Sociology of Management Knowledge NetworkSMK-N

EXPO 2014Saint Mary’s University

March 21 2014

Reassembling Canadian Management Knowledge: Dispersion, Equity, Identity and History

http://soicologyofmanagementknowledge.com

Research Team

• Albert J. Mills• Principle Investigator

• Jean Helms Mills• co-investigator

• Gabrielle Durepos co-investigator

• Amy Thurlow • co-investigator

• Terrance Weatherbee • co-investigator

• Patricia McLaren• co-investigator

• Kristene Coller• Research Assistant

Research Objectives

To gain a greater understanding of how management knowledge in Canada is produced and the implications for:

I. Management education and the dissemination of ideas

II. Gender equity

III. Canadian identify and history in management theorizing

Questions we ask…

… about Knowledge Production

Where does management knowledge come from?

How do certain forms of management knowledge develop and become privileged?

Questions we ask…

… about the Gendering of Knowledge

How do certain forms of management knowledge become gendered over time?

Does management knowledge privilege masculinity over femininity?

Through which processes does management knowledge become gendered?

Questions we ask…

… about the relationship between Knowledge and History

How is knowledge of the past created today?

How does this shape our understanding of management and organizational history in Canada?

What are the implications for theory and practice?

MethodsPoststructu

ralist Feminist Theory

Actor-Networ

k Theory

Postmodern /

Cultural Theory Historiography

Sociology of

Knowledge

ANTi-History

How we will answer the questions…

• 5 Case Studies

• Period of 10 years: 2007-2017

How we will answer the questions…

• Case 1 – Atlantic Schools of Business

• Case 2 – Administrative Sciences Association of Canada

• Case 3 – Academy of Management

• Tracking new scholars in the GDO and OB divisions: 2007-2017

• Collect papers presented

• Track for citation counts

• Identify what is disseminated in textbooks & journals

• Interview new scholars

How we will answer the questions…

• Case 4 – Selected management textbooks and journals: 2001-2016

– Identify central themes and ideas against which to compare selected OB and GDO papers

• How far do new scholars reflect or move beyond those themes?

• How do ideas disseminate in these outlets?

• Which ideas disseminate?

How we will answer the questions…

• Case 5 – Canadian Confederation of Federation of Business School Deans

– Aim to interview selected Deans and Directors from 2007-2017

– CCFBD Influence the relationship between publication and tenure decisions of new scholars

Contributions

1. Educators will gain insights into the socio-political processes of knowledge creation

2. A greater understanding of the processes through which discriminatory thinking develops– This will assist in developing strategies for addressing discrimination

3. The development of Canadian management history

4. Development of new techniques for studying on-going knowledge production

Questions & Comments?