacky Swan – University of Warwick
- J'Aime Jennings – University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Aoife McDermott – Cardiff University
- Elizabeth Goodrick – Florida Atlantic University
Summary
The goal of this professional development workshop is to provide a session in which attendees receive constructive feedback and advice on health care management related research projects that are in progress, but not ready for journal submission. Projects may range from early conceptual stages to later stages (i.e. writing a manuscript). Participants will receive feedback, in a collegial setting, from health care management researchers in the field on key issues attendees are facing in their projects. Participants will be matched with two research mentors based on the nature of their research project and the expertise of our esteemed panel. While this workshop is open to researchers at all stages of their career, priority will be given to early-stage participants (i.e. doctoral students and junior scholars). Each participant will discuss their research projects with each of their assigned mentors, rotating in timed increments. This workshop is highly interactive, and uses experiential learning to make a potential impact on the professional success of participants. This workshop is presently designed for an in-person conference.
3PM - 5PM CT (UTC-5), Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile (Clark)
Speed Networking with the SIM Division (12410)
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP (PDW)
Division: HCM - Health Care Management
Session: 442
Organiser
- Sarah Stephen – University of Liverpool Management School
- Susana Esper – IESEG School of Management
Summary
Networking can be daunting. It may feel tempting to avoid a room filled with strangers in favour of seeking out more comfortable conversations with those you know. But wait! – What if that room is filled with established and future SIM thought-leaders, who are passionate about the same kinds of scholarly topics, research methods, teaching innovations, and impact? How about a space dedicated to warm introductions, energetic idea-sharing, and the spirit of community? What if you could plan on lively facilitated opportunities to meet extraordinary global colleagues, discuss existing research, and consider developing new projects? Spoiler alert: you can!! SIM Speed Networking is exactly that space with exactly those people and exactly these opportunities! This annual event, in collaboration with the SIM Division’s Research Committee, aims to facilitate connections among scholars interested in topical issues linking business and society, professional development, and impactful research incubation. All are welcome, but pre-registration is required, and slots are released on a first come, first served basis. For more information, please visit the division's listserv page.
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