Dear all,

We invite paper stream proposals for the 14th Asia-Pacific Researchers in Organization Studies (APROS) Conference to be held in Auckland, Aotearoa/New Zealand, from November 28-December 1, 2011.

Content: In the first instance please consider proposing a stream that addresses some feature of the overall conference theme: ‘Local Organizing/Organizations On Location’.

Such stream proposals might:
§ Explore Asia-Pacific traditions of organizational theorizing,
§ Investigate local and regional organizing practice and relations,
§ Examine local value chains/relations, contexts, identities, imaginaries in work and organizing processes.
§ Address relations between local organizing/organizations and their fields, sectors, authorities, ‘parents’, partners, users and customers.

Alternatively, please consider proposing a stream that addresses a current research theme, issue or problem in the organization studies literature. Such proposals might address:

§ Organizational dynamics of power, control, resistance, identity, diversity, gender, minorities, indigeneity, ethics, emotions or networks.
§ Contemporary issues such as the poverty, recession, financial crisis, new technologies, environmental sustainably, governance, branding, supply chain processes, risk and security as these relate to organizing and organizations.

Alternatively, stream proposals might critically engage with:
§ Traditional or classical management or organizational theory.
§ A domain of organizational practice e.g. consulting, accounting, information systems, marketing, operations management, industrial relations, innovation and entrepreneurship.

Format: Please set out your stream proposal as follows:
1) Title
2) The name, institution, email address, and phone number of three or four international stream co-organisers (for administrative purposes please identify one of the convenors as the lead convenor)
3) A description of the proposed stream (maximum 800 words) including key references.
4) Four key words that capture its essence
5) A short biographical sketch (up to 100 words) of each stream co-organizer.
Submission: Stream proposals should be submitted by Monday September 30, 2010 to:APROS14.NewZealand@massey.ac.nz

Decisions: Decisions on stream proposals will be made by the APROS 14 organizing committee and communicated to proposers by October 15, 2010. Stream proposals will be published on the conference website: http://www.apros.org as ‘Calls for Conference Papers’ as soon as these are accepted.

Expectations: Stream coordinators are expected to promote their streams and to close off submissions on March 30, 2011. A list of all accepted paper abstracts is to be submitted to the organizing committee by April 15, 2011. The length of these abstracts and the process of their evaluation is delegated to the stream co-organizers. Full papers for inclusion in the Conference Proceedings are due by October 30, 2011.

As in previous APROS conferences, convenors are encouraged to pursue publication of selections of papers from streams in journal special issues and edited collections.

Conference Location: The conference will be at on the Auckland University of Technology’s central city campus: http://alturl.com/v89cc

Conference Organizer: Craig Prichard (School of Management, Massey University)
Organizing committee: Todd Bridgeman (Victoria), Ella Henry (AUT), Deborah Jones (Victoria), Kate Kearins (AUT), Damian Ruth (Massey), Wayne Pihema (Victoria), Janet Sayers (Massey).

APROS14 is supported by the APROS Board currently comprising: Stewart Clegg (Honorary President), Subir Verma (India Pacific), Alicia Leung (China), Eduardo Ibarra & Anabella Davilla (Americas),  Craig Prichard (Aotearoa), Michael Muetzelfeldt & Edward Wray-Bliss (Australasia), Stephen Little (at large).

More details: If you have any enquires please contact us at:APROS14.NewZealand@massey.ac.nz

Related Conferences: APROS14 will be followed by the 2011 ANZAM (Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management) Conference to be held in Christchurch, December 6-9.

The 1890 Maritime Strike, one of the largest ever in Australia, also involved New Zealand and Fijian workers, and its impact reverberated throughout the Pacific Rim because of the global structure of capital and labour in the maritime industry. British, European and American employers, politicians and academics took an interest in the dispute, part of a strike wave sweeping Europe, North America and Australasia in 1889-94.  
 
