Exploring Meeting Science

Olien, Jessie L.; Rogelberg, Steven G.; Lehmann‐Willenbrock, Nale; Allen, Joseph A.

doi:10.1017/cbo9781107589735.002

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“…Inspired by early work of Schwartzman (1986) who argued for the importance of studying meetings and talk in organizations, meeting science has evolved into a field of study and is defined as the systematic study of what happens prior to, during, and after meetings, in addition to how meetings fit into the context of organizations ( Olien et al, 2015 ). Over the past twenty years, meetings research has focused on developing best practices for meeting design and composition, meeting structure and management of actions during meetings, and after-meeting considerations of participant satisfaction and decision outcomes ( Mroz et al, 2018 ).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Virtual Work Meetings During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Good, Bad, and Ugly

Karl

Peluchette

Aghakhani

2021

Small Group Research

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This study focuses on the good, the bad and the ugly of using videoconferencing for work-related meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a text mining process and qualitative content analysis of 549 comments posted to a LinkedIn online discussion board, we identified six key themes; three were tied to camera and microphone issues, two involved eating and meeting management issues, and one dealt with work-from-home issues. These themes are discussed in relationship to media naturalness theory and meeting science. Because widespread use of videoconferencing will likely continue, we provide guidance for workplace policies/practices and suggest directions for future research.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Virtual Work Meetings During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Good, Bad, and Ugly

Karl

Peluchette

Aghakhani

2021

Small Group Research

213

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“…Meetings are a unique context-intertwined with, yet distinct from, broader work on groups and teams-with wide-ranging implications for how individuals within organizations perform in their roles and develop attitudes about coworkers, the work itself, and the organization. Meeting science is the systematic study of what occurs before, during, and after meetings; the outcomes of meetings; and how meetings fit within broader organizational contexts (Olien, Rogelberg, Lehmann-Willenbrock, & Allen, 2015; see Table 2). Although meeting science certainly complements and informs the science of teams, especially given the widespread use of meetings by teams, meeting science is context specific.…”

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Do We Really Need Another Meeting? The Science of Workplace Meetings

Mroz

Allen

Verhoeven

et al. 2018

Curr Dir Psychol Sci

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Meetings are routine in organizations, but their value is often questioned by the employees who must sit through them daily. The science of meetings that has emerged as of late provides necessary direction toward improving meetings, but an evaluation of the current state of the science is much needed. In this review, we examine current directions for the psychological science of workplace meetings, with a focus on applying scientific findings about the activities that occur before, during, and after meetings that facilitate success. We conclude with concrete recommendations and a checklist for promoting good meetings, as well as some thoughts on the future of the science of workplace meetings.

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“…Much of the earlier organisational research literature used meetings mostly "as a mere context for other group phenomena" (Olien et al 2015), largely ignoring their importance as a topic of research in themselves. Of course, research on subjects which are highly relevant to meetings, such as team interactions and leadership, existed but for a long time, meetings per se have not been a topic of research in management literature (Dittrich et al 2011;Allen et al 2015).…”

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Alive by Meeting: A Solution to the Paradox of Meetings Based on the Pyramid of New Collaboration

Bettoni¹,

Obeng²

2020

EJKM

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Meetings are the activity at the centre of every organisation; they are critical. But there is a problem: most people hate them. How can we solve this so‑called “paradox of meetings”? How can we avoid death by meeting? By reviewing meeting theories which help to better understand meetings, we have found support for the view that bad meetings today are primarily the consequence of unsuitable knowledge sharing and collaboration. Based on this and by applying our new understanding of collaboration as New Collaboration, we propose to look at meetings by focusing on collaborative problem‑solving and to perceive collaboration in such problem‑solving meetings as New Collaboration. But how do we have to interact in order to implement New Collaboration in meetings? This is where our Pyramid of New Collaboration comes in as a detailed description of the collaboration process. Our paper will first review related literature dealing with leadership, meeting theories, knowledge sharing and collaboration. Then, we will explain in detail our concept of collaboration, the process of collaboration and the Pyramid of New Collaboration with its seven layers. Finally, we will discuss the application of the Pyramid to the solution of the paradox of meetings and propose the concept of a New Collaboration Meeting.

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Exploring Meeting Science

Cited by 13 publications

References 17 publications

Virtual Work Meetings During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Good, Bad, and Ugly

Virtual Work Meetings During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Good, Bad, and Ugly

Do We Really Need Another Meeting? The Science of Workplace Meetings

Alive by Meeting: A Solution to the Paradox of Meetings Based on the Pyramid of New Collaboration

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