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EIBA Methods Summer School 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Big Data: Opportunities and Challenges for International Business Research

When: 1–5 September 2025
Where: WU-Vienna
Organizers: Jonas Puck jonas.puck@wu.ac.at and Jakob Müllner jakob.muellner@wu.ac.at

Qual+ course | Learning to See: A Course in Ethnography and Discourse Analysis (6 ECTS)

This course offers doctoral students a blend of theoretical and practical insights into ethnography and discourse analysis. Through interactive sessions, independent assignments, and collaborative projects, you'll gain hands-on skills in research design, data collection and analysis, and explore the impact of language on identity, interaction, and power dynamics in diverse contexts. 

When: 2–16 May 2025
Where: Aalto University School of Business
Teacher: Professor Jo Angouri

Kataja course | Feminist Theories and Organization Studies: Dialogue on New Bases (6 ECTS)

When: 4–6 June 2025
Where: Pyhätunturi (organized by University of Lapland)
Instructors: Alison Pullen (Professor of Gender, Work and Organization, Macquarie University, Australia), Susan Meriläinen (Professor of Management, University of Lapland), Saija Katila (Adjunct professor, Senior Lecturer, Aalto School of Business)
Course coordinator: Ilmari Miettunen (University of Lapland)

2–6 September 2026 | EIASM/EDEN course: Advanced Doctoral Seminar on Case Studies in Business and Management Research (6 ECTS)

When: 2–6 September 2024
Where: Aalto University School of Business
Instructors: Professor Rebecca Piekkari, Aalto University School of Business, and Associate Professor Catherine Welch, The University of Sydney Business School
Course coordinator: Arrieta Valentina, Aalto University School of Business

5–7 June 2024 | Qual+ workshop: Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)

When: 5–7 June 2024
Where: Online & Aalto University School of Business
Instructor: Peer C. Fiss, Professor of Management & Organization and Sociology at the University of Southern California, U.S.

15–21 May 2024 | Qual+ course: Learning to See: A Course in Ethnography and Discourse Analysis (6–9 ECTS)

When: 15–21 May 2024
Where: Aalto University School of Business
Instructor: Professor Jo Angouri

9–11 April 2024 | Philosophical Underpinnings and Ongoing Debates of Marketing and Consumer Research (6 / 7,5 ECTS)

When: 9–11 April 2024
Where: Aalto University School of Business
Course instructors: Henrikki Tikkanen (Professor of Marketing and Consumer Research at Aalto University School of Business), Joel Hietanen (Professor of Socio-technical Change in Consumer Society at Centre for Consumer Society Research, University of Helsinki) and Jacob Östberg (Professor of Marketing at Stockholm Business School, Stockholm University, Sweden)

“Cultivating insightful theory-building in qualitative research”

by (), (), and ()

In this 10th Anniversary Special Collection paper, authors argue for moving beyond the production of ‘stand-alone’ theoretical models toward what they call insightful theory-building, a mode of inquiry that prioritises the development of clear, actionable insights that others can build upon.

"Near-Histories and Strategy Emergence: A Microhistorical Perspective"

by Juha-Antti Lamberg, Eero Vaara, Pasi Nevalainen, and Henrikki Tikkanen.

The paper sheds light on how even unrealized strategic plans, so-called near-history episodes, can generate unexpected processes and dynamics that ultimately shape organizational trajectories. Using a microhistorical lens, the authors examine Nokia’s evolution to explain how anticipation, emotion, and network mobilization play a critical role in strategy emergence.

📣 New publication from our community!

We’re delighted to share “Cultivating insightful theory-building in qualitative research”, a 10th Anniversary Special Collection article in Journal of Business Venturing Insights by Ewald Kibler (Aalto University), Eero Vaara (University of Oxford), and Lauri Laine (Aalto University).
 

Over the past two decades, theory-building qualitative research has gained strong ground within entrepreneurship studies. Yet many resulting theories remain underutilised, particularly in terms of scholarly uptake and practical relevance. 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒅𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒕, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒖𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒇𝒖𝒍, 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒆, 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓?

In this 10th Anniversary Special Collection paper, (), (), and () argue for moving beyond the production of ‘stand-alone’ theoretical models toward what they call 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘺-𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨, a mode of inquiry that prioritises the development of clear, actionable insights that others can build upon. 

They outline seven strategies for cultivating insightful theory-building:
🔍 Clarifying insights
🔬 Zooming into insights
🧩 Connecting insights
📍 Situating insights
🤲 Sharing insights
⚖️ Countering insights
💭 Experimenting with insights

These strategies represent interrelated approaches to engaging more deeply with the theorising process, with the goal of making theoretical models more impactful and useable. 

✨ We are excited to share a new article recently accepted in Administrative Science Quarterly:

"Near-Histories and Strategy Emergence: A Microhistorical Perspective" by Juha-Antti Lamberg, Eero Vaara, Pasi Nevalainen, and Henrikki Tikkanen. 

The paper sheds light on how even unrealized strategic plans, so-called near-history episodes, can generate unexpected processes and dynamics that ultimately shape organizational trajectories. Using a microhistorical lens, the authors examine Nokia’s evolution to explain how anticipation, emotion, and network mobilization play a critical role in strategy emergence.

📖 Read the article here:

Upcoming Research Seminar 

We’re pleased to welcome Professor Jean-François Hennart, Emeritus Professor of International Business at Tilburg University, ������ University for a research seminar organized in collaboration with ENTU, IB, and Qual+.

Prof. Hennart studies multinational enterprises and foreign market entry strategies, and applies Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) in his empirical work.

📅 Date: Thursday, 15 May

 🕝 Time: 14:30–16:00

 📍 Location: Ekonominaukio 1, U213

We look forward to seeing many of you there!

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to our upcoming Qual+ Research Seminar featuring Prof. Tom Lawrence from the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. Prof. Lawrence is a leading scholar in developing research strategy and organisation theory that integrates cultural understandings of organisations, industries, and fields, with particular emphasis on the role of individuals and organisations in driving meaningful change. In this seminar, Prof. Lawrance will present his ongoing qualitative work on local economic inclusion. On Friday, he will be acting as opponent at our colleague Aracely Soto-Simeone’s doctoral defence “Entrepreneurial agency in context: Enacting places, relationships, and time.”

Date & Time: Thursday, March 27, 10:00–12:00
Location: Kide Building, Room 1572 (Noether)

* Refreshments will be provided during the event.

Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions or require further details.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Warm regards,
Emrecan Gulay (Dr. Arts)
Qual+ Coordinator (Aalto Center for Qualitative Research)
Aalto University, School of Business
Department of Management Studies
+358 41 702 7581

Dear colleagues,

We are excited to invite you to the upcoming Qual+ workshop on multimodal data analysis, which combines textual, visual and other sensory data sources for deeper insights into complex phenomena. The workshop will be facilitated by Professor Dennis Jancsary (University of Liverpool Management School) – a pioneer on multimodal data analysis–on Friday April 11.

Location: Ekonominaukio 1, Room T003

Workshop Schedule:

• 9:00–10:00 | Keynote by Professor Jancsary 

• 10:00–10:30 | Coffee Break

• 10:30–12:00 | Interactive Session 

For the interactive session, we warmly invite participants to share their multimodal data through a five-minute pitch (optional), receive feedback, and engage collaboratively with fellow researchers. If you want to present, please contact me (emrecan.gulay@aalto.fi) with a brief overview of your topic and any materials you plan to share.

