Sub-theme 29: Untold Stories of the Field and Beyond
Convenors:
Paul Donnelly, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland
Yiannis Gabriel, University of Bath, UK
Banu Özkazanç-Pan, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA
Session I: Thursday, July 07, 09:00 to 10:45, S-A012
Stories about the Research Process 1
Chair: Paul Donnelly and Banu Özkazanç-Pan
Fiona Hurd, Suzette Dyer and Mary Fitzpatrick
A 'beautiful mess': Risks, realities, and authentic reflexivity
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Tuomas Kuronen
François Lambotte and Dominique Meunier
Bricolage, kairos and action nets as analytical keys of researchers' narratives
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Maria Bolin
Stefanie C. Reissner
Stories of the unspoken: Beneath the surface of the research interview
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Andrea Whittle, Frank Mueller, Peter Lenney and Alan Gilchrist
Session II: Thursday, July 07, 14:00 to 15:30, S-A012
Stories of the Field 1
Chair: Paul Donnelly and Banu Özkazanç-Pan
Scott Taylor and Chris Land
Organizational case studies and critically reflexive engagement: The parallax view
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Padraig McCarthy, Chris O'Riordan and Ray Griffin
Sinéad G. Ruane
Do ask...but don't tell: The untold tales of a novice researcher
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Elen Riot
and Amine Ezzerouali
Tell or hide? Methodological issues related to exploring emotions in organizations
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Yijun Xing and David Sims
Session III: Thursday, July 07, 16:00 to 17:30, S-A012
Assembling Stories 1
Chair: Paul Donnelly and Banu Özkazanç-Pan
Lena Andersson
Contrasting as a research strategy for highlighting polyphonic sensemaking in stories of organizational life
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Sander Merkus
Trine Susanne Johansen
Storying an organization – Reflections on story performance in collective identity research
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Natasha Slutskaya, Manto Gotsi, Costas Andriopoulos and Janet Borgerson
Vedran Omanovic
An untold story about diversity production in organizations: Encounters, reflections and the search for alternatives
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Alaíde Dantas and Maria Tonelli
Session IV: Friday, July 08, 09:00 to 11:00, S-A012
Stories about the Research Process 2
Chair: Paul Donnelly and Banu Özkazanç-Pan
Maria Bolin
Myths in management: A modern play in a city office in Sweden
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Fiona Hurd, Suzette Dyer and Mary Fitzpatrick
Tuomas Kuronen
Cool head, hot heart: Crafting intellectual stories in the pressure of institutions and egos
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Anne Reff Pedersen
Elen Riot
I have not been nice
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): François Lambotte and Dominique Meunier
Session V: Friday, July 08, 14:00 to 16:00, S-A012
Assembling Stories 2
Chair: Paul Donnelly and Banu Özkazanç-Pan
Sander Merkus
The struggle for meaning in a field of messy stories
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Vedran Omanović
Natasha Slutskaya, Manto Gotsi, Costas Andriopoulos and Janet Borgerson
Untold stories of bankruptcy: The failure of methodological imagination. Is there any other way?
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Cecilia Bjursell
Padraig McCarthy, Ray Griffin and Chris O'Riordan
Exploring the silences of entrepreneurial failure
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Stefanie Reissner
Session VI: Saturday, July 09, 09:00 to 10:30, S-A012
Assembling Stories 3
Chair: Paul Donnelly and Banu Özkazanç-Pan
Cecilia Bjursell
Metaphors in research, and a note on academic authorship
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Sinéad Ruane
Yijun Xing and David Sims
Poetry: The untold side of narratives in shaping managers' identity
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Trine Susanne Johansen
Alaíde Dantas and Maria José Tonelli
When the "mess" is the order: Stories of time experience
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Lena Andersson
Session VII: Saturday, July 09, 11:00 to 12:30, S-A012
Stories of the Field 2
Chair: Paul Donnelly and Banu Özkazanç-Pan
Anne Reff Pedersen
The everyday narrative performance – The messiness of organizational narratives
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Amine Ezzerouali
Andrea Whittle, Frank Mueller, Peter Lenney and Alan Gilchrist
Telling tales of 'interest': A discursive psychology perspective
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Scott Taylor and Chris Land