Colloquium Fall 2010

Welcome to the MIT Sloan Organization Studies Group's (“OSG”) fall 2010 seminar series.

Unless otherwise noted, all seminars will be held in E62-350 from Noon to 1:30 p.m. on Fridays. Lunch will be provided at 11:45 a.m. As they become available, abstracts or papers for the seminars will be posted below.

Fall 2010
Date Speaker/Affiliation/Seminar Title
Sep 24 NO SEMINAR, Team Day
Oct 1 Gretchen M. Spreitzer, University of Michigan (Ross)
Thriving at Work: The Role of the Leader
Oct 8 Roxana Barbulescu, McGill University
Do women choose different jobs from men? Mechanisms and evidence for application segregation in the market for managerial workers
Oct 15 Katherine (Kathy) Phillips, Northwestern University (Kellogg)
Getting Closer at the Company Party?
The Impact of Racial Demography, Behavioral Integration, and Quality of Experience
Oct 22 NO SEMINAR, SIP
Oct 29 No OSG Seminar
Nov 5 Mark Mortensen, MIT
From Teams to Recombinant Collaboration: A taxonomy and new theoretical perspective on collaboration in light of the changing nature of work
Nov 12 Erin Cech, University of California, San Diego (Sociology)
The Self-Expressive Edge of Sex Segregation: The Role of Self-Conceptions and Gender Schemas in the Career Launch Decisions of Recent College Graduates
Nov 19 Victor Seidel, University of Oxford (Said)
Translating Novel Concepts to Novel Products: Coordination Totems in Practice
Dec 3 Nada Hashmi & Mabel Abraham, MIT
Dec 10 Tom Tyler, New York University (Psychology)
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Questions or comments
E-mail: John Carroll (John Carroll) or Mabel Abraham (Mabel Abraham)

Useful Links
MIT Sloan School of Management
Organization Studies Group (OSG)
Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER)
MIT-Harvard Economic Sociology

Past OSG Seminar Schedules