2022 WAM Conference Tracks

The Professorship

• Being a professor (e.g., health, stress, personal improvement)

• The profession (e.g., future directions, university governance)

• Teaching/pedagogy/learning
   

Leaders

• Attributes (e.g., ethical/moral, honest, humble)

• Power (e.g., decision making, discrimination)

• Self-reflection

• Conduct (e.g., leadership style, behavior, narcissism)
   

The Workplace

• Processes (e.g., recruitment, appraisals, selection)

• Forms (e.g., free-lance, job-crafting)

• Space (e.g., physical, virtual)

• Routines

• Culture

• Mission, values
   

The Firm

• Success/failure

• Change

• Entrance/exit

• Governance

• Reputation/status

• Strategy

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Environment/context

• Interface between organization and society (e.g., CSR, social entrepreneurship, environmental sustainability)

• Competition

• Institutions

• Communities (e.g., underserved, demographics)

• Industry context (e.g., cleantech, health care)

• Uncertainty/ambiguity
   

​Communication

• Narratives/storytelling

• Sensegiving/sensemaking

• Critical thinking

• Conflict/conflict management
   

People

• Worldview (e.g., beliefs, identity, diversity, deviance, moral disengagement)

• Capabilities (e.g., kindness, proactivity, political skill, stigma)

• Behaviors (e.g., helping, OCB)

• Spirit (e.g., meaning, calling, humor, grief)

• Cognition

• Emotions/emotional intelligence

• Decision making
   

Relationships/connections

• Networks

• Teamwork

• Cooperation

• Mentoring
   

Innovation & technology – conference theme

• Crisis-inspired innovation

• Technology obsession (e.g., AI, robotization)

• Shocking/uncertain (e.g., emergencies, disasters, crises, high-reliability)

• Pedagogical innovations/use of technology in the classroom