Sub-theme 66: What It Means to Be Human? Applying a Paradox Perspective to Investigate the Risks and Opportunities of a More-than-Human Organization
Convenors:
Marco Berti, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Camille Pradies, EDHEC Business School, France
Angela Greco, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Session Time Corridor 1: Thursday, July 09, 08:30 to 12:00, Virtual Colloquium (Digivents)
Regrounding Paradox Theory: Foundations, Boundaries, and Conceptual Extensions
Break 1: 10:00 to 10:30
Chair: Angela Greco, Camille Pradies, Marco Berti (1.1), Xin Li (1.2), Marc Krautzberg (1.3)
8:30-10:00 Plenary session 1.1 Foundations of paradox theory: welcome and introduction to the sub-theme (Angela Greco, Camille
Pradies, Marco Berti )
Harald Tuckermann, Paradox persistence and transformation
Marc Krautzberger, Paradox and organization studies: Beyond competing demands
10:30-12:00 Parallel session 1.2 Mapping and extending paradox theory
Chair: Xin Li
Xin Li, Paradox being both inherent and constructed
Siarhei Manzhynski, When (not) everything becomes a paradox
10:30-12:00 Parallel session 1.3 Paradox in Thought, Language, and Identity (Chair: Marc Krautzberg)
Iris Seidemann, Paradox Theory and Systems Thinking
Sreeja Raghunathan, How metaphors shape paradox
Tea Lempiälä, Integrative practices and paradoxical identities
Harald Tuckermann, Paradox persistence and transformation
Marc Krautzberger, Paradox and organization studies: Beyond competing demands
10:30-12:00 Parallel session 1.2 Mapping and extending paradox theory
Chair: Xin Li
Xin Li, Paradox being both inherent and constructed
Siarhei Manzhynski, When (not) everything becomes a paradox
10:30-12:00 Parallel session 1.3 Paradox in Thought, Language, and Identity (Chair: Marc Krautzberg)
Iris Seidemann, Paradox Theory and Systems Thinking
Sreeja Raghunathan, How metaphors shape paradox
Tea Lempiälä, Integrative practices and paradoxical identities
Session Time Corridor 2: Thursday, July 09, 16:00 to 20:00, Virtual Colloquium (Digivents)
Living Paradox: Emotion, Power, Identity, and Persistent Tensions
Break 1: 17:30 to 18:00
Chair: Camille Pradies (session 2.1), Angela Greco (session 2.2), Marco Berti (session 2.3), Harald Tuckermann (session 2.4).
16:17:30 Parallel session 2.1
Emotion and human–technology tensions
(Chair: Camille Pradies)
Mathew L. Sheep, AI-human paradoxes
Russ Vince, Emotions in human/technology tensions
Matthias Werner, Understanding synergy in paradox research
16:17:30 Parallel session 2.2
Persistence, conflict, and affective tensions (Chair: Katrin Heucher)
Arjun Odedra, Cognitive and emotional tensions
Anna Makhova, The paradox of conflict
Stefanie Acksteiner, Developing a Paradox Mindset in Leadership
18:00-19:30 Parallel session 2.3
Power, leadership, and identity work (Chair: Marco Berti)
Svenja Rehwinkel, “Power-With” a Punchline
Sarah Saint-Michel, Women’s leadership development
Sotiris T. Lalaounis, Leader identity development
18:00-19:30 Parallel session 2.4
Embodiment, morality, and lived paradoxes (Chair: Harald Tuckermann)
Maria Dahl Andersen, Empathic sensitivity in ethnographic fieldwork
Ankita Nayak, The moral-emotional genesis of the bioeconomy
Belle Rose Ragins Normalizing Antisemitism in Progressive Organizations: A Paradoxical Approach
19:30-20:00 Plenary session: Taking stock (Chairs: Camille, Angela, Marco)
Emotion and human–technology tensions
(Chair: Camille Pradies)
Mathew L. Sheep, AI-human paradoxes
Russ Vince, Emotions in human/technology tensions
Matthias Werner, Understanding synergy in paradox research
16:17:30 Parallel session 2.2
Persistence, conflict, and affective tensions (Chair: Katrin Heucher)
Arjun Odedra, Cognitive and emotional tensions
Anna Makhova, The paradox of conflict
Stefanie Acksteiner, Developing a Paradox Mindset in Leadership
