Sub-theme 36: The Dark and Bright Sides of Power, Institutions and Organizing

Convenors:
Giuseppe Delmestri, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
Peter Walgenbach, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
Elizabeth Goodrick, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Rotan, USA
Session I: Thursday, July 07, 11:00 to 12:30, C12
Silencing of Voices
Chair: Giuseppe Delmestri
Valeria Cavotta, Guido Palazzo and Antonino Vaccaro
Silence as mechanism of institutional maintenance
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Birgitte Ljunggren and Trine Kvidal-Røvik
Birgitte Ljunggren and Trine Kvidal-Røvik
The sound of silence: Knowledge discourse and gendered institutionalization of innovation in a Norwegian innovation program
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Tapiwa Seremani
Tapiwa Seremani
The more things change, the more they remain the same: Institutional work, agenda setting and the reproduction of apartheid era inequalities in the “new” South Africa
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Susana Esper
Susana Esper
Easier said than done: Strategies of discursive manipulation that serve hypocrisy during controversies
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Valeria Cavotta
Paper to be narrated by the discussant(s) in 5, but no more than 10 minutes. Authors have 5 minutes to complement presentation.
Session II: Thursday, July 07, 14:00 to 15:30, C12
The Dark Side of Institutional Work
Chair: Elizabeth Goodrick
Andreea Zara, Hélène Delacour and Emmanuel Josserand
Exploring the role of non-formal actors in institutional change: The case of the Serbian transition
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Markus Helfen and Carsten Wirth
Markus Helfen and Carsten Wirth
When 'Open Skies' hit the ground: Power, institutions and the devalorization of service work in aviation
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Rebecka Arman
Rebecka Arman, Nanna Gillberg and Maria Norbäck
Disorderly conduct: Temporal disordering as oppressive institutional work in Swedish retail
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Hélène Delacour
Paper to be narrated by the discussant(s) in 5, but no more than 10 minutes. Authors have 5 minutes to complement presentation.
Session III: Thursday, July 07, 16:00 to 17:30, C12
Some Light in the Dark
Chair: Peter Walgenbach
Gro Kvåle and Zuzana Murdoch
Institutional power and the Emancipation of a marginal organization: Hells Angels MC meets art, academia and the Norwegian Constitution
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Verena Girschik
Verena Girschik and Eva Boxenbaum
Silent struggles: Framing a new understanding of business in society
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Innan Sasaki and Davide Ravasi
Innan Sasaki and Davide Ravasi
Logic sedimentation and status dynamics in Japanese shinise
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Gro Kvåle and Zuzana Murdoch
Paper to be narrated by the discussant(s) in 5, but no more than 10 minutes. Authors have 5 minutes to complement presentation.
Session IV: Friday, July 08, 09:00 to 10:30, C12
Practices, Logics and Institutional Maintenance
Chair: Raghu Garud
Mikołaj Pawlak and Adriana Mica
Invisible elbows at work: Error-correction and maintenance of institutions
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Isabel Brüggemann, Paul Tracey and Jochem Kroezen
Isabel Brüggemann, Paul Tracey and Jochem Kroezen
Fighting "factory fiction": Towards a multi-level theory of institutional resistance
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Christopher Mueller
Christopher Mueller
The force of the dark side: The role of power in re-institutionalising new organisational practices
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Mikołaj Pawlak and Adriana Mica
Paper to be narrated by the discussant(s) in 5, but no more than 10 minutes. Authors have 5 minutes to complement presentation.
Session V: Friday, July 08, 14:00 to 15:30, C12
Foucault et al.
Chair: Kamal Munir
Olivier Baly, Frédéric Kletz and Jean-Claude Sardas
Analyzing power/meaning relations: A panoptical view of institutional sensemaking
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Amélie Seignour and Florence Palpacuer
Amélie Seignour and Florence Palpacuer
"Cultural normalisation" and violence at work in large neo-Fordist firms : The dark side of restructuration. The case of a French telecommunication company
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Carl Cederstrom, Sam Dallyn and Mike Marinetto
Carl Cederstrom, Sam Dallyn and Michael Marinetto
The power of the university over academia vs. the countervailing power of the academic as a public intellectual
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Olivier Baly, Frédéric Kletz and Jean-Claude Sardas
Paper to be narrated by the discussant(s) in 5, but no more than 10 minutes. Authors have 5 minutes to complement presentation.
Session VI: Saturday, July 09, 09:00 to 10:30, C12
Class, Identity and Trust
Chair: Davide Ravasi
Jennifer Kish-Gephart, Shannon Rawski, Joanna T. Campbell and Barbara Gray
(Breaking through) the “class ceiling”: Understanding CEOs’ social class origins, upward mobility, and the exercise of power
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Anna Scheer
Anna Scheer
Catering to the needs of the many: The interplay of organizational identity and intra-organizational tensions
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Qihai Huang, Hongli Wang and Peter Peverelli
Xinzhong Xu, Qihai Huang, Hongli Wang and Peter Peverelli
The dark side of feeling trusted: Employee felt obligation, organization based self-esteem and compulsory citizenship behavior
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Jennifer Kish-Gephart, Shannon Rawski, Joanna Campbell and Barbara L. Gray
Paper to be narrated by the discussant(s) in 5, but no more than 10 minutes. Authors have 5 minutes to complement presentation.
Session VII: Saturday, July 09, 11:00 to 12:30, C12
Critical Institutionalism
Chair: Bob Hinings
David Barbera, Itziar Castelló Molina and Charlene Zietsma
Super hero subjectification: Strategy alignment through balancing collective identity and managerial control
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Giuseppe Delmestri & Elizabeth Goodrick
Giuseppe Delmestri and Elizabeth Goodrick
Looking away: Denial and emotions in institutional stability and change
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Raghu Garud and Thinley Tharchen
Raghu B. Garud and Thinley Tharchen
How institutions matter in marginalizing and reconstituting identities
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): David Barbera, Itziar Castelló and Charlene Zietsma
Paper to be narrated by the discussant(s) in 5, but no more than 10 minutes. Authors have 5 minutes to complement presentation.