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DESCRIPTION: Seminar Title: “I Want People to Know I’m Here”: Relatio
 nal Strategies for Maintaining a Sense of Place during Organizational Grow
 th \n\n Abstract: As firms grow toward maturity\, members experience profo
 und shifts in their roles and relationships. Yet little is understood abou
 t how people in growing organizations weather these changes. To explore ho
 w members make sense of and respond to the relational challenges of growth
 \, we conducted interviews and observations in a medical lab that grew fro
 m 25 to 250 employees in just 9 months. We find that growth posed a threat
  to members’ sense of place: their perceptions of whether they mattered 
 in the organization and how they contributed uniquely through their work. 
 In response to this threat\, members engaged in relational place-maintenan
 ce work. First\, they closely monitored relational cues from specific othe
 rs (or “partners”)\, individuals or groups within the organization who
 se behaviors might provide information about their place. Then they used a
  range of strategies to purposively negotiate their place\, with reference
  to these partners. Drawing principles from attachment theory and social-s
 ymbolic work\, we show how each of the four strategies—reaching toward o
 r retreating from the partner and tending to or recruiting others—were s
 haped by members’ assessments of the partner’s willingness and ability
  to respond supportively. We also note how others’ responses contributed
  to informants’ sense of place. The resulting model illuminates adaptive
 \, attachment-based mechanisms that can help scholars and practitioners ad
 dress the relational challenges of growth. \n\n Bio: Hilary Hoyt is a Post
 doctoral Research Fellow at the Oxford University Centre for Corporate Rep
 utation\, Saïd Business School. In her inductive research\, she explores 
 problems in organizational life through the eyes of participants\, using b
 oth qualitative and quantitative methods to access their lived experience.
  Much of her work lies at the intersection of workplace relationships and 
 organizational change. \n\n Hilary received her PhD from the Ross School o
 f Business at the University of Michigan\, where she studied relational dy
 namics in three companies undergoing rapid growth. Prior to earning her do
 ctorate\, Hilary helped organizations such as the World Bank and Danone É
 cosystème assess workers’ experiences\, develop training materials\, an
 d measure social impact. \n\n She is currently working with Tom Lawrence a
 nd Amelia Hawbaker to better understand how workers collaborate across age
 ncies to assist clients with deteriorating health whose housing is insecur
 e. \n\n Note: Tea\, coffee\, and sandwiches will be provided in front of C
 afé Jolt (Lower Ground Floor) at 12 pm. \n\n Photographs will be taken du
 ring this seminar and may be shared on social media. If you do not wish to
  appear\, please notify tbs.research@tcd.ie. \n
LAST-MODIFIED:20260226T133647
LOCATION:Room 435 & via Zoom
ORGANIZER:mailto:TBS.Research@tcd.ie
SUMMARY:Research Seminar: Dr Hilary Hoyt
URL;VALUE=URI:https://ti.to/trinity-business-school/research-seminar-hilary
 -hoyt
URL;VALUE=URI:https://ti.to/trinity-business-school/research-seminar-hilary
 -hoyt
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