Greetings Everyone! Apologies for cross-posting.
I just wanted to alert everyone on the list serve to two interesting sessions related to the themes discussed in my book (with Randal Pinkett) Black Faces in White Places. The GDO division is sponsoring a Professional Development Workshop on Friday, August 12 and a Showcase Symposium on Monday, August 15.
The PDW will focus on the new approaches to conducting research on the black experience. Participants will be able to hear about unique research projects and meet with the scholars in small round table discussions after brief presentations. This is an excellent opportunity for doctoral students and scholars interested in doing research on the contemporary Black experience in organizations, management and entrepreneurship to meet with scholars who are conducting significant research in this area.
The GDO Showcase Symposium highlights five research projects that are addressing the themes of identity, society, meritocracy and opportunity as they relate to being the only Black person in organizations and work environments. This panel symposium presents interesting work with unique approaches for contemporary issues.
The details for both sessions are below.
I hope to see you at one or both of these AOM sessions!
J.R.
Professional Development Workshop
Black Faces in White Places: New Approaches to Research on the Black Experience in Organizations
Friday, August 12, 415 PM in the Grand Hyatt in Lone Star A In the book Black Faces in White Places: 10 Game- Changing Strategies to Achieve Success and Find Greatness (2010), Randal Pinkett and Jeffrey Robinson describe four dimensions of the contemporary Black experience in predominantly white organizational settings: identity, society, meritocracy, and opportunity. What new approaches to studying the Black experience are being used in the field of management? This PDW explores this question and presents recent papers, books and projects that address these topics and provides participants a lens into the methods and challenges associated with conducting research on the contemporary Black experience in organizations, management, and entrepreneurship.
Come and join us as we discuss **how** to conduct interesting research.
Organizer, Chair: Jeffrey A. Robinson; Rutgers U.;
Panelist: C Douglas Johnson; Georgia Gwinnett College;
Panelist: dt ogilvie; Rutgers U.;
Panelist: Delmonize Antonio Smith; Rochester Institute of Technology;
Panelist: Laquita C Blockson; College of Charleston;
Panelist: Sammie L Robinson; Texas Southern U.;
Panelist: Monika Hudson; U. of San Francisco;
Panelist: J. Goosby Smith; Pepperdine U.;
Panelist: Rochelle Parks-Yancy; Texas Southern U.;
Panelist: Shalei V. K. Simms; Ramapo College;
Panelist: Erika Verniece Richardson; Northwestern
** All attendees will have a chance to win copies of books featured in the session.
GDO Divison Showcase Symposium
Black Faces in White Places: Redefining the Black Experience in Organizations & Management Monday, August 15, 1:15-2:45 PM in the Grand Hyatt, Lone Star C In the book Black Faces in White Places: 10 Game-Changing Strategies to Achieve Success and Find Greatness (AMACOM Books 2010), co-authors Randal Pinkett and Jeffrey Robinson describe four dimensions of the contemporary Black experience in predominantly white organizational settings. Each of these dimensions has its own set of rhetorical questions.
IDENTITY - What does it mean to be Black in a corporation or other organization? What are the implications of a strong "Black" identity in predominantly white organizations, universities, and corporations?
SOCIETY- Is society color blind? How does race matter in work relationships, mentoring, and organizations especially in the Black faces in white places situation?
MERITOCRACY - Does excellence really matter? Is there evidence of differentially applied rules for BFWPs?
OPPORTUNITY - Can I achieve the (MLK or the American) "dream"?
This panel symposium explores these questions from a research perspective and presents ideas and research related to explaining and defining the contemporary Black experience in organizations. Five papers will be presented followed by a discussion period with the audience participants. Presenters include:
Atira Charles of Florida State University will present "Identity Protecting Behavior"
C. Douglas Johnson of Georgia Gwinett College will present "Angry Black Male Syndrome"
Erika Richardson and Kathy W. Phillips of Northwestern University will present "Backlash Effects and Black Women"
Rochelle Parks-Yancy of Texas Southern University will present "Evaluation & Work Allocation Process for Black Professionals"
Sammie Robinson of Texas Southern University and Laquita Blockson of College of Charleston will present "African American Women Entrepreneurs and Firm Growth"
For more information go to
http://program.aomonline.org/2011/submission.asp?mode=ShowSession&SessionID=247