We look forward to your participation! Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.

Kind regards,

Emrecan Gulay (Dr. Arts)

Qual+ Coordinator (Aalto Center for Qualitative Research)
Aalto University, School of Business
Department of Management Studies
+358 41 702 7581

Registration is open for the 3^rd Northeastern Qualitative Research Conference, which will be held on April 9^th from 10 am to 1 pm EST. The conference is online and free to all participants.   To register please click here: 

Please forward this registration to anyone who you think might be interested in joining!

The goal is for the global qualitative community to come together around a shared experience and share insights. This year we are going to have two panels. The first is focused on how we might (or might not) use AI for qualitative research. The second is focused on investigating new themes in qualitative research. We are going to have a plenary by Tammar Zilber, who is going to share insights from the forthcoming special issue in Organization Studies on qualitative methods. See the more detailed program below:

Schedule for the 3^rd Northeastern Qualitative Research Conference

(Times are listed in Eastern Standard Time).

10:00 – 10:10     Introduction by Stine Grodal, Northeastern University

10:10 – 11:10     AI and qualitative research 

·         Hila Lifshitz, Warwick University

·         Andrew Nelson, University of Oregon

·         Arvind Karunakaran, Stanford University

·         Henri Schildt, Aalto University

11:10 - 11:25    Small group discussions

11:25 – 11:30    “Coffee Break”

11:30 – 11:50    Plenary by Tammar Zilber, Hebrew University

11:50 – 12:50    New Themes in Qualitative Research

·         Sarah Kaplan, University of Toronto

·         Judith Clair, Boston College

·         Julia DiBenigno, Yale University

12:50 – 1:00      Conclusion by Stine Grodal, Northeastern University

The 3^rd Northeastern Qualitative Research Conference is hosted by the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University

We look forward to seeing you! 

Best, 

Stine Grodal

Distinguished Professor

Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Northeastern University

Dear colleagues,

Please find below information regarding the Latin American Practice and Process Gathering (LAPPG) that will take place between the 4^th and 6^th of December of 2024 at EAFIT University in Colombia and the Academy of Management Idea Development Workshop (AMR IDW) that will take place on the 3^rd of December of 2024 at EAFIT University. The LAPPG event has a registration fee, while the AMR IDW involves no fee.

Details on the Latin American Practice & Process Gathering:

Details on the Academy of Management Review Idea Development Workshop in Colombia:

All the best, 

Qual+ Team

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Dear colleagues, 

Please find below an extended Zoom invitation to A Global Studies Centre events with Prof Keith Brouthers (King's College London, Fellow of AIB), a leading scholar in international business and international management. These include the highly anticipated Workshop on Publishing (6^th Nov) and a Research Feedback Workshop (7^th Nov). With extensive expertise in publishing, Prof Brouthers will offer invaluable insights and practical advice on navigating the publication process and offer helpful feedback. These workshops are highly recommended for ECRs and PhD students looking to enhance their publishing skills and boost their academic careers. Please find the details and links below.

All the best, 

Qual+ Team

From: HE, XINMING <xinming.he@durham.ac.uk> 
Sent: Wednesday, 30 October 2024 10.00
Subject: FW: GSC Workshops 6th & 7th Nov 2024

Hello,

It is a quick reminder of our upcoming events with Prof Keith Brouthers (King's College London, Fellow of AIB) next week, featuring the Workshop on Publishing (6^th Nov) and a Research Feedback Workshop (7^th Nov). Please find the details below.

Best wishes,

Roberta & Xinming

Leads of GSC (Global Studies Centre)

DUBS

From: HE, XINMING <xinming.he@durham.ac.uk> 
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2024 1:14 PM
Subject: GSC Workshops 6th & 7th Nov 2024

Dear colleagues,

GSC (Global Studies Centre) is excited to announce that Prof Keith Brouthers (King's College London, Fellow of AIB), a leading scholar in international business and international management, will be joining us for two research events during his visit. These include the highly anticipated Workshop on Publishing (6^th Nov) and a Research Feedback Workshop (7^th Nov). With extensive expertise in publishing, Prof Brouthers will offer invaluable insights and practical advice on navigating the publication process and offer helpful feedback. These workshops are highly recommended for ECRs and PhD students looking to enhance their publishing skills and boost their academic careers. The details and Prof Brouthers’ bio are below.

Agenda:

Workshop on Publishing (0900-1230, 6^th Nov 2024, WB1005,the Waterside Building; A zoom link is available if unable to attend in person: , Meeting ID: 977 0816 2873, Passcode: 816762).

9.00-10.30: Session 1

General approach to publishing

Why publish

Level of Publishing

Management versus Academic articles

Journal rankings – prestige versus citations

Potential outlets

Brouthers, KD, Mudambi, R, & Reeb, DM 2012. The blockbuster hypothesis: Influencing the boundaries of knowledge. Scientometrics, 90(3): 959-982.

ABS list, FT list

Dealing with rejection

Day, NE 2011. The silent majority: Manuscript rejection and its impact on scholars. Academy of management Learning & Education, 10(4): 704-718.

Coming up with a good idea

Why is the idea so critical?

Potential sources

Qualifying your idea

What is not a good idea

Whetten, DA 1989. What constitutes a theoretical contribution? Academy of Management Review, 14(4): 490-495.            

What do reviewers look for?

Caligiuri, P & Thomas, DC 2013. How to write a high-quality review. Journal of International Business Studies, 44: 547-553.

10.45-12.15 Session 2

How to collect data for academic research

Data collection for IB studies

What types of firms to survey

Where do you get firm information?

Developing a survey questionnaire

Collecting data

Other issues

Research Feedback Workshop (0900-1200, 7^th Nov 2024, WB1005,the Waterside Building)

We are inviting up to five colleagues and PhD students to present their research for personalised feedback. This is a great opportunity to receive detailed, expert insights on your work. 

If you're interested in joining, please email us to secure your place - spots will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

Speaker bio: Keith D. Brouthers is Professor of Business Strategy at King’s Business School, King’s College London and a Fellow of the Academy of International Business. Prof Brouthers specializes in international strategic management. His current research interests include entry and establishment mode choice, export channel selection, and the digital economy. Recognised as a leading scholar in the field of international business and international management, Prof Brouthers’ research has been published in leading academic journals including Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management Studies, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, and Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. A single-authored article by Prof Brouthers won the Decade Award of the Journal of International Business Studies in 2012. 

Looking forward to your participation!

Roberta & Xinming

Leads of GSC (Global Studies Centre)

DUBS

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Qual+ Seminar: Abductive reasoning in organizational research by Professor Mikko Ketokivi, 30 September 2024 (1230-1400)

Aalto Center for Qualitative Management Research (Qual+)invites you to explore the use of abductive reasoning in organizational research together with Mikko Ketokivi, Professor of Operations Management & Organization Design at IE University, Spain. Ketokivi has published widely on scientific reasoning, argumentation, the case study as a scientific method, and the use of analogies in reasoning. You are most welcome to attend his research seminar on September 30 at 12:30-14:00.

