Researching Together: Innsbruck Organization Scholars convene at the 40th EGOS Colloquium in Milan

The motto of the 40th Colloquium of the European Group of Organization Studies (EGOS) in Milan was “Crossroads for Organizations: Time, Space and People.” To some degree, the group photo above is exactly the result of organizing time and space at a crossroads to gather all participants related to University of Innsbruck’s Department of Organization and Learning that were contributing to the event.

While none of us did win an award this year (as opposed to EGOS 2023), it was probably the largest Innsbruck delegation ever contributing to an EGOS Colloquium. And – in addition to drinking, joking, procrastinating and socializing – contributing is what we did mostly via presenting and discussing work-in-progress research papers (Subtheme # in square brackets):

• [SWG 06] Groth et al.: “When the frustrations of many turn into a firestorm: The communicative constitution of a collectively forceful voice”
• [SWG 06] Leybold: “‘You don’t say employee; you say colleague!’ – Negotiating organizational vocabulary in strategic change processes”
• [18] Schneider et al.: “Fluid organizations and the organizational stranger: How contemporary workplaces exclude despite blurry boundaries”
• [23] Bösl/Poon: “Engaging convention theory for an ontology of algorithms – The production and use of numbers in human resources management technologies”
• [28] Zangerle/Dobusch: “Interpretive Content Analysis of Video Data from Films: The Social Representation of Work and Organization in the TV series “Severance”
• [36] Schmid/Dobusch: “Open strategy versus workplace democracy: Friends or foes?”
• [48] Kastl et al.: “Is ageing in place lonely? Using co-creative methods to uncover older adults’ social construction of health and loneliness”
• [51] Weiskopf: “Whistleblower ethics at the crossroad: Between private and public use of reason”
• [54] Groth et al.: “How to ignite a firestorm: Following Communicative Chain Reactions on Reddit”
• [54] Waldegger/Weiskopf: “Write me, and I will tell you who you are: Algorithmic governmentality in predictive hiring”
• [56] Maric et al.: “Remixing logics, shaking up society: Analyzing platformization from a cultural institutionalist perspective”
• [61] Baumhöver: “”Shields of openness”: How media organizations strategically practice the management of visibilities in times of criticism and declining trust”
• [84] Chore et al.: “Developing Alternative Futures for work and employment: a stakeholder-based Scenario Approach”

In case one of the paper titles sparks your interest, please feel free to contact the authors to receive a copy of the paper.