Hello GDO Listserv Members,
The following final call for the 4th International Qualitative Research in Management and Organizations Conference to be held
in New Mexico April 15 – 17th, 2014 is posted at the request of Ann Cunliffe, Professor of Organization Studies, University of Leeds, UK. Ann points out that this conference may be of particular interest to GDO members given the Keynotes and the theme.
Best Regards,
Dianne Murphy
AOM GDO Listserv Manager
PhD Candidate, Instructor
Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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Apologies for cross posting.
Please find below and attached the Final Call for Proposals for the 4th International QRM Conference to be held
in New Mexico.
Best wishes
Ann
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION CONFERENCE
April 15 – 17th, 2014.
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
SUBJECTIVITY, DIFFERENCE AND METHOD
Keynote Speakers
Emily Martin
Professor of Anthropology
New York University, USA
Dennis K Mumby
Professor of Organizational Communication
University of North Carolina, USA
Subjectivity is about being human, not just about being an individual self, but as also embedded in a broader social world. Philosophers have much to say about human nature and what it means to be both an individual and a social being. As researchers we also struggle with these issues, from the perspective of how we may capture the complexities and richness of human life. The two keynote speakers have addressed these thorny issues from different perspectives. Emily Martin’s work on the social and cultural dimensions of science has been groundbreaking in investigating the sociocultural construction of person- or self-hood, body and mind. Her ethnographies blend dogged ethnographic empiricism and informing perspectives of linguistic philosophy and political economy to generate cultural critique. Dennis Mumby combines critical and discursive perspectives to examine the ‘complexities and contradictions that characterize difference as a fundamental and defining feature of organizational life’ , and explore the nature of gendered identities in organizations. He challenges conventional readings by foregrounding relations of power, control and resistance.
The aim of QRM 2014 is to explore the significance of subjectivity and difference in researching organizational life. We welcome proposals that address these issues in a substantive way as a topic of study, and/or from a methodological perspective. The latter may encompass a reflexive exploration of how notions of subjectivity and difference play through our attempts to capture organizational life and our relationship with our research participants. We also want to build on the initiatives of QRM 2008, 2010 and 2012 in providing opportunities for qualitative researchers to discuss multiple ways of theorizing and meaning-making.
The conference will consist of two streams. Stream 1 will focus on exploring how subjectivity and philosophy play through our research in terms of topics of study, their influence on methodology, and how they may be implicated and as constitutive of the research experience. Stream 2 will address more general issues relating to methods, voices and ways of writing qualitative research.
We encourage paper, panel and other forms of presentation that explore philosophical, conceptual and methodological issues in researching organizational life from a qualitative perspective. Contributions can be from a variety of epistemological perspectives and a range of disciplines including management and organization studies, accounting, marketing, communications, cultural studies, information and decision sciences, sociology, psychology, education, health and public administration.
Prospective contributors should send an abstract of up to 1000 words, via email, to Ann Cunliffe at
a.l.cunliffe@leeds.ac.uk by December 12th, 2013. The abstract should also include name, contact information, and submission stream.
A number of bursaries are available towards the cost of flights for doctoral students and early career researchers. Details are available on the Conference Website.
Conference organizers and contact information:
Ann L Cunliffe, Karen Locke,
University of Leeds, UK College of William and Mary, USA
Conference Email:
a.l.cunliffe@leeds.ac.uk
Website:
http://business.leeds.ac.uk/qrm/about-the-conference/
Ann L Cunliffe
Professor of Organization Studies
Leeds University Business School
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
+44 (0)113 343 0196
Joint Editor-in-Chief Management Learning
http://mlq.sagepub.com/
Organizer: Qualitative Research in Management Conference 2014
http://business.leeds.ac.uk/qrm/about-the-conference/