Location: Hall U006, Aalto University School of Business, Ekonominaukio 1, Otaniemi

or join Zoom Meeting

Meeting ID: 649 0349 1187

“Of the three forms of reasoning (deduction, induction, and abduction), abduction is comparatively the most complex and multifaceted. We all use at least some variants of abduction in our research, no matter what our research design and knowledge interest. In this seminar, I explore the use of abduction in organizational research, paying special attention to how it differs from induction. I will also discuss the common practice of using reasoning terminology to describe not just our reasoning processes but entire research designs. My position is that the use of reasoning terms to describe entire research designs -- as in "inductive research" -- is potentially misleading.” – Mikko Ketokivi

BIO: Mikko Ketokivi () is a Professor of Operations Management & Organization Design at IE University in Madrid, Spain. In addition to the substantive research topics of operations management and governance, his academic writings address research design, methodology, reasoning, and argumentation. His most recent methodological research interests include the use of abductive reasoning and the role of models in organizational research.

Looking forward to seeing you there. 

All the best,                                                                                                                                               Qual+ Team

Recommended readings:

Locke, Karen, and Karen Golden-Biddle. 1997. "Constructing opportunities for contribution: Structuring intertextual coherence and "problematizing" in organizational studies." Academy of Management Journal 40 (5): 1023-1062.

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Dear all, 

please find below an invitation to a Seminar “It’s not impossible – Publishing a qualitative study in a very quantitative journal”&�Բ�����;�ɾ��ٳ� Associate Professor (University of Melbourne) on 27th September 2024 (1400-1530) at Aalto University School of Business. In this interactive and engaging session, he will provide the audience the key insights from his recent published paper in POMS (). But more importantly, he will take them “behind the scenes” and highlight key issues in the review process and how he navigated them. He will zone in on key essential attributes of a qualitative study that appeal even to a very positivist review team. He will briefly discuss the contributions of the papers in ‘Templates in qualitative research methods: Origins, limitations, and new directions’.  

Vikram Bhakoo’s research within the supply chain domain can be broadly clustered under three themes: sustainability, buyer/supplier relationships, and qualitative research methods. Currently, he is passionate about understanding and developing effective mechanisms for combating modern slavery in supply chains. He seeks to adopt a multi-disciplinary approach in his studies. His scholarship has been published in a variety of prestigious journals such as the Journal of Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, Journal of Supply Chain Management and Organizational Research Methods amongst others. He is an Associate editor for the Journal of Supply Chain Management where he received the best Associate Editor award in 2022. 

• Location: T003 (Business School ground floor)
• Date/time: 27 Sep 2024 at 14.00 – 15.30
• A tentative schedule: Presentation for 20-30 min, which will be followed by 20-30 min Q&A. The remaining time will be allocated for networking. Light refreshments (coffee, tea, and some snacks) will be available for networking.

For more information, please contact seongtae.kim@aalto.fi. Thank you. 

All the best, 

The Qual+ Team 

Qual+ | Aalto University

Capri Summer School – X Edition 9 - 13 September 2024 Call for Participation

Aim 

Capri Summer School was born on the impulse of AIDEA (the Italian Academy of Business Administration and Management). The overall aim of the summer school is to enhance participants’ research capabilities. Capri Summer School provides a chance for doctoral students and early career researchers to develop their understanding of research methods in management studies, benefiting from an interdisciplinary setting, under the guidance of a panel of internationally renowned scholars. The school is organized by the University of Naples Federico II and is proudly in partnership with the British Academy of Management (BAM), the Italian Academy of Business Administration and Management (AIDEA), and the University of Salerno. 

Audience and Method 

The course is aimed at doctoral students and early-stage researchers in the areas of management, interested in qualitative studies of accounting, management, finance, organization, etc. Candidates who are developing interesting ideas but who still have time to be influenced by participation in the summer school will receive the strongest consideration. Admission will be on a competitive basis. About 30 participants will be admitted: in addition to overall quality of content, factors such as position within the doctoral process and institutional representation will be taken into account. Participants will be selected by the faculty together with the organizing committee. Lectures will cover epistemological issues, data collection methods and analytic techniques such as content and discourse analysis. 

Venue 

The summer school will be held on the Island of Capri at Villa Orlandi, a seventeenth century villa re-stored by the University of Napoli Federico II. The Villa, surrounded by a nice park, is particularly suited for study and includes all essential facilities. Over ten desks equipped with PCs and Internet connections are available. We also collaborate with the wonderful venue of Villa San Michele – Axel Munthe. Procedures to ensure a safe event due to Covid-19 restrictions (green pass and social distancing) will be guaranteed. 

How to apply 

Applicants are invited to submit a single PDF file consisting of: 

1. A 4-page extended abstract of their thesis project/research idea. Clearly specifying:                      

a) Originality and importance of their intended topic;                                                                                    b) Contribution of the work (expected);                                                                                                         c) Methodological perspectives or epistemological positions they would think as useful to discuss during the summer school. 

2. CV

3. A reference letter written by your tutor explaining the reasons behind the application. 

All materials should be sent as a single PDF file by 5th May 2024. An email receipt of the letter will be sent to acknowledge submissions. Fees will be limited to Euro 500,00 for each participant (not including transports and accommodation). 

Apply online at:

Faculty 

Hugh Willmott (chair), Cardiff Business School and Bayes Business School                                                                 Staffan Furusten, Stockholm University & SCORE                                                                                                         Marie-Laure Salles, Graduate Institute Geneve                                                                                                         Afshin Mehrpouya, University of Edinburgh                                                                                                                 Gazi Islam, Grenoble Ecole de Management                                                                                                                 Emma Bell, Open University                                                                                                                                           Roberto Di Pietra, University of Siena                                                                                                                          Patrizia Zanoni, Hasselt University                                                                                                                               Rebecca Piekkari, Aalto University                                                                                                                               Guido Palazzo, HEC Lausanne                                                                                                                                           Emmanouela Mandalaki, NEOMA Business School 

Organizing Committee 

Gianluigi Mangia, Paolo Canonico, Andrea Tomo, Riccardo Mercurio, Lorenzo Mercurio, Stefano Consiglio, Ernesto De Nito, Lucio

More information:

caprisummerschool@unina.it

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Hello colleagues,

Qual+ would like to bring an interesting Qualitative Methods Workshop in Lisbon to your attention.

This 4 day workshop from 26 - 29 June 2024 is hands-on and interactive, with a focus on ethnographic methods. It is open to Ph.D. students, post-doc fellows, as well as early-career faculty. 

·       The workshop will take place at NOVA School of Business and Economics on their Carcavelos campus, by the ocean, near Lisbon, Portugal (accommodations not included)

·       Fees are 650 euros for PhD students and post-doc fellows and 850 euros for faculty.

·       The deadline to apply is March 1, 2024.

You will find more information on our website:

Please share this information with your networks.

Thank you!

Beth Bechky, UC Davis
 

Anne-Laure Fayard, NOVA SBE

Ruthanne Huising, EMLYON

Melissa Mazmanian, UC Irvine

Hila Lifshitz-Assaf, Warwick Business School

Introduction to Configurational Theorizing and QCA by Professor Peer C. Fiss

Day 1 

Introduction to Configurational Theorizing and QCA

Where:

5.6. 1030-1230 A215 A2 (Otakaari 1) 

This introductory session will engage in some of the key issues in configurational theorizing and the use of configurational methods such as QCA. The session will be in hybrid format and is open to everyone (no workshop registration required).

