Conferences & Workshops
Invited Presentations: International Conferences/Think tanks (*Presenter)
2023 (scheduled)
Academy of Management (AOM), Boston, USA:
"Not All entrepreneurs are Equal", Siraz, S. *, Alvarez, S. ; Claes, B.
The effects of ethnic stereotypes and familiarity on the funding worthiness of Latinx entrepreneurs in the US. Siraz, S. *, Claes, B., Alvarez, S.
Best paper award nomination for DEI and Entrepreneurship
Workshop. The Next Decade of Legitimacy Research: Advancing the Multilevel Theory of Legitimacy, HEC Lausanne, Switzerland,: “The influence of multiple validity cues on evaluators' propriety judgments", Siraz, S. *, Claes, B., Haack, P.; De Castro, J.
2022
The Brookings Institution, Washington DC, USA "Understanding the root causes of the challenges faced by ethno-racial minority entrepreneurs in the United States"; Siraz, S.*; Alvarez, S.; Claes, B.
Academy of Management (AOM), Seattle, USA: "All entrepreneurs are equal, but some are more equal than others”, Siraz, S. *, Claes, B.
2021
Diversity Forum “Dismantling Oppressive Systems: Building Just Communities”, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA: “All entrepreneurs are equal, but some are more equal than others: The effect of ethno-racial stereotypes on legitimacy perceptions,” Siraz, S.*; Alvarez, S.; Claes, B.
2020
Academy of Management (AOM Virtual Conference) , Vancouver, Canada: “Tainted Perceptions? An Assessment of Legitimacy Judgments of Entrepreneurial Failures", Siraz, S. *, Claes, B., De Castro, J.
- Withdrawn due to Covid-19 -
2019
Academy of Management (AOM), Boston, USA: “Let's do the fracking talk: An experimental approach to understanding legitimacy perceptions" , Siraz, S. *, Claes, B., De Castro, J.
Academy of Management (AOM), Boston, USA: "The two faces of Janus: A mixed method study of legitimacy struggles", Siraz, S. *, Claes, B.
European Academy of Management (EURAM), Lisbon, Portugal: “Community socio-emotional wealth, the glue that binds communities together : An example of indigenous communities in Colombia" “Siraz, S. *, Claes, B., Preciado-Sanchez, D.
Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC), and Diana International Research Conference on Women Entrepreneurship, Wellesley, Massachusets, USA: "Of course I am fair ... but it depends... on your gender and on your origin: Legitimacy perceptions of entrepreneurial failures”, Siraz, S. *,
2018
Academy of Management (AOM), Chicago, USA: “Legitimate Or Illegitimate? Insights Into Validity Cues, Core Values And Legitimacy Judgments” Siraz, S. *, Claes, B., De Castro, J.
European Academy of Management (EURAM), Reykjavik, Iceland: “What Is The Quack About? Legitimacy Struggles In The Foie Gras Industry”, Claes, B., Siraz, S., De Castro, J.
Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC), Waterford, Ireland: “All Entrepreneurs Are Equal But Some Are Women And Immigrants: Legitimacy Perceptions Of Business Failures”, Siraz, S. *, Giones, F., Delgado-Marquez, L.
2017
Academy of Management (AOM), Atlanta, USA: “The Foie Gras Wars: An Exploratory Study Of Divergent Legitimacy In Controversial Industries” Siraz, S. *, Claes, B., De Castro, J.
Academy of Management (AOM), Atlanta, USA: “Getting Up After Falling Down: A Tale Of Three Communities”, Siraz, S. *, Preciado-Sanchez, D., Claes, B.
European Group for Organisation Studies (EGOS), Copenhagen, Denmark: “The Foie Gras Wars: An Exploratory Study Of Divergent Legitimacy In Controversial Industries” Siraz, S. *, Claes, B., De Castro, J.
2016
Academy of Management (AOM), Anaheim, USA: “The Rise Of The Phoenix: APROPESCA - A Case Study Of Community Based Venture Resurrection”, Siraz, S. *, Preciado-Sanchez, D., Claes, B.
European Group for Organisation Studies (EGOS), Naples, Italy: “So You Messed Up...Now What? Making Sense Of Post Scandal Legitimacy”, Siraz, S. *, Claes, B., De Castro, J.
Doctoral Consortium, IE Business School, Madrid, Spain: “Disentangling Legitimacy: Toward A Typology Of Legitimacy States”, Siraz, S. *, Claes, B., De Castro, J.
2015
Academy of Management (AOM), Vancouver, Canada: “Disentangling Legitimacy: Toward a Typology of Legitimacy States”, Claes, B., Siraz, S. *, De Castro, J.
Iberoamerican Academy of Management (AOM), Santiago, Chile: “Neither Dr Jekyll Nor Mr Hyde - Further Understanding Legitimacy: Dealing With Indecision And Divergence”, Siraz, S.*, Claes, B.
Doctoral Consortium, IE Business School, Madrid, Spain: “Legitimation Strategies in Controversial Industries”, Siraz, S.
2014
European Academy of Management (EURAM), Valencia, Spain: “Legitimate or Illegitimate: Do we agree?” Siraz, S. *, Claes, B.
Workshops and Symposiums
Centre for Migration Studies, Research Roundtable, November 2022, University of Essex, United Kingdom
Academy of Management Journal Special Issue “New Ways of Seeing” Paper Development Workshop, April 2017, Lancaster, United Kingdom
Academy of Management Review, OMT Division and Erasmus University Paper Development Workshop, January 2016, Rotterdam, Netherlands
PDW Co-Organizer and discussant, with Drs. Sharon Alvarez, Björn Claes, Julio De Castro and Frank Dubois, "Legitimacy: Of Whom, For Whom, By Whom And How?” Ibero-American Academy of Management Conference, December 2015, Santiago, Chile
Doctoral Seminars and Consortia
Selected for the ENT Division Doctoral Consortium, Academy of Management (AoM), August 2019, Boston, U.S.A
Selected for the 10th Medici Summer School, organized by Bologna Business School, HEC Paris and MIT, June 2018, Bologna, Italy
Selected for the OMT Division Doctoral Consortium, Academy of Management (AoM), August 2017, Atlanta, U.S.A
Selected for the Doctoral Consortium of the Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, The University of Oklahoma Michael F. Price College of Business and Babson College, June 2017, Oklahoma, U.S.A
Selected for the 10th Chamonix Ph.D. Seminar, EM Lyon Business School, March 2017, Chamonix, France
