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AOM Process Research Paper Development
Do you have ideas? Are you seeking feedback? Would you like to receive friendly, developmental feedback on your process related research on, for example, organizational routines?
This year’s Process Research Methods PDW will focus on how scholars actually connect process-in-the-moment with wider processes in doing process research. The core challenge to representing these processes is capturing inherently dynamic organizational phenomenon by zooming in and zooming out (Nicolini, 2009). Zooming in and out constitutes a promising way to study and theorize the connection between process-in-the-moment and wider processes because “[t]ypically, studies have either been strong at explaining processes as they change over time … or at drilling down into microinstances of process …, but less able to explain the association between the two” (Jarzabkowski et al. 2017). To create these associations it is necessary to view social phenomena as emerging from connections in action. Creating connections in actions is challenging for reasons that extend beyond the challenges associated with portraying persuasive insights from rich datasets (e.g., Pentland & Feldman, 2007). For example, representing connections between actions demands attention to the temporal ordering of data but researchers also need to be aware that it is often necessary to disrupt order to generate novel insights. As well, while some process research insights are captured only by observing long periods of time, single moments of situated interaction can, in other cases, encapsulate and reveal more ubiquitous organizational processes.
In the first part of the PDW Davide Nicolini will open the panel by providing an overview of ways to study and theorize the connection between process-in-the-moment with wider processes highlighting some of their benefits, risks and challenges. Brian Pentland will discuss how narrative networks can be used as a way to summarize a collection of narrative fragments into an overall picture of an organizational routine. Brian’s presentation will demonstrate a newly developed app called ThreadNet. Rebecca Bednarek will then explore how the large scale phenomena of making a global financial market can be studied via ethnographic immersion in local trading processes as they unfolded in situ within particular local sites. Daniel Geiger and Anja Danner-Schröder will show how specific macro timing patterns emerge through the enactment of micro activities (action steps), thereby creating and re-creating the understanding of time of the participants in a routine.
If you are interested in feedback on your work by these scholars and Paul Spee, Claus Rerup, Hans Berends, and Harry Sminika, please sign up for Part-2 of the PDW before July 10 (see below).
PDW Process Research Methods:
Connecting Process-in-the-Moment with Wider Processes
Organizer: Claus Rerup, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Organizer: Harry Sminia, U. of Strathclyde
Presenter: Rebecca Bednarek, Birkbeck, U. of London
Presenter: Daniel Geiger, U. of Hamburg
Presenter: Davide Nicolini, U. of Warwick
Presenter: Brian T. Pentland, Michigan State U.
Presenter: Anja Danner-Schröder, U. Kaiserslautern
Facilitator: Hans Berends, VU Amsterdam
Facilitator: A. Paul Spee, U. of Queensland
Session Type: PDW Workshop
Program Session: 44 | Submission: 15352 | Sponsor(s): (RM, SAP, OMT, OCIS)
Scheduled: Friday, Aug 4 2017 8:00AM - 11:00AM at Hilton Atlanta in Galleria 4
The proposed PDW builds on prior Process Research PDWs to help scholars reflect on the challenges of, and various approaches to, connecting process-in-the-moment with wider processes. Making these connections and conveying them richly and convincingly is difficult for process researchers at any stage of their careers. This PDW aims to open up the conversation about the importance of connecting processes, to convey how ‘messy’ (and creative!) it can be, and to develop some strategies and approaches that are effective starting points for scholars seeking to connect processes-in-the-moment with wider process in their research and writing. Our proposed PDW is now in its 13th year, and it attracts scholars from across AOM divisions who want to share and learn about methods for conducting process studies. This year’s proposed PDW will build on the success of past PDWs that have explored how data, theories and methods can be used to advance process research. The aim of the first part of the PDW is to bring the practice of process research to life and generate discussion. The second part of the PDW provides participants with opportunities to receive feedback on their own process research in small group discussions with past and present Process Research PDW presenters.
Pre-registration is not required for Part 1 of the workshop; it is open to all. Pre-registration is required for Part 2 of the workshop. We will manage pre-registration for Part 2 through an external email submission process. To register for Part 2 of the workshop, visit:
http://processresearchmethods.org/pdw-registration/. Please download and complete the 2017 Part 2 Workshop Form. Participants for Part 2 will submit a short (1000-2000 word) paper describing a process research project. Send the completed form to Holly Kay Fena (
ahvstaff@umn.edu<mailto:
ahvstaff@umn.edu>) by July 10, 2017. Harry Sminia (
harry.sminia@strath.ac.uk<mailto:
harry.sminia@strath.ac.uk>) will coordinate the small group discussion paper session by grouping the participants’ papers by topic/methods areas, and sending them for advance reading to all participants and faculty in each group paper session.
We hope to see you.
Claus Rerup, PhD
Professor of Management
Frankfurt School of Finance & Management gGmbH
Sonnemannstrasse 9-11
D-60314 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Email:
c.rerup@fs.de<mailto:
c.rerup@fs.de>
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