Join Zoom Meeting

Meeting ID: 678 3570 1283

Workshop at Aalto Center for Qualitative Management Research

Qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) is a research approach consisting of both an analytical technique and a conceptual perspective for researchers interested in studying configurational phenomena. QCA is particularly appropriate for the analysis of causally complex phenomena marked by multiple, conjunctural causation where multiple causes combine to bring about outcomes in complex ways. 

QCA was developed in the 1980s by Charles Ragin, a sociologist and political scientist, as an alternative comparative approach that lies midway between the primarily qualitative, case-oriented approach and the primarily quantitative, variable-oriented approach, with the goal of bridging both by combining their advantages and tackling situations where causality is complex and conjunctural. QCA uses Boolean algebra for the analysis of set relations and allows researchers to formally analyze patterns of necessity and sufficiency regarding outcomes of interest. Since its inception, QCA has developed into a broad set of techniques that share their set-analytic nature and include both descriptive and inferential techniques. 

Many researchers have drawn on QCA because it offers a means to systematically analyze data sets with relatively few observations. In fact, QCA was originally developed for small- to medium-N situations with between 10 and 50 cases. In such situations there are frequently too many cases to pursue a classical qualitative approach but too few cases for conventional statistical analysis. However, more recently, researchers have also applied QCA to medium- and large-N situations marked by hundreds of thousands of cases. While these applications require some changes to how QCA is applied, they retain many advantages for analyzing situations that are configurational in nature and marked by causal complexity.
 

Preparation for the Workshop

*Misangyi, Vilmos F., and Thomas Greckhamer, Santi Furnari, Peer C. Fiss, Donal Crilly, Ruth Aguilera (in reverse alphabetical order). 2017. Embracing Causal Complexity: The Emergence of a Neo-Configurational Perspective. Journal of Management, 43: 255-282.

*Furnari, Santi, and Donal Crilly, Vilmos F. Misangyi, Thomas Greckhamer, Peer C. Fiss, Ruth Aguilera. 2021. Capturing Causal Complexity: Heuristics for Configurational Theorizing. Academy of Management Review, 46: 778-799.

If you are only attending the first session of the workshop on configurational theorizing, you only need to review the articles by Misangyi et al. and Furnari et al. above (marked with an asterisk). 

Peer Fiss Bio

Peer C. Fiss is the Jill and Frank Fertitta Chair and Professor of Management & Organization and Sociology at the University of Southern California (USA). His research interest lie primarily in the areas of organization theory and methodology, but has also published in sociology, political science, and information systems. His early work focused on how larger social and political forces influence the diffusion and adaptation of organizational innovations, and how accounts that “frame” and justify such practices are constructed. More recently, he has worked on how social categorization processes affect and shape exchange markets. Peer has also been working for almost two decades on the use of set-analytic methods in the social sciences, and specifically on the use of set-fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (QCA). His work has been published in the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Administrative Science Quarterly, American Sociological Review, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, MIS Quarterly, Organization Science, Organization Studies, Strategic Organization, and the Strategic Management Journal, among others. His last book with Charles Ragin on applying set-analytic methods to policy analysis is entitled Intersectional Inequality: Race, Class, Test Scores, and Poverty (University of Chicago Press, 2017). 

Peer received his PhD jointly in Management & Organization and Sociology from Northwestern University in 2003. He started his career at Queen’s University, Canada, and moved to USC where he became a chaired professor in 2020 and served as Department Chair from 2017 to 2020. He currently serves as the Associate Vice Dean for Research at Marshall. 

Peer has served as an Associate Editor for the Academy of Management Review and as a Senior Editor for Organization Science. He has also served on the editorial boards of management journals such as AMJ, AMR, ASQ, JIBS, Org Sci, and SMJ. He is a former Chair of the Academy of Management’s Organization and Management Theory Division. He has been granted numerous awards, including the Western Academy of Management's Ascendant Scholar Award, the Golden Apple Teaching Award for the Marshall MBA Core, the Mellon Mentoring Award from the University of California, and the Marshall Faculty Award for Ph.D. Mentoring. Professor Fiss has over 9,400 citations with a h-index of 26 in Web of Science and over 18,500 citations with a h-index of 29 in Google Scholar.

Peer has offered workshops on QCA at universities in Europe and North America and will again teach a one-week workshop as part of the Global School on Empirical Research Methods at St. Gallen, Switzerland, in the summer of 2024. Peer’s workshops of QCA methods are widely recognized as world-class, empowering scholars to deal with causal complexity. His pioneering work on QCA in management studies has changed the way researchers analyze and comprehend the intricate relationships between multiple causes. Through his work he has demonstrated how QCA can unveil the complex configurations that drive outcomes such as high performance, agility, and strategic change in organizations. 

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Subject: Global Studies Group events - Prof Fabrice Lumineau (Hong Kong; AE, Journal of Management) 29th May 2024

Dear colleagues,

please find below an extended Zoom invitation to a Global Studies Seminar with Professor Fabrice Lumineau (The University of Hong Kong; Associate Editor, Journal of Management)  on 29th May 2024. The seminars Publishing in the Journal of Management, and War as a Phenomenon of Inquiry in Management are hosted by Dr Saadat Saeed and our esteemed partner, Global Studies Group at the Durham University Business School (UK).  

The details with Zoom links, and Prof Fabrice’s bio are below:

Seminar 1: Publishing in Journal of Management 

Room: MHL 223, 1300-1430 (EEST) 1100 to 1230 (UTC + 1 hour) 

The Journal of Management is a prestigious academic publication that serves as a leading forum for scholarly research and discussion in the field of management. This seminar offers an overview of JOM, elucidating its objectives and thematic focus, the composition and expertise of its editorial board, and the journal's latest endeavors in advancing the field. The seminar will delve into JOM's review process, offering detailed insights and practical advice for authors aiming to submit their research to the journal.

Zoom: 

(Meeting ID: 929 3815 7865, Passcode: 220221)

Lunch at Fusion 1230-1330: Some lunch vouchers are available upon request in advance if you’d like to have lunch with our guest at the Fusion.

Seminar 2: War as a Phenomenon of Inquiry in Management 

Room: MHL 427, 1530-1700 (EEST) 1330 to 1500 (UTC+ 1)  

This paper argues for the importance of war as a phenomenon deserving more focused attention in management. We first provide an overview of the literature on war, and identify critical blind spots in management research. We then highlight several reasons why we should consider war an important and relevant phenomenon in management scholarship. It leads us to develop an integrative theoretical framework—structured around three building blocks: (a) the nature of war from an organizational viewpoint, (b) the actors in the war ecosystem, and (c) the war’s contextual factors—laying the foundations of a programmatic theory to analyze war as a specific area of inquiry in management. We next provide directions for management research at the intersection of each of these three building blocks and outline a roadmap to identify pressing questions that management can address. We also explain how wars can be used as a revelatory empirical context in management research. Finally, we highlight empirical challenges and offer specific recommendations to pave the way for future research by management scholars. This paper thus significantly contributes to establishing a forward-looking research agenda that can help scholars problematize key questions in the analysis of war.

Zoom: 

(Meeting ID: 955 0425 9064, Passcode: 819862)

Biography: Fabrice Lumineau is a Professor in Strategic Management at HKU Business School, The University of Hong Kong.

His research investigates inter-organizational partnerships, the interplay between contract and trust in collaborative strategies, opportunism and ethical issues, and blockchain governance. He has published more than 30 articles in the top management journals, such as Academy of Management Annals, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Organization Science, Organization Studies, Research Policy, and Strategic Management Journal.

