13096: Organizational Purpose and Values: New and Emerging Voices

Saturday, July 26, 2025

13:00 - 16:00 CEST (GMT+2)

Location: Bella Center: Hall B- B2-m4

Session Type: PDW (workshop)
Orientation: Research
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/pM65Rr

Organizer(s)

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Ricardo Gabriel Flores

U. of Victoria, Canada
LM

Luca Manelli

Politecnico di Milano, Italy
DC

David Chandler

U. of Colorado Denver, United States

Panelist(s)

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Trevor Lyle Israelsen

Penn State Smeal College of Business, United States
EM

Emilio Marti

Erasmus U. Rotterdam, Switzerland
IS

Innan Sasaki

Warwick Business School, United Kingdom
AS

Anastasia Sergeeva

U. of Bath, United Kingdom

Discussant(s)

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Matthew Kraatz

U. of Illinois, United States

As organizations face growing stakeholder pressures to identify their purpose, and employees are encouraged to bring their values to work, organization scholars have responded to the challenge of explaining why this is happening and what it might mean. While this exciting research stream has largely focused on reviving older work on values and/or exploring conceptual aspects of purpose, two obvious challenges remain. First, much of this conversation has been led by senior scholars, with fewer opportunities to speak granted to junior scholars at the periphery of the field, which is often the locus of innovation. Second, most of this work has been conceptual, with fewer scholars pursuing rigorous empirical analysis, which is essential to advance theory. This proposed PDW seeks to resolve these gaps by highlighting the voices of some emerging scholars who are conducting ground-breaking empirical research at the intersection of organizational purpose and values. Additionally, to help build a flourishing pipeline of future research, the centerpiece of this proposal is a session of interactive roundtables, providing late-stage Ph.D. students the opportunity to present their work and receive expert feedback. By fostering connections among emerging voices in this area, this PDW aims to inspire impactful, integrative, future research on organizational purpose and values that enriches theory in the fields of organization, cognition, and strategy.