LERA 17th Annual PhD Student Consortium
"Fissured Organizations: A Research Agenda"

Friday, May 29, 2015, 8 – 11:15 am
Pennsylvania West Room, The Westin Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA
(Held in Conjunction with the LERA 67th Annual Meeting, May 28-31, 2015)

Co-Chairs:
Hye Jin Rho and Christine Riordan

Institute for Work and Employment Research
MIT Sloan School of Management

2015 LERA PhD Student Consortium Agenda

8:00 – 8:15, Breakfast and Introductions
8:15 – 9:10, Discussion Panel: Fissured Work and Organizations: An Academic Research Agenda
9:10 – 9:15, Break
9:15 – 9:45, Best Student Paper Presentation
9:35 – 9:45, Break
9:45 – 10:30, Discussion Panel: Informing Our Research from the Ground Up: Practitioner and Policy Perspectives
10:30 – 11:15, Junior Faculty Discuss: Job Market, Publishing, and Emergent Career Concerns
6:00 – 9:00, Social Event: Dinner and Networking

RSVP

Please RSVP for the conference to Christine Riordan at [email protected].

The registration fee includes a badge that will provide access to both the Consortium and to the entire 4 days of LERA meetings being held May 28, - 31, 2015 including many meals and reception. Depending on fundraising, students attending the Consortium may be reimbursed all or a portion of the early-bird student rate ($125) for their meeting registration fees following the conference. You will need to be present at the consortium and sign-in, and following the conference, checks will mailed to the address you list when you sign-in.