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AOM All-Academy Authenticity Symposium, Sunday, August 7, 2:30-4pm

  • 1.  AOM All-Academy Authenticity Symposium, Sunday, August 7, 2:30-4pm

    Posted 07-21-2016 15:50
    *Apologies for cross-posting.   Is "authenticity" on your radar?  Does the topic of authenticity invoke intrigue, skepticism, or both?  What is authenticity anyway?  Have you wrestled with this notion in your research, teaching, or practice?  Are you concerned that its popular usage may be inversely related to our theoretical understanding?  What are the key questions, challenges, and opportunities in authenticity research? 

    If these queries pique your interest or if you have other burning questions, please join us and a panel of distinguished authenticity scholars for a lively and generative discussion at this All-Academy Symposium, Authenticity, Meaning & Organizations: Challenges & Channels for Advancing Authenticity Research (#14328) on Sunday, August 7, 2:30pm-4:00pm in the Malibu room of the Hilton Anaheim.

     

    Session Type: Symposium
    Program Session: 642 | Submission: 14328 | Sponsor(s): (AAT)
    Scheduled: Sunday, Aug 7 2016 2:30PM - 4:00PM at Hilton Anaheim in Malibu

     

    Authenticity, Meaning & Organizations: Challenges & Channels for Advancing Authenticity Research
    Authenticity & Organizations
     
     

    Organizer: Erica L. Steckler, U. of Massachusetts Lowell 
    Organizer: Brooke R. Buckman, Florida International U. 
    Organizer: Hannes Leroy, Erasmus Research Institute of Management 
    Discussant: Robert Edward Freeman, U. of Virginia 
    Discussant: Patricia Faison Hewlin, McGill U. 
    Discussant: Michael G. Pratt, Boston College 
    Discussant: Laura Morgan Roberts, Antioch U. 

     

    Authenticity has been gaining significant interest in management and in organizational scholarship (c.f., Freeman & Auster, 2015; Hewlin, Dumas & Burnett, 2015; Pratt & Kraatz, 2009; Roberts, Cha, Hewlin & Settles, 2009). The extent to which individuals and organizations understand themselves as and are perceived to be authentic has become a central consideration in organizational life. Recent conceptual and empirical work has primed a variety of promising avenues to explore, theorize, operationalize, and refine the notion of authenticity as it relates to and influences individuals (e.g., Buckman, 2014; Cable, Kay & Carolina, 2012; Goffee & Jones, 2005; Leroy, Anseel, Gardner, & Sels, 2015; Yagil & Medler- Liraz, 2013) and collectives (e.g., Freeman & Auster, 2011; Cording, Harrison, Hoskisson & Jonsen, 2013; Corley & Harrison, 2009; Howard-Grenville, Metzger & Meyer, 2013; Steckler, 2014) in organizational contexts. This 90-minute panel symposium brings together leading authenticity scholars who represent a variety of perspectives. Through an engaging question and answer format, panelists will share insights from their research journeys and reflect on critical questions, challenges, and opportunities that frame and advance a broader authenticity research agenda moving forward. The central objective of this symposium is to provoke important questions and directions for future authenticity research and to propagate possibilities for collaborative efforts in this dynamic theoretical domain. This symposium fits with the "Making Organizations Meaningful" theme since authenticity is a lens through which interpretations of meaning related to the identity or core values of an organization and its constituents are generated.
     
    http://my.aom.org/program2016/SessionDetails.aspx?sid=14328


    Erica L. Steckler, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor of Management 
    Robert J. Manning School of Business
    University of Massachusetts Lowell
    One University Avenue
    Lowell, MA 01854
    Tel:  +1.617.429.3357

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