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2025 AOM Annual Meeting

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10740: Studying Institutional Fields Qualitatively for Advancing Knowledge on Grand Challenges

Saturday, July 26, 2025
13:00 - 15:30 CEST (GMT+2)
Location: Bella Center: Hall C- C1-m5
Session Type: PDW (workshop)
Orientation: Practice,International,Research
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/jPdv5X
Institutional fields are vital spaces for exploring and deepening our understanding of institutional processes (Scott, 2014). In this Professional Development Workshop (PDW) we invite some of the most accomplished qualitative research scholars who have undertaken in-depth studies of institutional fields to discuss and share their insights about the challenges and opportunities of doing this work. Building on panelists’ extensive experiences in this regard, the aim of this PDW is to provide scholars with guidance, advice and tips for designing, conducting and publishing studies on the structure and dynamics of institutional fields. The PDW will be organized in two parts. In Part 1, panelists will be invited to share a story about a particular challenge they encountered while conducting a qualitative research study of an institutional field, how they addressed it at the time and how they might address it differently, were they to conduct a similar study today. Questions and interactions with the audience will be encouraged. In Part 2, theme-related discussions will take place in roundtables of 10. Each table will be headed by one of the panelists who will guide a discussion and answer questions related to their theme with participants.