Research Trajectories in Organizational Change and Development: Conversations with ROCD 28 Authors

Abstract

The first annual research volume in Organization Change and Development was published by JAI Press in 1987. Since then, ROCD has provided a special platform for scholars and practitioners to share new research-based insights in the book as well as at AOM. This new volume covers a wide range of ROCD topics: the social media presence of organization development; the role of professional identity of the renowned women of organizational change; the nature of emerging communities of the new world of work and its implications to the field; development of organizational resilience in the context of educational institutions; the impact of honest conversations in transforming organizations; the role of middle management in tightly coupled systems; and the impact of missing management in organization development and change. In its entirety, ROCD 28 provides insightful and thought-provoking chapters, which serve as a catalyst for lively dialogue. As such, this proposed symposium, one that has become an integral part of the Organization Development and Change (ODC) Division program, continues the tradition of division members meeting with authors of the upcoming volume. The Social Media Presence of OD: A Social Network Analysis Using Big Data Presenter: Donna Ogle; Rockford U. Presenter: Ram Tenkasi; Benedictine U. Presenter: William Brock; Colorado Christian U. Constructing the Professional Identity of the Renowned Women of Organizational Change Presenter: David B. Szabla; Western Michigan U. Presenter: Elizabeth Shaffer; Western Michigan U. Presenter: Ashlie Mouw; Western Michigan U. Presenter: Addelyne Turks; Western Michigan U. Community in the New World of Work: Implications for Organizational Development and Thriving Presenter: Peter Bacevice; U. of Michigan, Ross School of Business Presenter: Hilary M. Hendricks; U. of Michigan Presenter: Lyndon Earl Garrett; Boston College Integrating the Digital in the School Organization: Four Examples of Embeddedness Presenter: Johan Klaassen; Stockholm Business School Presenter: Jan Löwstedt; Stockholm U. Management is Missing Presenter: Jeffrey D. Ford; Ohio State U. Presenter: Laurie Ford; US Nuclear Industry Council Change in Tightly Coupled Systems: Middle Manager Role and Action Presenter: Rita Berggren; Chalmers U. of Technology Presenter: Johanna E. Pregmark; Chalmers U. of Technology Presenter: Tobias Fredberg; Chalmers U. of Technology Presenter: Bjorn E. Frossevi; Chalmers U. of Technology Why Honest Conversations are Transformative Presenter: Michael Beer; Harvard Business School