Sub-theme 56: Reflections on New Worlds of Work

Convenors:
Michel Anteby, Harvard Business School, USA
Issy Drori, College of Management Academic Studies & Tel Aviv University, Israel
Amy Wrzesniewski, Yale School of Management, USA
Session I: Thursday, July 02, 11:00 to 12:30, COM-2116
Entrepreneurial Work
Chair: Amy Wrzesniewski, Israel Drori & Michel Anteby
Laura Nelson and Andreea D. Gorbatai
Language and the gender of crowdfuding
Rohini Jalan
Meaning and money? A qualitative study of how entrepreneurs perceive meaningful work
C. Clayton Childress and Alison Gerber
Freedom from and through markets: Creative autonomy and financial stability in American literary and visual arts practice
Session II: Thursday, July 02, 14:00 to 15:30, COM-2116
Working in the Digital Age
Chair: Amy Wrzesniewski, Israel Drori & Michel Anteby
Steffi Siegert
Work is play or what are you doing on Facebook?
George Kandathil and Dharma Raju Bathini
Always available: Posturing visibility and compliance in home-based telework
Rebecca Whiting, Helen Roby, Gillian Symon and Petros Chamakiotis
Beyond work and life: Constructing new domains in the digital age
Session III: Thursday, July 02, 16:00 to 17:30, COM-2116
Work Redefined
Chair: Amy Wrzesniewski, Israel Drori & Michel Anteby
Anne-Laure Fayard
Is this work? The changing meaning of work
Amanda Peticca-Harris
The new spirit of New Age Capitalism: A Bourdieusian analysis of yoga teachers and their work experiences
Corentin Curchod, Gerardo Patriotta, Laurie Cohen and Nicolas Neysen
Sensemaking and power structure of markets: How eBay sellers react to online customer reviews
Session IV: Friday, July 03, 09:00 to 10:30, COM-2116
New Forms of Work
Chair: Amy Wrzesniewski, Israel Drori & Michel Anteby
Elizabeth Linos
Does teleworking work for organizations? Measuring the impact of working from home on retention and performance
Blagoy Blagoev, Jana Costas and Dan Kärreman
Back to the office? Sociocracy and coworking in creative and entrepreneurial work
Christian Grund, Christine Harbring and Kirsten Thommes
Temporary work and team receptivity – The impact of group membership duration on cooperation
Sifra Corver and Gudela Grote
Flexible working: How boundaries protect the new freedom
Session V: Friday, July 03, 14:00 to 15:30, COM-2116
The Boundaries of Professional Work
Chair: Amy Wrzesniewski, Israel Drori & Michel Anteby
Roman V. Galperin
Organizational powers: Capture of professional jurisdiction in the case of U.S. retail clinics
Jinia Mukerjee Nath and Anca Metiu
Magic circles of play in new product development: An ethnography of creative work
Donoxti Baylon and Junko Takagi
Reflections on French diplomatic blogs: Individual actions, jurisdictional consequences
Session VI: Saturday, July 04, 09:00 to 10:30, COM-2116
Working in Shifting Contexts
Chair: Amy Wrzesniewski, Israel Drori & Michel Anteby
Mira Slavova and Anca Metiu
Ritualization and the process of knowledge transfer
Kathleen A. Stephenson, Joep Cornelissen and Svetlana N. Khapova
The paperless professor: How academics make sense of professional identity when confronted with new ways of working
Tamar Sagiv, Allègre L. Hadida and Israel Drori
From core to periphery: Blurring the boundaries between art and life as organizational renewal processes of leading Israeli dance companies
Marlene Walk
"The burden’s always on us" – Exploring the consequences of organizational change on the meaning of work
Session VII: Saturday, July 04, 11:00 to 12:30, COM-2116
Workers' Imagined Selves
Chair: Amy Wrzesniewski, Israel Drori & Michel Anteby
Nora Koslowski and Irene Skovgaard-Smith
Work at home mum and proud? Polarised debates among mumpreneurs in their search for legitimate identities
Michel Anteby and Nishani Siriwardane
When stepping up also means stepping down: Managerial role transitions for members of high-reliability occupations
Monika Müller, Christian Huber and Martin Messner
Meaningful work at a distance: Imaginations of the patient in a blood bank unit