18:00-19:30 Parallel session 2.3
Power, leadership, and identity work (Chair: Marco Berti)
Svenja Rehwinkel, “Power-With” a Punchline
Sarah Saint-Michel, Women’s leadership development
Sotiris T. Lalaounis, Leader identity development
18:00-19:30 Parallel session 2.4
Embodiment, morality, and lived paradoxes (Chair: Harald Tuckermann)
Maria Dahl Andersen, Empathic sensitivity in ethnographic fieldwork
Ankita Nayak, The moral-emotional genesis of the bioeconomy
Belle Rose Ragins Normalizing Antisemitism in Progressive Organizations: A Paradoxical Approach
19:30-20:00 Plenary session: Taking stock (Chairs: Camille, Angela, Marco)
Session Time Corridor 3: Friday, July 10, 08:30 to 12:00, Virtual Colloquium (Digivents)
Digital, Ecological, and Civic Paradoxes: AI, Sustainability, and Transformation
Break 1: 10:00 to 10:30
Chair: Iris Seidelmann (3.1), Angela Greco (3.2), Dirk Schneckenberg (3.3), Rikke Albertsen (3.4)
8:30-10:00 Parallel session 3.1 AI ventures, education, and digital organizing (Chair: Iris Seidelmann)
Ammara Awais, AI in management education
Samia Khenniche, AI as a New Vector of Paradoxes
Marie-Elodie Laurent, Human accounts in facing new organizational paradoxes
8:30-10:00 Parallel session 3.2 Sustainability and ecological paradoxes (Chair: Angela Greco)
Sun Hye Lee, AI for Sustainability
Rikke R. Albertsen, Hedonistic sustainability
Chang Liu, Sustainability and resilience in supply networks
10:30-12:00 Parallel session 3.3 AI safety, digital harms, and control (Chair: Dirk Schneckenberg)
Dirk Schneckenberg, Control-Autonomy Paradox in AI Safety
Rosie Boparai, AI-enabled harms and polarisation
Giulia Maragno, Human and non-human agency in digital transformation
10:30-12:00 Parallel session 3.4 Digital transformation, green organizing, and civic systems (Chair: Rikke Albertsen)
Heidi Reed, Green digital transformation
Jan Heilmann, Digital change and civic participation
Arno Bakkeren, Hybrid crisis governance
Ammara Awais, AI in management education
Samia Khenniche, AI as a New Vector of Paradoxes
Marie-Elodie Laurent, Human accounts in facing new organizational paradoxes
8:30-10:00 Parallel session 3.2 Sustainability and ecological paradoxes (Chair: Angela Greco)
Sun Hye Lee, AI for Sustainability
Rikke R. Albertsen, Hedonistic sustainability
Chang Liu, Sustainability and resilience in supply networks
10:30-12:00 Parallel session 3.3 AI safety, digital harms, and control (Chair: Dirk Schneckenberg)
Dirk Schneckenberg, Control-Autonomy Paradox in AI Safety
Rosie Boparai, AI-enabled harms and polarisation
Giulia Maragno, Human and non-human agency in digital transformation
10:30-12:00 Parallel session 3.4 Digital transformation, green organizing, and civic systems (Chair: Rikke Albertsen)
Heidi Reed, Green digital transformation
Jan Heilmann, Digital change and civic participation
Arno Bakkeren, Hybrid crisis governance
Session Time Corridor 4: Friday, July 10, 16:00 to 18:30, Virtual Colloquium (Digivents)
Enacting Paradox in Work, Leadership, and Future Organizing
Break 1: 17:30 to 17:45
Chair: Sotiris T. Lalaounis (4.1); Camille Pradies, Angela Greco, Marco Berti (4.2)
16:00-17:30 Parallel session 4.1 Workplace paradoxes (Chair: Sotiris Lalaounis)
Valentina Rillo, Hybrid work and skilled migrants
Yue Cong, Non-permanent contract academics
Sotiris T. Lalaounis, Luxury brand ambidexterity
17:45-18:30 Plenary 3– Conclusions: What´s next? (Chairs: Camille, Angela, Marco)
Valentina Rillo, Hybrid work and skilled migrants
Yue Cong, Non-permanent contract academics
Sotiris T. Lalaounis, Luxury brand ambidexterity
17:45-18:30 Plenary 3– Conclusions: What´s next? (Chairs: Camille, Angela, Marco)
Session Time Corridor 5: Saturday, July 11, 08:00 to 12:30, Virtual Colloquium (Digivents)
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