AMR Call for paper
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- 2008-01-24
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- AMR Call for paper
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WHERE ARE THE NEW THEORIES OF ORGANIZATION Sponsor: Academy of Management Review Description: GUEST EDITORS:
ROY SUDDABY (Alberta), CYNTHIA HARDY (Melbourne) & QUY NGUYEN HUY (INSEAD)
This call renews the AMR focus on theory development inaugurated in the special issues published in October 1989 and October 1999. Whereas the prior calls focused attention on such basic questions as "what is theory?" and "how is good theory developed?" the current call challenges the field to renew the stock of theories we currently employ.
We detect a growing disaffection with the existing set of theories that dominate the study of organizations and organizational behavior. Some scholars advocate shifting away from theory-driven work toward problem-centered research, whereas other scholars call for a focus on theoretical mechanisms rather than on derivations from the limited set of theoretical options. The estrangement toward theory seems to have spread even to traditional organizational scientists who increasingly voice their preference for 憁odels,?憄erspectives?and 慹mpirical puzzles.?
Is the mine of organization theory nearing exhaustion? That organizational researchers continue to draw from the same stock of theories while expressing growing discomfort with the need for theory forms the motivation for this Academy of Management Review Theory Forum. We ask, with full intent to provoke and challenge, 揥here are the new theories of organization??br> The aim of this Theory Development Forum is to first, provoke debate about the relevance of theory in organization studies and, second, to articulate new and emerging theoretical approaches to studying organizations. We seek papers that identify new and important but understudied aspects of organizations. We encourage submissions that expand the scope and range of theory. We encourage submissions that adopt a view of theory development beyond 憂ormal science?and that extend the central questions and assumptions of management and organization theory. Together with the traditional inspiration from the root domains of psychology, economics, sociology and anthropology, we encourage the development of indigenous theories of organization inspired by contemporary organizational conundrums. Above all, we seek papers which extend the tradition of past Theory Development Forums in the Academy of Management Review by incorporating new intellectual currents and emerging social phenomena into organizational research.
Contributors may wish to consider (but are not limited to) submission on the following topics or questions:
?Theories for "new" phenomena ?what aspects of the organizational world are not well covered by theory and how can we theorize more effectively about them? Must theory continue to focus on the cognitive and the behavioural? Is there a need for new forms of theorizing to accommodate the material, spatial, bodily, and aesthetic aspects of organizations and organizational artefacts?
?Theories for the 21st century ?as the contemporary world struggles to deal with problems such as climate change, the growing tensions between the have and the have-nots, the clashes between different belief systems (e.g., Christian versus non-Christian ideologies, capitalistic versus more social-egalitarian thinking), and global terrorism, are our organizational theories up to the challenge? How well does organizational theory allow us to address social problems and engage in effective problem-solving?
?Re-examining assumptions -- one of the assumptions of organization science is that organizations are dominant institutional structures in society rivalling the influence of other institutions such as the state, the family, and religious institutions such as the church. Is this assumption valid, or are organizations increasingly to be regarded as epiphenomena? What theories of organization account for the changing relationship between organizations and other social institutions?
?Papers on post-theoretical theorizing ?what are the opportunities for a post-theoretical world? Are there alternative ways of theorizing and would they help gain a better understand of management? Do 憁odels? 憄erspectives? and 慹mpirical puzzles?represent a different approach or are they simply theories under another name?
?Critiques of theory ?papers that locate the production of theory in its institutional context. What has previous theory done for (and to) the discipline? And what has the discipline ?the way that it is organized ?done to theory? How can we talk about theory ?as knowledge ?without power? What are the unstated or hidden assumptions and biases of our current portfolio of academically 憀egitimate?theories, and how do these make us blind to other important phenomena? Do the institutions and stakeholders that make up our discipline affect the ways in which particular theories emerge and gain credibility?
In sum, we are interested in critically re-examining the role of theory in organizational scholarship and highlighting new theoretical horizons that might better inform future research. To handle such a broad range of topics we have assembled a diverse set of editors for the Forum: Roy Suddaby (roy.suddaby@ualberta.ca), Cynthia Hardy (chardy@unimelb.edu.au) and Quy Nguyen Huy (quy.huy@insead.edu).Paper
Procedure:To be considered for publication in this Special Topic Forum, manuscripts must be received by April 30th, 2009. (Please do not submit papers for this Special Topic Forum prior to April 13th, 2009.) Manuscripts should be submitted through the Manuscript Central submission system (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amr/). From there, you can follow the Web site directions to submit your manuscript for this special topic forum issue. Details concerning AMR's procedures and evaluation criteria are available online and are printed in all issues of the journal in a section titled Information for Contributors. Instructions for manuscript preparation are provided in the Style Guide for Authors, printed online and in each January issue of the journal. Authors must consult both documents for information concerning page length and other important guidelines and follow these guidelines when submitting manuscripts. Type: Special Topic Forum Deadline: April 30, 2009 Issue Date: October 1, 2010 Website: http://www.aom.pace.edu/amr/index.html Contact Info: Roy Suddaby
phone: (780) 492-3287
email address: roy.suddaby@ualberta.ca
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