[liberationtech] REMINDER: Barbara Lawrence - TODAY FEB 9 at Noon Terman 217

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****APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTINGS******


*Center for Work, Technology and Organization
Stanford University Department of Management Science and Engineering
2008-2009 Colloquium Series*


*DR. BARBARA LAWRENCE

**PROFESSOR
HUMAN RESOURCES & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
UCLA ANDERSON SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT**


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TITLE:  "HOW INDIVIDUALS CONSTRUE SOCIAL CONTEXT IN FUZZY WORK ENVIRONMENTS"
** **(Paper Attached)



**Time and Location:*

Monday, February 9, 12:00-1:30 pm
Terman 217

*Abstract:*
How do individuals define social context in situations where they cannot
know everyone? This has always been important, but it's even more important
as traditional organizational boundaries fray.  Individuals receive critical
information from a wide assortment of others and through different media,
over large geographic distances, and through telecommuting or boundaryless
careers—fuzzy social contexts that are not defined by work groups, divisions
or organizations.  I present highlights of a study on organizational
reference groups.  The discussion will focus on how this individual-level
view of social context might be further developed.

*Biography:*

Barbara S. Lawrence is Professor of Human Resources and Organizational
Behavior at the Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA, where she
has been a member of the faculty since 1983.  She received her Ph.D. from
the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.  Her work focuses on the impact of social context on
individuals.  This has included research on norms, careers and
organizational demography.  A current project involves an agent-based
simulation that examines the independent effects of individual perceptions
and social structure on mobility.  She received the 1998 Outstanding
Publication in Organizational Behavior Award from the Organizational
Behavior Division of the Academy of Management. In 1999 her work with
co-authors in Spain and the United States received the Best Paper Award of
the First International Conference of the Iberoamerican Academy of
Management.  For more information on Dr. Lawrence, please visit her website
at: http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/x2198.xml
<http://www.business.utah.edu/display.php?module=facultyDetails&personId=1276&orgId=953>

*Upcoming WTO Colloquiums:*
This is the second WTO colloquium for the 2009 winter quarter.  Please note
other upcoming colloquiums for the quarter on your schedules.  All
colloquiums are held on a Monday in Terman 217 unless otherwise noted below:

   -

   *TUESDAY, February 17*:  Lowell Feld and Nate
Wilcox<http://www.netrootsrising.com/>(
   *Professional Bloggers and Co-Authors of Netroots Rising*)  *Location*:
   Encina Central Hall, CISAC Conference Room, C231, Stanford, CA, 94305
   - *March 9*: Giuseppe LaBianca (*Gatton Endowed Associate Professor of
   Management, Gatton School of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky
   *)
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