Call for papers
The 24th edition of the International Workshop on Teamworking (IWOT) will be hosted by the Institute for Management Research at Radboud University (The Netherlands). The conference will take place in Nijmegen on the 8th and the 9th of September 2022.
Theme of the conference
The main topic of the conference is “Bridging the gap between organization, team and job design”. Numerous studies have been published on how these designs affect a variety of different outcomes. Examples are studies relating organization, team and job design to performance (e.g. productivity, innovation or efficiency; Chen, 2021; Warnik et al., 2021) or employees’ physical health and well-being (e.g. burn-out risks and mental strain; Daniels, 2017; Parker et al., 2017). Often these studies target an audience in an established disciplinary field like business administration, organization science/behavior or work & organizational psychology. Each field has its own expertise and interests, but also its blind spots. For instance, scholars in business administration and organization science mainly conduct research on organization and team design, but often overlook the individual job holders with particular individual characteristics and backgrounds that perform tasks. Work & organizational psychologists on the other hand, focus on job design and individuals conducting a certain job. These studies, however, may overlook that jobs are embedded within a larger organizational or team context.
In this conference, we strive to build a bridge between these disciplines and take a step towards covering blind spots by complementing insights from the different disciplines. An increasing number of studies calls for research examining how organization and job design simultaneously influence outcomes for organizations and individuals. But until now, only few studies cross these disciplinary borders (Parker et al., 2017). We invite you to share and discuss insights on the challenges and opportunities of combining job, team, and organization design insights.
Although the topic for this year is about bridging the gap between organization, team and job design, we also welcome papers on related topics. The conference is inclusive and welcomes research on teams and teamworking without disciplinary or methodological restrictions. Papers will be presented in parallel sessions organized around similar topics.
Deadline of abstract submission (250 words): 31/5/2022
Conference fee (including catering and social event)
350 euros;
PhD candidates: 250 euros;
Payment is due on August 15th, 2022
More information
As of March 31, more information about uploading abstracts, key note speakers, payment, practical information about the venue, hotels etc. will be available on the website (https://iwotblog.wordpress.com)
Local organizing committee
Lander Vermeerbergen
Anne-Linde Oldenhof
Emy Smolders
Patrick Vermeulen
Matthijs Moorkamp
Dirk Vriens
International organizing committee
Conny Antoni, University of Trier, Germany
Jos Benders, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway & KU Leuven, Belgium
Petru Curseu, Open University, The Netherlands & Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Andrea Bikfalvi, Universitat de Girona, Spain
Richard Cooney, Monash University, Australia
Steven Dhondt, TNO, The Netherlands & KU Leuven, Belgium
Geert Van Hootegem, KU Leuven, Belgium
Jonas Ingvaldsen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Christian Koch, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Abigail Marks, Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh, U.K.
Eric Molleman, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Peter Oeij, TNO, The Netherlands
Steve Procter, University of Newcastle, U.K.
Monica Rolfsen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Sandra Schruijer (Utrecht University & TIAS Business School, The Netherlands)
Per Sederblad, Malmö University, Sweden
Steve Vallas, Northeastern University, USA
Michael West, Lancaster University, U.K