Prof. Lumineau serves as an associate editor at the Journal of Management and on the editorial board of Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, and Strategic Organization. He is an elected member of the AOM’s STR – Strategic Management Executive Committee and has served as the Program Chair of the Cooperative Strategies Interest Group at the Strategic Management Society.

He has received a number of scholarly awards such as the Best Paper Award from the Business Policy and Strategy division and the Most Influential Article Award from the Conflict Management division at the Academy of Management Conference, the Discovery Early Career Research Award from the Australian Research Council, and the Jay Ross Faculty Scholar Award at Purdue University.

So far, Prof. Lumineau has taught in six main fields and has received numerous teaching recognitions: Inter-Organizational Relationships and Partnerships (Ph.D. and MSc levels); Psycho-Cognitive Foundations of Strategy (Ph.D. level); Strategic Management (MBA, Executive MBA, MSc, and BBA levels); International Strategy (MBA, Weekend MBA, MSc, and BBA levels); Channel Management (MBA and BBA levels); and programs in executive education. In 2017, Prof. Lumineau was chosen by Poets & Quants as one of the “40 Under 40 Most Outstanding Business School Professors.”

Prof. Lumineau has lived in France, the USA, Germany, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, and China. Prior to receiving his PhD from HEC Paris, he worked as a project manager in the insurance and investment banking industries.

For more information, please contact Roberta Aguzzoli and Xinming He. 

xinming.he@durham.ac.uk

Leads of GSG (Global Studies Group)

DUBS

Dear all,

Welcome to Qual+ powered symposium named "We all do it, but could we do it better? The art of interviewing in changing organizational contexts" Organized by Aalto BIZ Management Studies doctoral Researchers. This symposium takes a deep look into interview methodology in qualitative research  andexplores various interview approaches, guiding researchers through considerations for selecting and implementing techniques across different contexts.

The symposium will be held at Aalto University, Espoo, on 21st May 2024, in classroom V002 located at Ekonominaukio 1.

Program Schedule:

10:00 am - 10:05 am: Opening Words

10:05 am - 11:20 am: Keynote Speaker (15 mins)

10:20 am - 11:05 am: Panel Discussion (45 mins)

11:05 am - 11:25 am: Group Discussion (20 mins)

11:25 am - 11:30 am: Conclusion

The symposium gives concrete tools for students and academics to improve their interview skills. There are a multitude of things that we rarely think about, if we take interviewing for granted. To make interviewing more effective, we consider the structural, ethical and environmental aspects of interviewing. Our keynote speaker, an experienced journalist, will provide valuable insights and expertise on relevant subjects within the field of journalism, enriching our symposium by addressing the challenges of conducting interviews in complex or adverse conditions. This is an opportunity to hone your interviewing skills and take your research to the next level! Looking forward to seeing you there! 

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact marzieh.soleimani@aalto.fi . 

Regards,
The Organisers 

1.Main Discussion Topics

Sub-topic 1: Changing organizational contexts

Organizations are clarifying their relationship to digital environments and physical office settings. Now that we have had time to think about the changes brought about by widespread remote work and the recent push to return to the office, where should we as researchers stand in terms of interviewing? How do changes in settings impact data quality? How are new dynamics of secrecy and transparency in digital environments impacting the interview structures, and possible findings?

Sub-topic 2: Ethical Considerations

This part of the symposium will cover the ethical dilemmas and considerations that researchers must navigate when planning and conducting interviews. Topics such as informed consent, confidentiality, power dynamics, and the researcher-participant relationship will be examined. How to interview participants who have something to hide? How to uphold a trusting relationship, but distill revealing findings and publicize them?

Sub-topic 3: Best practices

Additionally, we encourage the panelists to share their best practices and rules of thumb of interview research. Are there some questions that always reveal something interesting? Some professional groups within the organization that often have the most revealing answers? Any non-obvious mistakes of the past that should be avoided? What best practices can researchers employ to mitigate potential challenges associated with conducting digital interviews, such as technical issues and privacy concerns? In what ways can technology enhance the interview process in digital environments?

2. Speakers Bio

Tiina Ritvala is Associate Professor of International Business at Aalto University School of Business. Her research focuses on public-private dynamics in international sustainability contexts ranging from functional foods to clean energy investments, cultural industries and sustainable architecture. Her mainly interview-based case studies have been published in the leading journals of management and international business such as Journal of International Business Studies and Journal of Management Studies. Together with her co-authors she has also published a paper on exiting from fieldwork published in the Academy of Management Review.

Minna Halme is a professor of Sustainability Management at Aalto University School of Business, where she heads Sustainability in Business Research. Her recent published work is “Rigour vs. Reality: Contextualizing Qualitative Research in the Low-Income Settings in Emerging Markets (2024)”. The authors introduced the alternative concept of ‘rigour-within-context’, which reconciles the seemingly opposing goals of rigorous and contextualized research, in low-income settings. 

Timo Vuori is an Assistant Professor of Department of Industrial Engineering and Management where he studies how companies formulate and execute strategies. In particular, he focuses on how the human-side of the process interacts with data-analytics and organisational practices. He has published in some of the highest-ranking journals in the field, such as Academy of Management Journal, and uses mainly interview-based case studies as his method of choice.

Tiina Lundell is a journalist at MOT since 2010, an investigative branch of Yle that is specialized in uncovering societal issues, including corruption and unlawful action in organizations and public administration. Before that she worked in current affairs program A-studio and tv news. She started her career as a reporter in newspapers. She was a chair of the Finnish Association of Investigative Journalism "Tutkivat" from 2016–2019.

Dear all, 

Qual+ team is excited to announce its collaboration with Global Studies Group (GSG) at Durham Business School (UK).  We are inviting students willing to participate in the event (they can participate online) to submit their papers by the 5th of April. Paper development workshop aims to have six papers to discuss, three from Durham and three from Aalto. Once we receive the papers, we will select the ones with the best potential. The participants will be asked to make a 10-minute presentation about their research for the committee. Professor Grazia Santangelo and Professor Stewart Miller will comment on all presentations. We also plan to have special guests who are familiar with the topic to comment on papers. We will schedule the presentations for the day once we have received all the papers and select them. 

More information about the PDW please contact Roberta & Xinming 

xinming.he@durham.ac.uk

Leads of GSG

Qual+ would like to bring an interesting event organized by The Qualitative Research Forum to your attention. 

One-day BI/NHH Qualitative Research Day. Artificial Intelligence in Qualitative Research Methods

What: One-day BI/NHH Qualitative Research Day. Artificial Intelligence in Qualitative Research Methods

When: 26 April 2024, 10.30-17.00 (UTC+01:00)

Where: BI - campus Oslo or ZOOM

Registration link:

Participation is open to everybody interested in the topic and doing qualitative research is not pre-requisite for attendance.It is organized jointly by BI Oslo Qualitative Research Forum (Renate Kratochvil, Davide Nicolini & Victor Renza) and NHH (Inger Stensaker, Vidya Oruganti). The purpose of this event is to bring together qualitative researchers from different parts of Norway, other Nordic countries, and beyond. The main objective is to establish relationships, learn from each other, and build a community. This year, our main focus will be on the utilization of AI in qualitative research. The recent advancements in these technologies present an array of opportunities and challenges for qualitative researchers and their traditional skills, as they can automate the processes of data collection, analysis, and presentation of findings. Through this event, the aim is to delve deeper into the current hype surrounding AI and its possible implications for qualitative research.

