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*** Dear colleagues,
We invite you attend our PDW on "How to build and find a microcommunity". Please find the details below and via
http://program.aom.org/2013/submission.asp?mode=ShowSession&SessionID=563.
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| Program Session #: 372 | Submission: 12628 | Sponsor(s): (OB, HR, CAR)
Scheduled: Saturday, Aug 10 2013 4:15PM - 6:15PM at WDW Dolphin Resort in Oceanic 1
| How to Build and Find a Microcommunity
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Organizer:
Bart A. de Jong; VU U. Amsterdam;
Organizer:
Lisa M. Leslie; New York U.;
Organizer:
Maia J. Young; U. of California, Los Angeles;
Presenter:
Stephen Fiore; U. of Central Florida;
Presenter:
Emily Heaphy; Boston U.;
Presenter:
David A. Kravitz; George Mason U.;
Presenter:
Afzal Rahim; Western Kentucky U.;
Presenter:
Mary Uhl-Bien; U. of Nebraska;
Participant:
Robert B. Davison; Texas Tech U.;
Participant:
Charmine E. J. Hartel; U. of Queensland;
Participant:
Howard J. Klein; The Ohio State U.;
Participant:
Ellen Ernst Kossek; Purdue U.;
Participant:
Millicent F. Nelson; Middle Tennessee State U.;
An exciting part of being a management scholar is the rapid rate at which our field continues to grow. Membership in the Academy of Management is growing steadily as is the membership in the Organizational Behavior (OB) Division, which is the largest division within the Academy. Although this growth is a sign that our field is thriving, the size of the division also creates a challenge for scholars who wish to find a community of like-minded others who share a passion for a more specific research topic within OB. As a result, there is an emerging trend in the field to develop microcommunities. The word community literally means "a group of people living together in one place." Microcommunities represent a smaller type of community consisting of similar others who share resources and activities. Microcommunities have developed around a variety of different topics such as leadership, conflict, positive relationships, trust, power, emotions, and many more. These microcommunities vary in size and form, but generally involve one or more of the following: an annual conference, a website, and/or a listserv. Each year more microcommunities are emerging and many scholars attending the Academy of Management meeting closely identify with their microcommunity. The purpose of this PDW is two-fold. Our first goal is to provide information and insight to scholars interested in developing a new microcommunity. Our second goal is to provide scholars with opportunities to become more involved in existing microcommunities.
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Warm regards, Bart de Jong, Lisa Leslie & Maia Young
Co-organizers
Bart de Jong, PhD
Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior
Dept. of Management & Organization
VU University Amsterdam
T +31 20 598 61 23
E bart.de.jong@vu.nl