In all organizations past events, even if they are unique or at least very unlikely to recur, have strength beyond their ambition. In terms of NCA Theory they have persistent influence and therefore are durable actors in the network regardless of the presence of human actors who had direct experience. The crisis in education of March 2020 will never unenroll from our network of management education. As a result, it will resonate in institutional choices, individuals' decisions and forever ...

Chris Hartt

Keynote speaker

Rene Arseneault

Moderator

We live in a world that emphasize the rational and the objective. We cling dearly to objective facts, rigorous thought and rational decisions. In doing so, we risk losing sight of the internal world and our emotional and intuitive aspects. Understanding our “inner theatre” is essential, but also an uphill challenge, fraught with difficulties and anxieties. In this conversation, Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries explores the essential need to build self-understanding and the difficulty in doing so.

Mark Mullaly

Moderator

During 2020, the pandemic revealed that topics like care, gender, and vulnerable populations should be addressed seriously. Feminist economists see an opportunity to restructure the economy based on the idea of “care” and not on “profit”. Women as subjects have been particularly harmed during this health crisis, due to the precariousness of their work (most women are in service industries), or because of the burden of care work at home. Dr. Rupa Banerjee proposes to discuss the trajectorie...

Mariana Ines Paludi

Moderator

Rupa Banerjee

Keynote speaker

In this session Dr. Jamie Gruman will discuss his book 'Boost: The Science of Recharging Yourself in an Age of Unrelenting Demands', which builds on the literature on recovery and focuses on how we can get back to our best by flipping our downtime into ‘Uptime’ to most successfully recharge our batteries and return to work happier, healthier, and more productive. He will present his ReNU model, which synthesizes the research behind Boosting, and will discuss specific activities we can impl...

Morrie Mendelson

Moderator

Jamie Gruman

Keynote speaker

Please join us for an exciting talk by Dr. Roy Suddaby. This is a joint divisional event with Organizational Theory and Social Responsibility.

Heather Ranson

Moderator

Roy Suddaby

Keynote speaker

PLEASE NOTE: The virtual button for this session will appear 10 minutes prior to the session start.In keeping with the 2021 ASAC theme of “Considering Impacts on Business and Society” this 90-minute panel discussion will feature five panelists with a variety of editorial experience discussing their future visions of the changes they see coming to publishing and research more broadly going forward to improve the impact of management research, as well as the role they see for j...

Lillian Eby

Panelist

Jerry Davis

Panelist

Terri Griffith

Panelist

Michel Laroche

Panelist

Marc-David Seidel

Moderator

William Foster

Moderator

PLEASE NOTE: The virtual button for this session will appear 10 minutes prior to the session start.At the outset of 2020, many universities were starting to explore alternative teaching technologies and new approaches to delivering learning outcomes. What started as strategic initiatives with timelines measured in years turned into a massive and unprecedented transition that essentially took place over a weekend. It wasn’t always pretty, and it was not without pain, awkwardne...

Mark Mullaly

Moderator

William Foster

Panelist

Janice Thomas

Panelist

Diego M Coraiola

Panelist

Dr. Robert Cassidy

Panelist

Linda Dyer

Panelist

Meet us in the Agora and enjoy some delicious foods and drinks, enjoy the view of Montreal on the adjacent terasse and mingle with all ASAC participants!

Join us for a special lunchtime event where we will be handing out awards to our distinguished presenters! 

Finalists for the Abridged Pitch Competition have 180 seconds to pitch their work for a chance at a grand prize — $5,000 for five best paper finalists and $2,500 for three best student paper finalists.  This isn’t your typical academic presentation and finalists won’t be judged on the merits of their research—they've already won an award at the conference, we know they're good. Finalists will be judged based on their ability to tell a captivating story, capture the emo...