Sub-theme 13: Paradigm Diversity to Help Us to Decide What 'Good Organization' Is
Convenors:
Henriett Primecz, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary
John Hassard, Manchester Business School, United Kingdom
Laurence Romani, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden
Session I: Thursday, July 06, 11:00 to 12:30, FG 1A7 (1st floor)
Theories and Paradigms
Chair: Henriett Primecz
Mats Alvesson
Meanings of theory: clarifying theory through typification
Dean Pierides and Stewart Clegg
Sociology of organization, honourable and deferential
Olivier Ratle
How is ‘paradigm’ used in organisation studies, and for what purposes?
Session II: Thursday, July 06, 14:00 to 15:30, FG 1A7 (1st floor)
Multiparadigms Analysis and Theory
Chair: Laurence Romani
Jean-Yves Hamiot and Peter Stokes
Methodology-driven approach for a multi-paradigm textual analysis: The case of managers’ career anticipation in French media
agencies
Tianyuan Yu, Jean Helms Mills and Albert Mills
Divergent discourses on bureaucracy in China and Canada: A Zen-informed cross-cultural multiparadigm study
Tuomo Peltonen
From hybrid to general theory: Traditions as paradigms in an organization theory textbook
Session III: Friday, July 07, 09:00 to 10:30, FG 1A7 (1st floor)
Reflection and Art
Chair: John Hassard
Christian T. Lystbaek
Towards evidence-reflected practice. Paradigms as heuristics for evidence-based practice in organisations
Jonathan Pinto
The Icehotel: A 'good organization' that integrates paradigms by enshrining paradoxes
John Rae
Art, learning and the mobilization of knowledge for ‘good’ healthcare organizations
Session IV: Friday, July 07, 11:00 to 12:30, FG 1A7 (1st floor)
Theory, Practice and Relevance
Chair: Henriett Primecz
Victor Meyer Jr. and Rodrigo Alexandre de Melo
Symbols of a good organization: Challenging paradigms and metaphors in practice
Nataša Verk and Urša Golob
Developing a case for studying CSR communication
from a multi-paradigmatic perspective by leaning on the heritage of framing
theory
Tatiana Dia and Charles Baden-Fuller
Ontological assumptions, drifts and relevance of knowledge in strategy research
Session V: Friday, July 07, 14:00 to 15:30, FG 1A7 (1st floor)
Multiparadigm Research in Practice
Chair: John Hassard
Massimiliano Monaci
Several good reasons for persisting with – and developing – paradigm-based thinking and research in organization studies
Laurence Romani, Henriett Primecz and Katalin Topcu
Reflections on paradigm interplay: Doing a multi-paradigm study of mobile skilled Turkish professionals in Europe
Roland Ferenc Szilas
A multiparadigm approach for researching work stress and organisational justice -uncovering the case of “factory x” through
a parallel critical and postmodern reading
Session VI: Saturday, July 08, 09:00 to 10:30, FG 1A7 (1st floor)
Paradigmic Nature of Paradigms
Chair: Laurence Romani
Fabian W. Hattke and Rick Vogel
A compass through the management theory jungle: Mapping the intellectual structure of management and organization theories
Nicole Alexy
The paradigmatic nature of the paradigm debate
Catherine Casler
Paradigms, personhood and the need for a pragmatic 'stance' in organization studies
Session VII: Saturday, July 08, 11:00 to 12:30, FG 1A7 (1st floor)
Diversity and paradigms. Closing Words
Chair: Henriett Primecz
Banu Özkazanç-Pan, Susan Clark Muntean and Karren Knowlton
Multi Paradigms for Diversity and Inclusion: Mutually Exclusive or Compatible?
Tomke J. Augustin, Suzanne Gagnon and Wendy Cukier
Paradigm peacebuilding in diversity and equality research: towards a theory of action for a fragmented domain