Join Zoom Meeting

Meeting ID: 627 4284 5046

Passcode: 868796

If you have any questions please contact

More information:

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Subject: Global Studies Group events - Professor Peter J Buckley, 15th Apr 2024

Dear all,

It’s our pleasure to extend a Zoom invitation to you to an upcoming Global Studies Group event with Prof Peter J Buckley OBE FBA (Manchester), 1100-1215 15^th April Monday 2024, Room 223 the Business School. Prof Buckley is one of the most influential scholars in IB research. Feel free to join via Zoom if attending in person is not possible (Meeting ID 983 3433 9497, Passcode 26784).

Some lunch vouchers are available upon request in advance if you’d like to have lunch with our guest at the Fusion 1230-1330.

Topic: International Business Research trends: Past, Present and Future

Content: In this talk, Prof Buckley will discuss the long run development of international business as a subject, and how researchers can contribute.

Bio: Professor Peter J Buckley OBE FBA

Peter J Buckley (BA (Econ), York; MA, East Anglia; PhD Economics, Lancaster; Dr h.c. (Uppsala); DSc hon. (Lappeenranta), Dr. Merc.H.C. (Copenhagen), Doctor of Laws, H.C. (Carleton), DBA, h.c. (Hong Kong Metropolitan University).

200th Anniversary Chair in International Business, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester; Visiting Professor, Hong Kong Metropolitan University and University of Queensland Business School.

Fellowships

Fellow of the Academy of International Business (AIB), Fellow of the British Academy of Management (BAM), Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA), Fellow of the European International Business Academy (EIBA), Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS), Fellow of the Japan Academy of International Business Studies, Fellow of the British Academy (FBA).

Offices

President of the Academy of International Business 2002-04.  

Chair of the European International Business Academy (2009-2012). 

Cheung Kong Scholar Chair Professor, University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), Beijing. 

Principal Consultant/Senior Advisor UNCTAD (2008 - 2011).

Prizes and Awards

Viipuri Prize Award in Strategic Management and Business Economics 2006.

IMD Booz Allen Hamilton Strategy+Business Eminent Scholar in Management Prize 2008.

Richard Whipp Lifetime Achievement Award 2011, (British Academy of Management) 2012. 

John H. Dunning Prize for Lifetime Achievement (UKAIB) 2017. 

EIASM (European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management) Interdisciplinary Leadership Award 2019. 

Medal of the City of Rennes, 2019.

JIBS Platinum Medal for Scholarship as the most frequent contributor during the first 50 years of the journal. 2019. 

British Academy of Management (BAM) Medal for Research, 2021.

Appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) 2012 “for services to higher education, international business and research”, elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), 2014.

Publications

He has published over 250 refereed articles and 28 books plus edited 20 more that have over 58,550 Google citations (h-index 100).  (April 2024)

In the afternoon, there will be a research feedback session for 4-5 colleagues and PhD students to discuss their work with Prof Buckley, 1400-1600 in Room 223. Please email Roberta Aguzzoli or Xinming He if you are interested.

Best wishes,

Roberta & Xinming 

xinming.he@durham.ac.uk

Leads of GSG (Global Studies Group)

DUBS.

Qual+ & IB Research Seminar: Professor Tim Andrews on Surviving the Review Process

Join us for the Qual+ powered IB Research Seminar presented by Professor Tim Andrews from Chiang Mai University Business School, Thailand, on the topic of 'Surviving the review process: Behind the scenes of submitting a qualitative paper on Myanmar.' In this seminar, Prof. Andrews will offer a behind-the-scenes look at navigating the review process for an unconventional qualitative research paper in JIBS. A more specific description of the seminar and Prof. Andrews' bio can be found below. 

Title: Surviving the review process: Behind the scenes of submitting a qualitative paper on Myanmar

Date: Monday, March 18, 2024

Time: 12:30 - 13:30

Location: Aalto University School of Business, Lecture Hall U006

Zoom Meeting: 

Description:

This talk aims to provide an informal and candid behind-the-scenes look at how we navigated the Journal of International Business Studies review process for a qualitative research paper set in a neglected business environment to investigate a rarely discussed phenomenon. Not only did we employ exploratory, inductive procedures throughout, but our empirical context was the largely uncharted emerging economy of Myanmar, and our focus was the typically covert, inadmissible ‘anti-science’ of superstition in managerial and organizational decision-making. Not surprisingly, our findings – and the model they engendered – were also somewhat idiosyncratic, uncovering the role of novel phenomena such as contested institutional legitimacy, formal-informal ‘legitimacy thresholds and institutional masking. In this seminar I will share some of the challenges we faced from both ‘constructively tough’ and hostile reviewer demands/attitudes towards our topic and methods and explain how these were addressed and overcome with both editors and reviewers as we steered the paper towards eventual publication. My hope is that, in showing how this was done, I can encourage other researchers to explore interesting and unusual research questions using qualitative procedures in journals typically considered ‘quants’ in their orientation – particularly with topics which lie ‘off the beaten track.’

Speaker Bio:

Tim Andrews is Research Professor at Chiang Mai University Business School and a former Senior Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, London School of Economics. His current scholarly interests focus on how indigenous socio-cultural constructs shape MNC subunit management in emerging/transitional East Asian economies. Tim has published a number of books, book chapters and research articles – the latter in outlets such as Journal of International Business Studies, Asia Pacific Journal of Management and Management International Review. His research draws upon more than two decades of commercial and consulting experience in emerging Southeast Asia – notably in the automotive, energy, facilities management, and hospitality sectors. Recent books include Organizational Corruption in the Asia Pacific (2023) and Building Brands in Asia: From the Inside-Out (2017).

The event is free and open for all. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out. 

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Best regards, 

IB folks

Qual+ would like to bring an interesting event organized by The Qualitative Research Forum to your attention. 

Using Quotes to Present Claims: Practices for the Writing Stages of Qualitative Research (Seminar)

Speaker: Professor Kevin Rockmann, George Mason University

When: 12 March, 14:00-15:30

Where: BI - campus Oslo, Room C2-065

Participation is open to everybody interested in the topic and doing qualitative research is not pre-requisite for attendance. You are very welcome to attend physically (dates and location indicated above).

If you have any questions please contact

More information:

https://www.bi.edu/research/centres-groups-and-other-initiatives/qualitative-research-forum/upcoming-events/

Mixed-Methods Hackathon

Co-Organizers: Qual+, Aalto University Center for Qualitative Management Studies and Aalto Economic Institute

We invite all Aalto scholars to participate in an engaged dialogue between qualitative and quantitative scholars. Interaction between quantitative and qualitative research traditions can support each other in various ways. Qualitative scholars may find access to empirical programs that offer motivated questions and support sampling and access to significant data. Even if publications do not incorporate quantitative data, qualitative scholars will be supported in crafting motivated samples and impactful research problems. Quantitative scholars, in turn, will be supported the work of crafting new hypotheses and discussing the theoretical significance of their findings. 

