Workshop objectives and Format
We will have a $B!F(Blive$B!G(B face-to-face workshop. The workshop will be structured to provide extensive feedback and hands-on mentoring to participants (early career scholars and doctoral students) whose research proposals have been accepted by the workshop organizers.
Throughout the workshop, leading scholars and editors will serve as mentors for participants, help them to develop their research ideas, suggest publication techniques, and generally provide a supportive scholarly environment. It is not simply a short feedback
session but will also provide people with plenty of time for discussion, reflection and progression so that the participants could improve their work significantly at the end of the event.
The programme will have three components. First, participants will be allocated into small groups, each group consisting of three participants and one mentor. Each mentor will lead the small-group discussions, provide detailed feedback and hands-on mentoring.
Second, there will be two plenary sessions, one on the research agenda of the field and one $B!F(BMeet the Editors$B!G(B panel. Third, there will be a range of structured and unstructured activities (e.g. $B!F(Bspeed-dating$B!G(B, campus/Liverpool tour, workshop dinner night)
to offer chances for networking among participants and mentors.
Workshop Mentors
Mehdi Boussebaa: University of Glasgow (Co-Editor-in-Chief at Critical Perspectives on International Business)
David Brock: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev/Israel (Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Professions and Organisation)
James Faulconbridge: Lancaster University (Editorial board member of
Journal of Professions and Organization)
Claudia Gabbioneta: University of York (Senior Editor of Organisation Studies, Consulting Editor of the Journal of Professions and Organisation)
Na Fu: Trinity College Dublin/Ireland (Editorial board member of Human Resource Management Journal,
International Journal of Human Resource Management, Employee Relations, and
Journal of Professions and Organisation)
Daniel Muzio: The University of York (General Editor of Journal of Management Studies, Founding Editor of
Journal of Professions and Organisation)
Crawford Spence: King$B!G(Bs College London (Editorial board member of
Accounting, Organisations and Society, The Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, and Contemporary Accounting Research)
Topics of Interest
We invite papers related to the impact of Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic on the management and organisation of PSFs to enrich our understanding, not only about their adverse effects, but also about the many opportunities. For example, we envisage research
leading to the development of novel approaches contributing towards improving individual and organisational performance and achieving social prosperity. We are also interested in how PSFs influence the post-Brexit/Covid-19 world in positive and negative ways,
and how they are linked to societal challenges in the broader political economy.
We are interested in, and welcome a wide range of professions and knowledge-intensive organisations including law, accounting, architecture, healthcare, management consulting, financial service, advertising, information and communication, R&D, the clergy and
education. Themes include but are not limited to: strategy, managerial systems, labour relations, governance structure, organisational models and structures, professional identity, professional projects, micro-organisational issues of PSFs, professionals$B!G(B
career paths and mobility, diversity and inclusion in professions, internationalisation and global PSFs, new/emerging professions and organisations, hybridity and logics of PSFs, professional misconduct and wrongdoing.
Submission Instructions
We encourage authors to submit a one-page title and abstract to Dr Jingqi Zhu ([log in to unmask]) by
September 1st 2022. Notifications of acceptance to the workshop will be sent by September 9th 2022. There is a limited budget to assist with flights and hotel accommodation for those attending and in need of additional funding.
Convenors
Jingqi Zhu, University of Liverpool
David Brock, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Na Fu, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
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University of Liverpool Management School