5th Organization Theory Winter Workshop

University of Zurich, Switzerland

January 28–30, 2025

 

Call for Papers

The 5th Organization Theory Winter Workshop 2025 is aimed at organization and management researchers who wish to write high quality and impactful theoretical papers for journal publication, and who consider Organization Theory as a potential outlet.

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Local Organizers
Roman Gibel, Andreas Georg Scherer, David Seidl & Katja Rost, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Convenors
Markus Höllerer & Sigrid Quack, Editors-in-Chief of Organization Theory
Joep Cornelissen, Consulting Editor of Organization Theory

Facilitators/mentors
A number of international senior scholars with broad editorial experience, including members of the Editorial Board of Organization Theory, have tentatively agreed to join as round table facilitator and mentors.
 

The Organization Theory (OT) Winter Workshop is aimed at organization and management researchers who wish to write high quality and impactful theoretical papers for journal publication, and who consider Organization Theory as a potential outlet.

The workshop will offer detailed coaching and hands-on feedback sessions on participants’ papers as well as plenary sessions by members of the Organization Theory editorial team on key aspects of developing and writing theory (e.g., developing a theory contribution, construct clarity, genres of theory writing).

This will be the 5th edition of our annual workshop that brings together organization and management scholars, the editors of Organization Theory, and senior academics with experience in writing theory papers as additional facilitators and mentors.

The submission system for the OT Winter Workshop is already open where you can find a dedicated link on our website (www.ot-workshop.com). We encourage both seasoned scholars as well as researchers in earlier stages of their careers to submit conceptual papers to be considered for this workshop. We are open to all theoretical perspectives, including those from outside the ‘mainstream’, and are keen to support the development of papers that are currently not under review. Please note that empirical papers (those with theorizing based on data) will NOT be accepted.

Our workshop will be face-to-face and will take place on the premises of the University of Zurich, co-hosted by the Departments of Business Administration (Chair of Foundations of Business Administration & Theories of the Firm; Chair of Organization & Management) and Sociology (Chair of Organizational & Economic Sociology).

The best papers from the workshop will be considered for publication in Organization Theory through a fast-track review process.
 

Submissions

The 5th Organization Theory workshop will take place in Zurich, Switzerland, from January 28–30, 2025.
 
Those interested in participating should submit an extended abstract until November 15, 2024 via the dedicated link on the Organization Theory website (www.ot-workshop.com). Abstracts should be no more than 1,000 words.
Authors will be notified of acceptance by November 25, 2024.
 
Full papers must be submitted by January 15, 2025 to give everyone a fair chance to read and prepare in-depth comments.
 
Further details on the logistics of the workshop will be published through the Organization Theory workshop website and via email to accepted participants.
 
Please address informal enquiries to:

 

   Call for Papers_OT-Workshop_Winter-2025 (PDF, 2.796 KB)