The New Zealand Work and Labour Market Institute invite you to attend:
 
Globalisation and Labour in the Pacific: Re-evaluating the 1890 Maritime Strike Symposium

Time:        9.00am-5.30pm
Date:        Thursday, 4 November 2010  
Venue:     Conference Room 1, Copthorne Hotel, 196-200 Quay Street, Auckland City, New Zealand

The symposium is organised by the Auckland Labour History Group and NZWALMI; in association with the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History and the Labour History Project.

Attendance:  All welcome.
Fee: $40 includes lunch and refreshments.   
 
RSVP By Friday, 22 October 2010 to: Institute Office Manager at nzwalmi@aut.ac.nz

The Practice of Business History

The aim of the meeting is to bring together researchers with an interest in all aspexts of the conduct of business history, including social, economic and methodological perspectives.

Researchers are invited to present papers for discussion, and to propose themed discussion sessions they have an interestes in leading.

Date: 17 September 2010
Venue: WF711, Level 8, WF Building, 42 Wakefield Street, Auckland

Please find more information in attached flier

The New Zealand Work & Labour Market Institute of AUT University will host the 25th Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australian and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) Conference from 2-4 February 2011 in Auckland, New Zealand. The conference theme will be Dialogue downunder. The conference will be held at the Rendezvous hotel Wednesday 2 to Friday 4 February. The Postgraduate forum will be held on Tuesday 1 February at AUT Business School.

More information to follow.

Submitted by: Ann Williamson (ann.williamson@aut.ac.nz)

Organised by the Business and Labour History Group of the New Zealand Work & Labour Market Institute, Auckland University of Technology in association with the Auckland Labour History Group

AUT Conference Centre, Auckland                                       
19-20 November 2009

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) is dedicated to bringing decent work and livelihoods, job-related security and better living standards to the people of all countries. In 2009 the ILO celebrates its 90th Anniversary, against a backdrop of financial crisis and critical levels of unemployment around the world. Looking to the future means understanding the past, and as such the ILO’s 90th anniversary celebrations allow us to reflect on its achievements in promoting rights at work and decent employment, enhancing social protection and strengthening social dialogue and tripartism on work-related issues.
The ILO is the world's oldest and only tripartite international agency, created in 1919 as part of the Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I, to reflect the belief that universal and lasting peace can be accomplished only if based on social justice. The first annual International Labour Conference began on 29 October 1919 in Washington DC. It adopted the first 6 International Labour Conventions. Today the ILO has 188 Conventions and Declarations and 199 Recommendations. In 1998 the 8 Core Conventions were consolidated into 4 International Labour Standards:

• Freedom of association & right to collective bargaining 
• Abolition of forced labour
• Elimination of Worst Forms  of Child Labour     
• Equality of opportunity and treatment

Keynote Speakers include:
Peter Mackay (Business NZ). Peter Anderson (ACCI), Helen Kelly (President, NZCTU), Margaret Wilson (Professor of Law at Waikato University & former NZ Minister for Labour), and representatives of the ILO, ACTU, Australian Department of Education, Employment & Workplace relations, and NZ Department of Labour.

CALL FOR PAPERS


Papers are called for in the following areas:
What has been the significance of the ILO for Australia and New Zealand?
What influence have Australia and New Zealand had on the ILO?
What does the future hold for interaction of the ILO with Australia & New Zealand?

Abstracts of 300 words should be submitted to nzwalmi@aut.ac.nz by 15 September. These will then be refereed and authors will be informed of acceptance by 1 October. Papers accepted will be presented at the symposium and following refereeing of the full written papers they will be published in a special issue of the NZ Journal of Employment Relations in June 2010.

SYMPOSIUM ATTENDANCE

Attendance is open to all.
Please contact Ann Williamson at nzwalmi@aut.ac.nz or +64 (0)9 921 9999 ext 6505
Lunch will be provided.
A charge of $45 will apply.