Co-chaired by Professor Bechky and Professor Elsbach, this year’s conferences features guests from around the world to discuss key topics on qualitative research.

Friday, March 20, 2015

Afternoon: Hotel check in

Hyatt Place UC Davis
173 Old Davis Road Extension
Davis, CA 95616
530-756-9500

6:45 PM  Meet in hotel lobby to leave for dinner

Seasons Restaurant
102 F Street
Davis, CA 95616 
530-750-1801

Saturday, March 21, 2015

7:45 AM  Meet in hotel lobby to walk to UC Davis Graduate School of Management

2102 Gallagher Hall, UC Davis Campus

8:00-8:15 AM  Welcome and continental breakfast

Topic 1 – IDENTITY AND BOUNDARIES

8:15-9:00 AM – Paper 1

Processes of Reclaiming Collective Identity, Reut Livne-Tarandach, Jennifer Howard-Grenville, Alan Meyer, & Matthew Metzger

9:00-9:45 AM – Paper 2

Paper 2 – Out of Bounds: Remaking Multiplex Boundaries in a Megaproject, Renee Rottner

9:45-10:00 AM  Break

Topic 2 –  SENSEMAKING 

10:00-10:45 AM  Paper 3

The mindful pipeline: Strategic Sensemaking and Sensegiving between Firms and the Media, Daniel A. Gruber

10:45-11:30 AM  Paper 4

To Thine Own Self Be True? How Entrepreneurs Sustain Motivation Despite Critical Feedback, Matthew Grimes

11:30-12:30 PM  Lunch

Topic 3 – FRAMING ORGANIZATIONS AS WORTHY AND MORAL

12:30-1:15 PM  Paper 5

What’s in a Frame? Framing and Logics of Worth as Cultural Barriers to Collaboration Between Two Environmental Non-Profit Organizations,  Simona Giorgi

1:15-2:00 PM  Paper 6

Moral Shifts: Normative Heterogeneity, Legitimacy and Creativity in Stem Cell Science, Joelle Evans

2:00-2:15 PM  Break

Topic 4 – MANAGING ONE’S PROFESSION

2:30-3:15 PM  Paper 7

“Guide on the Side” or “Sage on the Stage”?  Toward a Theory of Leadership as Coaching, Chad Murphy and Glen Kreiner

3:15-4:00 PM  Paper 8

Mobility, Knowledge Work and Infrastructure, Ingrid Erickson

4:15 PM  Depart for Napa, wine tasting and dinner (we will have vans).

5:15 PM Check in Vintage Inn

6541 Washington Street
Yountville, CA 94599
707-944-1112

5:50 PM  Meet in hotel lobby to leave for dinner

7:00 PM  Private Wine Tasting and Dinner - Bottega Napa Valley

6525 Washington St
Yountville, CA 94599
707-945-1050

Sunday, March 22, 2015

On your own in Napa
Morning van to Sacramento Airport