I’m going to be presenting today to a workshop on historical methods in management research. My presentation will be on process tracing.
Thursday 16th June 2-6 pm UK time
On Zoom – link sent to participants via Outlook invitation[1]
14:00 – 14:15 Welcome and introduction (Bill, Elena & Steph)
14:15 – 15:00 Breakout groups: Sessions 1 + 2 (45 mins)
Session 1 (45 mins):
Chair: Bill Foster
Part 1 – Perspectives on historical methods: Theoretical discussions about historical methods from different perspectives
Chapter 2 – ANTi History, Gabrielle Durepos
Chapter 3 – Historical Organization Studies, Charles Harvey & Mairi Maclean
Chapter 5 – Historical narratives, Mick Rowlinson & John Hassard & Steph Decker (Mick)
Session 2 (45 mins):
Chair: Elena Giovannoni
Part 2.1 – Historical data and sources: Ontological, Epistemological and practical ways of conducting historical research.
Chapter 7 – What is an archive?, Amon Barros
Chapter 8 – How to do research in archives?, Kevin Tennant & Alex Gillet (Kevin, Alex will attend until 3 pm)
Chapter 9 – Oral history interviewing, Valeria Giacomin
15:00 – 15:15 Screen break
15:15 – 16:00 Breakout groups: Session 3 + 4
Session 3 (45 mins):
Chair: Stephanie Decker
Part 2.2 – Historical data and sources: Ontological, Epistemological and practical ways of conducting historical research.
Chapter 11 – Archival Research in the Digital Era, Adam Nix, Stephanie Decker, David Kirsch & Santhi Kuppili Venkata (Adam)
Chapter 13 – Process Tracing Historical Research Methods in Management, Andrew Smith
Chapter 14 – Case Studies, Emily Buchnea
Session 4 (45 mins):
Chair: Bill Foster
Part 4.1 – Historical research for organization and society: Empirical examples of historical methods as a way to investigate specific theoretical constructs.
Chapter 21 – The City of London: Genealogy of contemporary heterotopias: Towards heterotopia studies in business and management history. Nelarine Cornelius & Eric Pezet. (Nelarine)
Chapter 22 – Exploring Organisational Identity through historical research methods, Elena Giovannoni & Pasquale Ruggiero (Elena)
Chapter 24 – Embodied microhistories on the move, Jeanne Mengis, Fabio James Petani & Claudia Scholz (Fabio)
16:00 – 16:15 Screen break
16:15 – 16:45 Ellen Pearce, Editorial Manager (Edward Elgar)
General Q&A
16:45 – 17:15 Breakout groups: Session 5 + Session 6 (30 mins)
Session 5 (30 mins):
Chair: Elena Giovannoni
Part 3 – Historical practices of analysing data and sources
Chapter 17 – Prosopography and Microhistory, Garry Carnegie & Karen McBride (Karen)
Chapter 18 – Insightful empirical knowledge in grounded theory and historical organization studies, Trevor Israelsen & J. Robert Mitchell (Trevor)
Chapter 25 – Narrating Rhetorical History to Project the Appearance of Organizational Authenticity. Kai Lamertz.
Session 6 (30 mins):
Chair: Stephanie Decker
Part 4.2 – Historical research for organization and society: Empirical examples of historical methods as a way to investigate specific theoretical constructs.
Chapter 20 – Researching Past Occurrences: Discovering the past through Conversational Inquiry, Francois Bastien & Diego Coraiola (Francois)
Chapter 26 – The interview and researching collective memory, Jukka Rintimakki, Sebastien Mena & William M Foster (Bill)
Chapter 27 – Taming the ‘mythical beast’: Revisiting the myths of historical research in international business scholarship Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki, Eriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki & Bareerah Hafeez Hooran (Bareerah, Eriikka)
17:15 – 17:30 Screen break
17:30 – 18:00 Group discussion, summing up, next steps
18:00 End
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