Time: 7.3.2024 at 14.00-16.00

Place: Aalto University, School of Business, Ekonominaukio 1, Lecture Hall U006 

Program:

1. Welcome from Qual+, introduction to Qual Research Methods, motivation of the multi-method approach (Rebecca Piekkari & Saku Mantere) (15 min)

2. Two perspectives on immigration (20 min)

• Qual research example (Hilla Back, Language-based discrimination in multilingual organizations: 3 slides: research question, methods, findings) (10 min)
• Quant research example (Ellen Sahlström: “Quant Immigration Study”: 3 slides: research question, methods, findings) (10 min)

3. Data sets of societal significance (Ramin Izadi) (30 min)

• Combining Big Register Data (10 min)
• Experiment multi-methods research about preschool education with educational scientists (20 min)

4. Simultaneous roundtables: Econ-researchers present a question that fascinates them “what is puzzling in my      data”, and discuss in mixed groups: present puzzling graphs or images (30 min)

• Traffic emissions (Arttu Ahonen)
• Pharmaceutical markets (Helena Rantakaulio)
• Immigration (Ellen Sahlström)
• Urban life (Max Toikka)

5. Reflections about interdisciplinary research (Heikki Mannila) (15 min)

6. Conclusion (Rebecca Piekkari, Saku Mantere, Oskari Nokso-Koivisto) (10 min)

7. Beer and Pizza at the Econ Dept

There is limited space to attend so please sign up soon 

***Please circulate to doctoral students and academic researchers***

Dear colleagues, 

Qual+ would like to bring interesting LUBS Training and Professional Development Workshops with Professor Roy Suddaby to your attention. 

27^th February and 1^st March 2024 (14.00-17.00 both days - ONLINE) 

Are you interested in learning skills to better navigate the process of peer review? These two workshops address two of the major barriers to publication in top management journals. The first workshop focuses on the primary reason for rejecting papers at elite journals – the lack of a contribution to theory. The second workshop focuses on developing a better understanding of the process of peer review, first from the perspective of a reviewer and second, from the perspective of an author interpreting and responding to the recommendations of the reviewers.

Both workshops offer a combination of lectures and discussions designed to identify and analyze the key structural and narrative elements of highly impactful papers in management and organizational theory. 

If you are able to fully commit to joining, you are welcome to register for one or both of these workshops.

Workshop 1: Making a Contribution to Theory

Date/Time:        Tuesday 27^th February 16.00-19.00 (EET) 14.00-17.00 (UCT)     

Location:           Online via Zoom

Audience:          Doctoral Students, Early and Mid-Career Researchers

This workshop focuses on the most common reasons for rejection of a paper at a top management journal – motivation, literature review, construct clarity, presentation and a contribution to theory. Special attention will be devoted to what constitutes a theoretical contribution.

Register here: 

Workshop 2: The Art of the Review

Date/Time:        Friday 1^st March 16.00-19.00 (EET) 14.00-17.00 (UCT)

Location:           Online via Zoom

Audience:          Doctoral Students, Early and Mid-Career Researchers

This workshop focuses on how to navigate the process of peer review. The first part analyzes best practices for reviewing papers. The assumption here is that active engagement as a reviewer is the best way to learn how to respond to reviews as an author. The second part examines best practices for interpreting and responding to reviews. 

Register here: 

Advanced Preparation: There is no advanced reading required. Please come prepared to discuss your own experiences with the publishing process, both as a reviewer and an author, as well as any questions you might have.

Roy Suddaby is a past editor of the Academy of Management Review and a current associate editor of the Academy of Management Perspectives and Human Resources Management Journal. He has served, or continues to serve on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Perspectives, Organization Studies, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Management Inquiry, and the Scandinavian Management Review. He is a Fellow of the US Academy of Management and the Irish Academy of Management.

Best wishes, Jo

Please note: The Faculty Research Office team is working on campus and remotely.  Please contact the team via email or Teams in the first instance.

Jo Garrick

*Research Support Officer: Training & Development 

*Network Manager: Northern Advanced Research Training Initiative (NARTI)

*Founding member of Writing for Research and Academic Practice (WRAP): A European network embedding social writing in and beyond academia

*Research Leadership Development Consortium Co-ordinator

Leeds University Business School 

Aalto Management Department Methods Workshop:     Using Narrative Perspectives in Management Research

This workshop that is offered jointly by Qual+ and Management Unit of the Department is intended for those interested in using narrative lenses in their research projects. This workshop will include two parts. In the first part, Professor Eero Vaara will provide an overview of how narrative perspectives can be employed in theorizing or empirical analysis. In the second part, we will focus on the participants’ own research ideas or projects. The approach taken will be pragmatic, and the key idea is to help each other in learning more about narrative perspectives, methods and their applications.

Schedule:

10.30-12.00 How to use narrative perspectives in management research (Eero Vaara)

12.00-12.30 Lunch (at own cost)

12.30-14.30 Presentation of research ideas and projects

14.30 Conclusion with coffee

In order to organize for catering in the afternoon, please sign up by 15.12 and indicate also if you wish to present and discuss your research idea or project during the latter part of the workshop. If you present, be prepared to submit a brief outline of your idea/project by January 10 (instructions will follow).  The ideas or projects can be at any stage of development! 

Dear all, 

Qual+ team is happy to extend a Zoom invitation to you from Global Studies Group (GSG) at Durham Business School (UK). The seminar, Unpacking Managerial Motivation's Role in Firm International Marketing Agility with Prof Carlos MP Sousa (Molde, Norway) will be held 1600-1700 (EET) 1400-1500 (UCT), on the 21^st Feb 2024 at the Business School. Feel free to join via Zoom if attending in person is not possible (Meeting ID: 974 8486 1588, Passcode: 738814).

Topic: Unpacking Managerial Motivation's Role in Firm International Marketing Agility

Abstract: Emerging as a focal point in international marketing research, the concept of International Marketing Agility (IMA) prompts inquiry into its determinants. This study delves into the psychological motivations of decision-makers, particularly their Regulatory Focus (RF), and its influence on a firm's IMA. We extend current understanding by exploring how export Intensity moderates the relationship between RF (comprising promotion and prevention orientations) and IMA. Using data from managers of Portuguese export firms, the findings indicate a positive association between promotion orientation and IMA, further bolstered by export intensity. Conversely, the negative impact of prevention orientation on IMA is accentuated in firms with high export intensity. These insights highlight the role of decision-makers' psychological traits in shaping IMA and offer valuable insights into its contextual nuances.

Bio: Carlos M. P. Sousa is Full Professor of Marketing and Business Strategy at Molde University College in Norway. Professor Sousa is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Business Research and Associate Editor of International Marketing Review. He has been a visiting professor at universities in Australia, Brazil, Chile, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and the UK. Professor Sousa has published over 70 articles, in journals such as Research Policy, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Journal of World Business, Global Strategy Journal, and British Journal of Management. He also sits on the editorial boards of several academic journals in international business, marketing, and management.

Best wishes,

Roberta & Xinming 

Leads of GSG (Global Studies Group)

DUBS

xinming.he@durham.ac.uk

Dear all, 

Qual+ team is excited to announce its collaboration with Global Studies Group (GSG) at Durham Business School (UK).We extend a Zoom invitation to you fromGSG, which is organizing its first Global Studies seminar. The talk, Cross-language Research: Translation and Linguistic Reflexivity, will be delivered by Professor Susanne Tietze (Sheffield Hallam, UK), hosted by Prof Roberta Aguzzoli, 1630-1830 (EET) 1430-1630 (UCT), on the 7^th Feb 2024, Room 427, the Business School. A Zoom link is here for those unable to attend in person  (Meeting ID: 977 6094 3700 Passcode: 794302). 

