Research on Managing Groups and Teams (RMGT) -- 2009

Beta Mannix, Maggie Neale, and Elizabeth Mullen

Fairness and Groups

BY INVITATION ONLY!

You are invited to the 13^th Annual Conference on Research on Managing Groups and Teams. This conference is jointly sponsored by the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University.

This conference will be held on May 1^st and 2^nd, 2009 at the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. Our aim in this conference is to advance the understanding of groups and teams within the organizational context. Each year the conference is focused around a different sub-area of groups research. The 2009 conference, and the companion edition of Research on Managing Groups and Teams, will focus on Fairness and Groups. The theme organizer and editor will be Elizabeth Mullen of the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University.

Concerns about justice and fairness are ubiquitous within and between communities, social groups, organizations, and states. People are concerned with the fairness of how decisions are made, how outcomes are allocated between and within groups, and how individuals are treated within groups. Perceptions that procedures or outcomes are fair influence a wide variety of work-related outcomes including organizational commitment, cooperation within groups, and group performance. Our goal in this conference is to promote interest in research on fairness in groups and teams by identifying new questions that will drive future research in this area. Possible topics of interest might include:

• When will fairness matter in groups and when will it not?
• Why do groups care about fairness?
• Effects of fair and unfair treatment on organizational outcomes and group functioning
• Factors that influence when group leaders enact fair procedures
• Reactions to unfairness and inequity
• Intergroup competition and fairness
• Restoring justice within and between groups following transgressions
• Affect and fairness in groups.
• Fairness in groups from the perspectives of personal, social and moral identity research
• How groups identify and select fair procedures for implementation.
• How fair or unfair treatment helps individuals make sense of their standing within a group
• Justice in diverse groups
• Resource allocation within and between groups
• Organizational justice
• Effects of own and other’s fairness on team performance
• Fairness of team composition and formation

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE -- TENTATIVE (3/9/07)

The conference will be held in Sage Hall on Cornell University's campus in Ithaca, New York. The Conference is by invitation only and attendance is limited. Please register for the conference no later than April 1, 2007. To defray expenses we ask a small registration fee of $150.00. We will be providing buffet breakfast and lunch on both Friday and Saturday, as well as a conference dinner at the Johnson Museum on Friday night.

If you are interested in more information, please contact Professor Mannix at eam33@cornell.edu

TRAVEL
You can fly directly into Ithaca on USAIR or Northwest Airlines Another option is to fly into Syracuse, NY which is served by most of the major airlines and is only about 1 hour away-car rental available. From Syracuse's Hancock Airport, take I-81 South to Exit 12, and then follow Route 13 South to Ithaca. If you don't want to rent a car, the Ithaca Airline Limousine Service (607 273-3030) and Classic Pride Limousine Service (607-339-9140) provide limousine service between Syracuse and Ithaca. Ithaca is also a 4½ hour drive from Philadelphia or New York City.

LODGING
We have reserved a block of rooms at the Statler Hotel (directly across the street from Sage Hall) at the rate of $180 single / $190 double. Please contact the Statler directly to reserve your room by April 1, 2007. The toll-free number is 1(800) 541-2501. Be sure to ask for the Johnson School's Managing Groups & Teams Conference Block. For more information about the Statler Hotel, visit their web site.

Hilton: Alternatively, there is a Hilton Hotel and Conference Center downtown, very nice, and with a free (10 minute) shuttle to the campus and Sage Hall. Call 607-277-8900 or 877-STAY-HGI (toll free) and ask for Cornell's Johnson School Managing Groups and Teams conference block-OR you can go online to www.ithaca.stayhgi.com and enter Group/convention code: JSMGT . The conference rate is $154 per night.

B&Bs: http://www.visitithaca.com
Finally, there are also several lovely B&Bs in the area. If you are interested in those or other lodging options, take a look at the following web sites for more information:

REMEMBER---Register for the conference, and reserve your hotel room no later than April 1, 2009. A schedule for the Conference and links to papers/abstracts will be available at http://www.johnson.cornell.edu/faculty/profiles/Mannix/. We look forward to seeing you here!