Dear colleagues,
On behalf of the conference organizers, I'd like to cordially invite you to an international conference titled
Multinational Companies in Turbulent Times: Strategies, Norms, and Experimentation across Borders, taking place on April 16-17, 2020. Kindly consider submitting your abstract by January 31st, and see the Call for Papers for more information. Thank you and sorry for cross-postings.
Warm regards,
Jinsun
Call for Papers
Multinational Companies in Turbulent Times:
Strategies, Norms, and Experimentation across Borders
16-17 April 2020
Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Conference Themes
This conference welcomes scholarly works in any social science discipline that enhances our understanding of both emerging and established MNCs as the strategic action fields. Three themes for theoretically rich and timely discussions are identified as follows, and submissions can address one or cross-cutting themes.
- Globalizing Actors in MNCs
- Institutional experimentation
- Emerging MNCs
Abstract Submissions
Interested participants of the conference should submit their abstracts with a maximum length of 1000 words by 31 January, 2020 to Dr. Jinsun Bae at mnctt2020@gmail.com. Please email inquiries to this address as well.
Travel and Accommodation
Conference organizers will cover two nights' accommodations and meals, and there is no conference fee. Participants are expected to cover the cost of their international travel.
Special Journal Issue
Participants will have an opportunity to submit their full papers for consideration of a special issue in Spring 2021 at the Journal of Asian Sociology (https://www.jstor.org/journal/jasiasoci).
Conference Organizers
Prof. Hyunji Kwon (Seoul National University, Project leader), Prof. Seok-ho Kim (Seoul National University), Prof. Joonkoo Lee (Hanyang University), and Prof. Sunwook Chung (Sogang University)
This conference is organized by the Korea-based multidisciplinary research team of What Roles Do Globalizing Actors Play? Project (funded by the Global Research Network Program of National Research Foundation of Korea). We undertake this project in collaboration with our UK partners leading the Globalizing Actors in Multinational Companies project supported by Economic and Social Research Council, UK, and Canadian partners in their CRIMT International Partnership Project on Institutional Experimentation for Better Work supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Our globally recognized international collaborators in employment relations and MNC research have confirmed their participation in the conference. They include Prof. Gregor Murray (University of Montréal, Canada), Prof. Tony Edwards (Loughborough University, UK), and Prof. Phil Almond (Leicester University, UK)
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Jinsun Bae
ILR School, Cornell University
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