see you at ess in Boston, March 21-24, 2013

Going to Eastern Sociological Society (ESS) annual meeting in Boston on Thur., March 21 through Sun., March 24? Details about the ESS conference are available here.

Here’s a special plug for a “conversation” between senior scholars about organizations:

3:30-5pm, Fri., March 22, 2013
156.Organizations and Societal Resilience: How Organizing Practices Can Either Inhibit or Enable Sustainable Communities Conversation
Whittier Room (4th Flr)
Organizer:Katherine Chen, City University of New York
Presider: Katherine Chen, City University of New York
Discussants: George Ritzer, University of Maryland
Carmen Sirianni, Brandeis University

Here are several examples of other panels and presentations relevant to orgtheory:

4. The Joys and Pitfalls of Using Social Movement Theory to Study Non-State Actors – Invited Session – Thursday Mar 21 | 12:00 PM-1:30 PM Charles River Room (4th Flr)
Organizer: Melissa E Wooten, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Presider: Melissa E Wooten, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Discussants:
Katherine Chen, City University of New York
Stephen Valocchi, Trinity College
Michaela DeSoucey, North Carolina State University
Grace Yukich, Quinnipiac University
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20.Organizational Management and Institutional Logics – Regular Paper Session
-Thursday Mar 21 | 1:45 PM-3:15 PM
Presider: Dana Beth Weinberg — Queens College

Rethinking Organizational Cognition: A Broader Understanding of Coordination and a Better Understanding of Coordination
Joshua Wakeham — Harvard University

Managing from the Middle: Leading the Way or Laying the Groundwork for High Performance
Dana Beth Weinberg — Queens College, Kristie Lucking — Queens College

Management and Policy Concepts: Context Matters
Christian Wittrock — Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, Heather Hofmeister — Goethe
-University, Frankfurt, Germany

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49. Occupational Security and Flexibility Regular Paper Session Friday Mar 22 | 8:30 AM- 10:00 AM
Presider: Silke Aisenbrey, Yeshiva University

Explaining Organizational Variation in Flexible Work Arrangements: Why the Pattern and Scale of Availability Matter
Stephen Sweet — Ithaca College, Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes —Boston College, Elyssa Besen — Boston College, Lonnie Golden—Penn State Abington

The Social Context of Schedule Control: Flexible Work Practices in an Information Technology Workforce
Anne Kaduk—University of Minnesota, Erin Kelly—University of Minnesota, Phyllis Moen—University of Minnesota

Perceived Employment Precarity in the United States: New Insecurities in the New Economy
Travis Scott Lowe — University of Connecticut

Worker Uncertainty in the “New Risk Economy”: The Context of Perceived Job Insecurity around a Merger Announcement
Jack Lam—University of Minnesota, Kimberly Fox—Bridgewater State, Wen Fan—University of Minnesota ,Phyllis Moen—University of Minnesota, Erin Kelly—University of Minnesota, Leslie Hammer—Portland State University, Ellen Kossek—Michigan State University
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81. Organization Dynamics in Non Profits – Regular Paper Session – Friday Mar 22 | 10:15 AM
-11:45 AM
Presider: John McCamy Wilkes, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Challenges and Conflict in Social Ventures due to Competing Institutional Logics
Sarah Woodside — Boston College

Group cohesion and classed paths to activism
Betsy Leondar-Wright -Boston College

Structure or Culture? Explaining Intra-Organizational Conflict in a Hybrid Organization
Courtney Feldscher — Boston University
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196.Political and Civic Engagement Regular Paper Session – Saturday Mar 23 8:30AM-10:30AM
Presider: Sarah K. Meyrick, The George Washington University
Service Learning and Political Engagement: On Realizing the Potential Impacts
Dave Harker —Boston College

Contributions of Critical Theory to Deliberative Democracy Ideals An Analysis of the Case of Civil Disobedience as Communicative(Action
Hatice Akca — University of South Carolina

Nonprofit Voices: Generalists and Specialists in the Advocacy Arena
Heather MacIndoe — University of Massachusetts Boston, Ryan Whalen— University of Massachusetts
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223. White Collar Work 3 Roundtable 3 Georgian Room L Table 2
Presider: Colleen Eren, City University of New York Graduate Center
The Effects of Harmful Relationships and Experiences at Work on Occupational Mobility and Professional Careers: A Comparison of Women and Men in the Legal Profession across the U.S.
Gabriele Plickert — American Bar Foundation, Jeeyoon Park — American Bar Foundation

Gender Sorting Into an Organizational Hierarchy
Roberto Fernandez — MIT, Megan Cox — MIT, Kristen Wilhite — MIT

The Impact of the Economic Downturn on Women Lawyers in the United States
Cynthia Epstein — City University of New York Graduate Center, Abigail Kolker— City University of New York Graduate Center
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316. Occupy and Beyond: Progressive Mobilization in Response to the Economic Crisis
– Mini-conference: Social Movements, Sunday Mar 24 | 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Organizer: Sarah Sobieraj, Tufts University
Presider: Sarah Sobieraj, Tufts University

Beyond Wall Street: Mobilizing Collective Defiance in the Neighborhoods of NYC
Michelle Ronda — Marymount Manhattan College

Occupy, Electoral Politics, and Moral Awakening
Todd Gitlin — Columbia University

Participatory Budgeting in the City: Challenging NYC’s Development Model from the Grassroots
Andreas Hernandez — Marymount Manhattan College, Nancy Baez

Defiance and Control: Direct Action and the Policing of the Occupy Movement
Alex Vitale — Brooklyn College

Discussant: Jeff Juris, Northeastern University

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