Join us for this highly interactive panel symposium designed to create ideas and collaborations for theory development arising from the phenomena of self-organizing and decentralizing work.
Symposium# 548: Self-Organizing and Decentralizing Work: Enabling Factors, Boundary Conditions and Opportunities (14041)
Sunday, Aug 11, 2024, 8:00AM - 9:30AM CT (GMT-5/UTC-5) at Swissotel in St Gallen 2.
Sponsored by HR, OB, and OMT divisions.
For further details, see the program page.
Abstract
Self-managing organizations (SMOs) are radically decentralized and flat firms that provide high freedom and flexibility to employees. The investigation of self-organizing and decentralizing with SMOs, although not new, has recently gained prominence. Scholarship on this topic is hampered by an overly narrow set of questions and cases. While most research has investigated the (ir)relevance of SMOs and selected outcomes, less research has focused on how self-organizing and decentralizing function and what impacts effectiveness. This panel symposium aims to go beyond the current dialog by focusing on enabling factors, boundary conditions and opportunities. We include six short presentations that cover distinct areas of emerging, rigorous research. Presentations will be followed by discussions involving the audience. Ultimately, we will take stock of key factors and research findings addressing what enables and limits self-organizing and decentralizing the workplace and where opportunities can be found.
- Organizer: Julian J. Markus - WU Vienna
- Moderator: Rebecca Hewett - Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus U.
- Panelist: Martyn Griffin - U. of Sheffield
- Panelist: Michael Y. Lee - INSEAD
- Panelist: Frank Martela - Aalto U.
- Panelist: Felipe Massa - U. of Vermont, Grossman School of Business, US
- Panelist: Simon Pek - U. of Victoria
- Panelist: Trevor D. Young-Hyman - U. of Pittsburgh
We hope to see you on Sunday-no specific registration is required for this session.
Kind regards,
JJ
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Julian Jonathan (J.J.) Markus
PhD Candidate
WU Vienna U. of Economics and Business.
Vienna
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