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Invitation to AOM 2019 PDW: Fostering Work-Life Inclusive Business Schools: Improving Organizational Science & Women's Equality; Saturday August 10, 2019 from 10:15- 12:15 pm at the Sheraton Back Bay Ballroom C

  • 1.  Invitation to AOM 2019 PDW: Fostering Work-Life Inclusive Business Schools: Improving Organizational Science & Women's Equality; Saturday August 10, 2019 from 10:15- 12:15 pm at the Sheraton Back Bay Ballroom C

    Posted 07-02-2019 18:14

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    Dear colleagues,

     

    We would like to invite you to attend our interactive PDW  session 11324 entitled  Fostering Work-Life Inclusive Business Schools: Improving Organizational Science & Women's Equality, which will be held Saturday August 10, 2019 from 10:15- 12:15 pm at the Sheraton Back Bay Ballroom c. Pre-registration is not needed.

     

    Background

     

    Recent AACSB data shows that women represent only 20% of business school full professors. Whether this trend is due to work-family-life issues, and related organizational processes, cultures, and career practices remains unclear. This PDW builds on findings from a U.S. National Science Foundation Workshop held in the fall 2018  suggesting that enhancing understanding of the organizational science regarding the antecedents and characteristics of work-life inclusive contexts provides a fruitful pathway toward increasing women's career equality.  This workshop's goal is to foster interest and understanding in work-life inclusion as a form of diversity and to promote examination of how to improve work-life and women's career equality in business school contexts where many AOM members work. Through panel discussions, roundtable breakouts, and interactive presentations, participants will gain understanding of work-life inclusion as a form of diversity, generate future research ideas, and develop actionable strategies bridging research and practice. The PDW is organized as a 2 hour session.

     

    Academy members who share an interest in advancing understanding of the meaning, scholarship and practice of work-life inclusion should attend. This workshop brings together experts from different backgrounds to discuss the under-integrated state of organizational research regarding gender equality, HR, career, and identity linkages to work-life inclusion in business schools. Through panel discussions, roundtable breakouts, and interactive presentations, participants will gain understanding of work-life inclusion as a form of diversity, generate future research ideas, and develop actionable strategies bridging research and practice.

     

    This workshop includes the following participants and activities.

     

    Workshop Panelists and Small Group Table Topics Facilitators

    Discrimination and Stigma:                           Stefanie Johnson        University of Colorado

    Laura Little                  University of Georgia

     Dual Career, Singles & Family Issues:            Russell Matthews      University of Alabama                    

    Kyunghee Lee Purdue University

    HR and career policies & interventions:       Tae Youn Park Vanderbilt University /Cornell

    Ellen Ernst Kossek       Purdue University

    Format                                                                                                           

     PART I: Introduction:  Organizers introduce PDW.

               Plenary Panel:  What is Work-Life Inclusion in Business Schools?

    PART II: Interactive Table Discussions on Work-Life Inclusion Topics

    Participants will break into small groups with facilitators for six table topics to dive deeper and share insights for future research/practice implications on specific domain areas.

    PART III: Plenary Table Summary Presentations & Reportouts    

     Summary Discussion & Wrap-Up    The organizers will facilitate audience discussion to identify common linkages and gaps between presentations, share closing and take-away thoughts for future work.

    We are looking forward to seeing you in Boston.

     

    Best,

    Ellen



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    Ellen Ernst Kossek
    Basil S. Turner Professor of Management and Research Director Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence
    Purdue University Krannert School of Management
    West Lafayette, Indiana
    ekossek@purdue.edu
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