PDW 06: Marxism and Organization Studies
Call for Applications
Facilitators:
Claes Belfrage, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
Christopher Nyland,
Monash University, Australia
Chris Smith, Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom
Juliane Reinecke,
University of Warwick, United Kingdom
David Levy, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA
Craig Prichard, Massey
University, New Zealand [to be confirmed]
Christopher Land, University of Leicester, United Kingdom [to be confirmed]
Patrizia Zanoni, Hasselt University, Belgium [to be confirmed]
Steffen Böhm, University of Exeter, United Kingdom [to
be confirmed]
Purpose
This Pre-Colloquium Development Workshop (PDW) aims to offer interested faculty
and doctoral students an opportunity to explore how Marxist ideas can enrich organization studies and the associated empirical
research.
Marxist theory has a long history of engagement with the field of organization studies, and EGOS
has hosted a Marxist organization studies sub-theme in each of the previous five years (leading to the publication of several
papers in a forum in Organization Studies, April 2015). But there are not many opportunities available to faculty and students
who want to learn more about this approach and discuss with others how it might help them in their own research. This PDW
aims to fill that gap.
Format
The PDW will be structured in two parts:
In the first part, the workshop will feature the two convenors discussing where Marxist theory is similar to and differs from the main lines of contemporary organization theory, and how Marxist theory has been used in empirical research at the organization level.
In the second part, participants will discuss and receive feedback on their “working papers” in a workshop setting. Working papers can take the form of a project description or a draft paper. Facilitators will be assigned to appropriate sets of working papers and will lead discussion of them in small groups.
Application
To be considered for this PDW, authors will need to submit a short paper. Please submit – via the EGOS website – a single document of application (.doc, .docx or .pdf file) that includes:
a cover page with full details of name, affiliation, email address, and a personal website if that is available; and
a proposal/working paper of whatever length seems appropriate.
The workshop will move forward conditional on enough applications being received
by April 3, 2017.