We invite you to submit your research to our track at the 25th European Academy of Management Anniversary Conference (EURAM 2025) in Florence, Italy!
Date: 22-25 June 2025
Venue: University of Florence
Track: T12_04 – Management History, Theory, and Philosophy
Proponents:
- Matteo Cristofaro, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
- Augusto Sales, Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (FGV EBAPE), Brazil, and Next Society Institute, Kazimieras Simonavičius University, Lithuania
- Anna Spadavechia, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
- Steffen Roth, Excelia Business School La Rochelle, France, and Next Society Institute, Kazimieras Simonavičius University, Lithuania
- Massimo Sargiacomo, University of Pescara, Italy
- Albrecht Fritzsche, IEDC – Bled School of Management, Slovenia
- Kevin Tennent, University of York, United Kingdom
- Adoracion Alvaro, CUNEF Universidad, Spain
- Julie Ricard, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
Short description: The track “Management History, Theory, and Philosophy” addresses the historical development of management and related areas (e.g., entrepreneurship, international business, marketing, retailing, strategy, accounting, auditing, management tools, etc.), including the evolution of concepts, theories, and practices. It also focuses on the application and development of historical research methods and the philosophical foundations of management theories and practices. We aim to encourage theoretically oriented social science history and its methods, with a clear relationship to present-day debates and practices in the management discipline.
The full call for papers is available for download here.
Background literature:
- Fritzsche, A. (2024), Propositional logic, paradox, and Indian dialectics–towards a deeper ontological approach in paradox theory. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, ahead-of print.
- Roth S. (2023), Digital transformation of management and organization theories. A research programme, Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Vol. 40, No. 3, pp. 451-459.
- Roth S., Schneckenberg D., Valentinov V., and Kleve H. (2023), Approaching management and organization paradoxes paradoxically: The case for the tetralemma as an expansive encasement strategy, European Management Journal, Vol. 41 No. 2, pp. 191-198.
- Sales A., Mansur J., and Roth S. (2023), Fit for functional differentiation. New directions for personnel management and organizational change bridging fit theory and social systems theory, Journal of Organizational Change Management, Vol. 36 No. 2, pp. 273-289
