Thursday, April 17

Unless otherwise noted, all events will take place on the fourth floor of Rowling Hall in the Guadalupe Room

7:45 – 9:00 AM | Sign-In and Welcome Breakfast

Located in Tejas Dining Room on the courtyard level of the AT&T Hotel and Conference Center

9:15 – 9:30 AM | Opening Remarks

9:30 – 10:15 AM | Academic Talk

Michael Parke (UPenn)

Putting Feelings into Words: How Voicer Affect Labeling Influences Voice Endorsement

10:15 – 11:00 AM | Academic Talk

Elizabeth McClean (Cornell)

The Voice Calculus Revisited: How Idea Content Shapes the Decision to Speak Up

11:00 – 11:15 AM | Break

11:15 – 12:30 PM | Flash 15 Talks

Melissa Chamberlin (Iowa State)
Extreme Voicing: The Curvilinear Effects of Performance Appraisal Quality on Voice

Sijun Kim (Texas A&M)
Breaking or Bending? How Norm Violator Status and Perception of Team Cooperation Jointly Affect Observer Silence

Taeya Howell (Brigham Young)
Individual and Collective Consequences of Employee Voice

Daniel Newton (U of Iowa)
A Dual-Pathway Model and Meta-Analysis of Gender Differences in Voice and Endorsement

Alex Ning Li (UT Dallas)
The Missed Voice in the Middle: Examining the Curvilinear Relationship Between Status & Voice in Work Teams

12:30 – 2:00 PM | Lunch

Located in Tejas Dining Room on the courtyard level of the AT&T Hotel and Conference Center

2:00 – 3:00 PM   | Breakouts

Lavaca Room | Paper Development

All remaining participants will be distributed among the tables to provide feedback

Table 1

Session 1 | Patricia Satterstorm (New York University)
The Patient Double Bind: Seeking Outsiders While Creating Insiders

Session 2 | Yasha Spriha (U of Maryland)
The Paradox of Thinking about “People” as “Resources”: A Study of Employee Objectification and Employee Voice

Table 2

Session 1 | Felipe Guzman (IESEG School of Management), Kyle Brykman (U of Windsor), and Kristin Bain (Rochester Institute of Technology)
Beyond the Supervisor-Subordinate Dyad: The Role of Social Context in Voice Research

Session 2 | Hayley Blunden (American University)
The Information Needed to Voice: How Frequency, Mode, and Target of Employee Interactions Foster Voice

Table 3

Session 1 | Hyunsun Park (Georgia Tech)
Don’t Ask Unless You Mean It: When Managers Engage in Shallow Solicitation and How it Hurts Employee Voice

Session 2 | Felipe Guzman (IESEG School of Management) and Kyle Brykman (U of Windsor)
Boosting Voice Quality: The Motivational Consequences of Voice Endorsement

Table 4

Session 1 | Blair Middlebrook (U of Washington)
Hearing the “I” in Voice: How Leaders Encourage (or Discourage) Individualized Perspectives in Employee Voice

Session 2 | Insiya Hussain (UT Austin)
Hitting the Reset Button: How Extreme Affective Polarization Drives Firms to Adopt Purposeful Neutrality on Sociopolitical Issues

Guadalupe Room | Emerging Topics

During the academic paper roundtables, participants will have the option to join the Lavaca room for practitioner-oriented discussions around the future of listening

3:00 – 4:00 PM | Networking Break

4:00 – 5:00 PM | Introduction and Fireside Chat Keynote

Brené Brown and Ethan Burris

5:00 – 6:30 PM | Networking Break & Ride to Dinner

7:00 PM Onwards | Dinner

Unless otherwise noted, all events will take place on the fourth floor of Rowling Hall in the Guadalupe Room

7:45 – 8:30 AM | Sign-In and Breakfast

Located in Tejas Dining Room on the courtyard level of the AT&T Hotel and Conference Center

8:30 – 9:00 AM | Champion Keynote

Leading the Next Era of Employee Listening
Melissa Arronte (VP Executive Advisory, Medallia) shares insights on how technology and strategy are shaping the future of workplace listening

9:00 – 9:45 AM | CHRO Panel: Listening as a HR Executive Imperative: Strategy, Culture, and Action

Mark Pearson (VP Talent, AMD)

Wendy Miller (CHRO for North America for McKinsey)

Stephanie Murphy (VP Talent, UnitedHealth Group)

Stacey Winning (CHRO for Dimensional Fund Advisors)

9:45 – 10:00 AM | Break

10:00 – 11:00 AM | People Analytics Flash 15

Listening in Action: Case Studies from Practice

Three quick-hitting technical 15-minute talks from top practitioners on how organizations are turning insights into action

Stacia Garr (Red Thread Research)

Lavante Brookes (Udemy)

Kristin Saboe (Google)

Rob Dees (Target)

11:00 – 11:15 AM | Break

11:15 AM – 12:00 PM | Academic TED Talks

The Science of Listening: What Research Tells Us

Academics share rapid-fire insights on the latest research shaping the listening space

Crystal Farh (U of Washington)

Gender, Voice, and Speaking Up at Work

Matt Diabes (NYU)

Bridging the Gap: Overcoming Barriers in Academic-Industry Research Partnerships

12:00 – 1:15 PM | Lunch

Located in Tejas Dining Room on the courtyard level of the AT&T Hotel and Conference Center

1:15 – 2:00 PM | People Analytics Panel

From Insights to Impact: The Next Frontier in Listening Analytics

Leading People Analytics experts share how they are advancing listening through data, measurement, and action

Brandy Parker (Coca-Cola)

Kris Saling (US Army)

Kalifa Oliver (Ford)

Tunji Oki (Netflix)

Moderated by Craig Starbuck (Chime)

2:00 – 3:00 PM | Vendor Flash 15

Tech & Tools: How Leading Platforms Are Pushing the Boundaries

A showcase of how HR tech providers are innovating in the listening space

Microsoft

Worklytics

QuestionPro

Perceptyx

3:00 – 3:15 PM | Break

3:15 – 3:45 PM | Bridging Research, Practice & Tech

Breaking Silos: Connecting Research, Analytics, Practice, and Product Innovation

A dynamic discussion on how to create stronger links between research, technology, and applied listening strategies

Ketaki Sodhi (Microsoft) 

Insiya Hussain (UT Austin) 

Jonathon Frampton (Baylor Scott and White)

Moderated by Richard Rosenow (One Model)

3:45 – 4:00 PM | Closing Remarks

The Future of Listening: A Call to Action

Dr. Ethan Burris (UT Austin) closes the conference with final insights and reflections on employee voice and listening

4:00 PM Onwards: | Networking & Coffee

Keep the conversations going with an informal networking session over coffee