Topic: Cross-language Research: Translation and Linguistic Reflexivity

Abstract: Cross-language research employs two or more languages. It includes instances where empirical research projects may be designed and executed in one language, but for purposes of publication are translated into English, which is the contemporary and dominant lingua franca for (business and management) knowledge.  Cross-language research also includes projects which are multilingual in character in so far as data from several languages is collected. Whatever the specific details of cross-language research, I propose that a) the existence of ‘languages’ in research and consequently, the existence, use and consequences of ‘translation’ have been glossed over in cross-language business/management research and that b) this is because of English is being assumed to be the unproblematic, ‘natural’ and universal language of all (management) knowledge.

In this talk I take issue with the monolingual assumptions of much business and management research and draw attention to the (often obscured and unrecognized) role of translation (and interpreting) in cross-language research. In particular, I propose that translators (and interpreters) have agency in the research process and that therefore ‘translation decisions’ (who translates what, when, how much and with how much accuracy and to which consequences) need to made transparent in the cross-language research process. To this purpose the employment of linguistic reflexivity throughout different stages of the research process is advised to increase research transparency and also with a view to challenge hegemonic assumptions about the relevance of ‘other’ languages in cross-language research.

Speaker bio: Susanne Tietze, PhD, MA, MBA, efmd diploma (teaching) is (Emerita) Professor of Multilingual Management at Sheffield Hallam University, UK.  She has felt ‘at odds’ with many of the discursive practices of academia since her socialization as a university lecturer and a long-standing interest in discourse and meaning making resulted from these experiences. She has researched multilingual workplaces empirically, and has, more recently, addressed questions of methods and methodologies in cross-language research. She has been Principal Investigator of both ESRC and AHRC grants about language/translation matters; and her most recent publications reflect her interest in cross-language research and translation.

Best wishes,

Roberta & Xinming (xinming.he@durham.ac.uk)

Leads of GSG (Global Studies Group)

DUBS

Further details here:

Dear PhD students,

Please note the registration for the Kataja course ‘Feminist Theories and Organization Studies: Dialogue on New Bases’ is open to all interested PhD students, especially those whose topics/interests touch the issues of inclusion/exclusion, power relations, gender, race, ethnicity, ethics and more than human relationality. The course will be organized in the wonderful location of Pyhätunturi in Lapland. 

Time and place: June 2025 (4.-6.6.2025), University of Lapland, Pyhätunturi

Link to Kataja course page and registration information.

Learning goal and objectives: This course focuses on contemporary feminist theoretical debates in the field of organization and management studies. The aim is to enable students to develop a critical appreciation of different feminist approaches to the study of organization, organizing and social relations at work. During the course, central feminist theories will be scrutinized to see how they theorize power differences and are able to reveal different forms of discrimination and processes of inclusion and exclusion, as well as offer emancipatory possibilities for change in contemporary organizations. To address and challenge inequalities in organizations students will be acquainted with new theorizing on connections between contemporary feminisms and different forms of ethics, including moralities, which are based on affective solidarity, ethics of care and recognition-based ethics.
After completing the course, students will be better able to:
* create dialogue and compare different streams of feminist theorizing in the field of management and organization studies.
* analyse power differences and processes of inclusion and exclusion, discrimination, and emancipation in contemporary organizations.
* generate contemporary, innovative research questions within the framework of current feminist debates.
* handle theoretical topics orally and in a written form, at a level appropriate for a doctoral students.

Instructors:
Alison Pullen Professor of Gender, Work and Organization, Macquarie University, Australia.

Alison was born and raised in Wales and now lives on Gadigal land. As a feminist researcher, Alison has worked with feminist philosophy and methodologies to disrupt dominant institutional norms (including knowledge practices) and explore alternative ways of living. Alison and colleagues’ recent publications focused on sexism in business schools, feminist social movements, the importance of hope and inclusion for everyday activism, the good business school and organizational responses to domestic violence. In 2023 Alison was awarded the British Academy of Management Research medal for her sustained contributions to gender research and was inducted as Fellow of the British Academy of Management. She is reading feminist plant philosophy with Sheena Vachhani, queer theory with Elo Reiss and Anna Stöber, democratic organizing in universities with Carl Rhodes, and feminist responsibilities with Alice Wickström.

Susan Meriläinen Professor of Management, University of Lapland, Finland.
Susan is an organization studies scholar whose current projects relate to the embodied and material aspects of feminist knowledge production practices. Together with her like-minded colleagues Susan has actively sought to counter hegemonic academic practices that (re)produce inequalities and hierarchies in academia by using both conventional (e.g. academic writing, curriculum redesign) and more unconventional (e.g. organizing shared knowledge production retreats in the wilderness) means. Susan’s recently co-edited (with Saija Katila and Emma Bell) Handbook of Feminist Methodologies in Management and Organization Studies is a good example of her passion and commitment to change the taken-for-granted practices in organization studies and academia in general. Currently Susan is leading an EU funded research consortium ‘AECED – Transforming Education for Democracy through Aesthetic and Embodied Learning, Responsive Pedagogies and Democracy-as-becoming’ (2024-2026). Susan serves as Associate Editor for Organization.

Saija Katila, Adjunct professor, Senior Lecturer, Aalto School of Business, Finland
Saija is organization studies scholar whose current projects relate to intersection of space and gendering as well as embodiment and materiality in the construction of inclusion and exclusion in organizations be it academia, business or else. In her studies Saija has drawn especially from feminist as well as practice-based theories. Her latest publications have been inspired by affect theories as well feminist new materiality. Recently she co-edited (with Susan Meriläinen and Emma Bell) Handbook of Feminist Methodologies in Management and Organization Studies to highlight the key contributions of feminist theorizing to the methodological practice in organization studies and to envision future directions. Saija served as an Associate Editor for Gender, Work and Organization for 20 years and currently serves in the Editorial Board of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal. She further is a board member of Hilma, the National Gender Studies Network.

Guest lecturers:
Adjunct professor, University lecturer Pikka-Maaria Laine, University of Lapland
Professor Janne Tienari, Hanken
Professor Anu Valtonen, University of Lapland
Course coordinator and contact information: ilmarimiettunen@gmail.com

Henri Schildt, Chair
DMS, BIZ & DIEM, SCI

Eric Arnoud
DM, BIZ

Marjo-Riitta Diehl
DMS, BIZ

Nina Granqvist
DMS, BIZ

Sampsa Hyysalo
DD, ARTS

Saija Katila
DMS, BIZ

Mikko Laukkanen
Aalto Executive Education

Frank Martela
DIEM, SCI

Johanna Moisander
DMS, BIZ

Antti Rousi
Aalto Data Agents, RES

Timo Vuori
DMS, BIZ & DIEM, SCI

Henri Weijo
DM, BIZ

Saku Mantere, Chair
McGill University, Canada

Catherine Cassell
Durham University, UK

Agnieszka Chidlow
University of Birmingham, UK

Joep Cornelissen
Erasmus University, Netherlands

Silvia Gherardi
University of Trento, Italy

Michael Pratt
Boston College, USA

Eero Vaara
Oxford University, UK

Maxim Voronov
York University, Canada

Catherine Welch
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Jo Angouri

Maria Andrea De Villa

Marjo-Riitta Diehl

Saku Mantere

Eero Vaara

Timo Vuori