Thatchenkery, T. & McGee, Kevin (2014) The power of words: How reframing to see the positive may have a lasting impact. Symposium presentation at the Academy of Management Meeting, August 2-5, 2014, Philadelphia. PA.

Behara, R., Thatchenkery, T, & Kenney, C.  (2014). An Appreciative inquiry approach to empathic process innovation. Symposium presentation at the Academy of Management Meeting, August 2-5, 2014, Philadelphia. PA.

Lehtimäki, H., & Thatchenkery, T (2014). Empathy in innovation:  The human side of innovation.  Symposium (chair) presentation at the Academy of Management Meeting, August 2-5, 2014, Philadelphia. PA.

Lehtimäki, Ho., & Thatchenkery, T., & Asikainen, I. (2014). Strategy talk: How conceptual space creates strategy implementation outcomes. Strategic Management Society (SMS) Annual Conference. September 20-23, Madrid, Spain.

Lehtimäki, H., Kujala, J., & Thatchenkery, T. (2013). Using Appreciative Intelligence® for developing leadership culture. Paper presented at the International Conference on Management Cases, December 5-6. NOIDA, India.

Thatchenkery, T. (2013). Plenary Senior Scholar Discussant, The 2013 International Conference on Organizational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities (OLKC), Washington, DC, April 25-27.

Glinka, B., & Thatchenkery, T. (2012). The Social Construction of Entrepreneurs, Success, and Wealth: A Case Study of Management Students’ Perceptions from Three Different Cultural Contexts.  Paper presented at the International Conference on Management Cases, November 29-30. NOIDA, India.

Lemons, M., & Thatchenkery, T. (2012). Appreciative Intelligence for Change Management: A Case Study of a Community College. Paper presented at the International Conference on Management Cases, November 29-30. NOIDA, India.

Powell, B., & Thatchenkery, T. (2012). Using Appreciative Intelligence and Positive Approaches for Change Management.  Paper presented at the International Conference on Management Cases, November 29-30. NOIDA, India.

Srinivasan, D., Thatchenkery, T., & Washington, A. (2012).  Perceptions of the United States’ New Healthcare Reform Law, the PPACA, as Exemplified by the NFIB, a Lobbyist Organization for Small Businesses.  Paper presented at the International Conference on Management Cases, November 29-30. NOIDA, India.

Thatchenkery, T. (2012) From Being Relevant to Becoming Integral to Practice: Organization Science and Workforce Analytics.  Symposium presentation at the Academy of Management Meeting, August 3-7, 2012,Boston, Massachusetts.

Thatchenkery, Tojo. (2011). Appreciative Intelligence for Transformative Conversations. Paper presented at the International Conference on Management Cases, December 1-2. NOIDA, India.

Thatchenkery, Tojo. (2011). The West Meets East in the Environmental Sustainability Playground: Will the People’s Car Nano Die Prematurely? In Embedding Sustainability Across the Great Divide: Holistic Business Strategies for a Fractured World. All Academy Theme Symposium accepted at the Academy of Management Meeting, August 12-16, San Antonio, Texas.

Thatchenkery, Tojo., & Gopalakrishnan, Gopakumar. (2011). Reframing “evidence” to catalyze collaboration in organizations. Symposium accepted at the Academy of Management Meeting, August 12-16, San Antonio, Texas.

Thatchenkery, Tojo. (2011). Positive Design for Collaboration: A Case study of the about-to-be operational Bangalore Metro Mass Transit System. Symposium accepted at the Academy of Management Meeting, August 12-16, San Antonio, Texas.

Thatchenkery, Tojo. (2011). Neither West nor East: Pursuing a Post-developmental Management Education for Developing Countries. Professional Development Workshop accepted at the Academy of Management Meeting, August 12-16, San Antonio, Texas.

Jordan, Lizabeth., & Thatchenkery, Tojo. (2010). Applying Quantum Learning to High School Education: Strategic Action Planning using Appreciative Inquiry. Paper presentation at the International Conference on Business Cases, ICBC 2010, December 2-3, Ghaziabad (India)

He, Zhangying., & Thatchenkery, Tojo. (2010). Preference of Negotiation Styles of Employees Based on Cultural Differences: A Case Study. Paper presentation at the International Conference on Business Cases, ICBC 2010, December 2-3, Ghaziabad (India)

Thatchenkery, Tojo. (2010). Non-Economic Dimensions of Financial Meltdown: A Multidisciplinary Analysis of Subterranean Dynamics. Academy of Management Meeting, August 7-11, Montreal, Canada.

Thatchenkery, Tojo. (2010). Dare to Care: Information Technology in Developing Countries. Symposium presentation at the Academy of Management Meeting, August 7-11, Montreal, Canada.

Thatchenkery, Tojo. (2010). Restoring Health to U.S. Health Care through Passion & Inspiration: A Critical & Spiritual Synthesis. Symposium presentation at the Academy of Management Meeting, August 7-11, Montreal, Canada.

Thatchenkery, Tojo. (2010). Catalyzing a Breakthrough in Imagination: Applying Appreciative Intelligence to Health Care Reform. Symposium presentation at the Academy of Management Meeting, August 7-11, Montreal, Canada.

Thatchenkery, Tojo. (2010). Organization Development in the Global Context: Emerging Trends and Practices. Symposium presentation at the Academy of Management Meeting, August 7-11, Montreal, Canada.

Thatchenkery, Tojo (2010). Re-imagining Organizational Development in the Global Context. Symposium presentation at the Academy of Management Meeting August 7-11, Montreal, Canada.

Thatchenkery, Tojo. (2010). Organizational Network Analysis: Emerging Approaches for Knowledge Creation that Impact Practice. Symposium (discussant) at the Academy of Management Meeting, August 7-110, Montreal, Canada.

Case, Susan., & Thatchenkery, Tojo. (2009). Leveraging Appreciative Intelligence for Positive Enactment: A Case Study of a Small Investment Firm. Paper presentation at the International Conference on Management Cases, November 26-27, Ghaziabad, India.

Thatchenkery, Tojo. (2009). The Promise and Reality of Management Education. A World View. Symposium presented at the Academy of Management Meeting, August 7-11, Chicago, IL

Thatchenkery, Tojo., & Firbida, Irma. (2008). The Role of Appreciative Intelligence in Creating High Performing Organizations: A Case Study of Rocky Flats Nuclear Waste Cleanup. Paper presentation for International Conference on Management Cases. December 1-2, Ghaziabad, India

Thatchenkery, Tojo., & Sugiyama, K. (2008). Missing in Mobility: An Analysis of Leadership Invisibility of Asian Americans in Organizations. Paper presentation at the 2008 Academy of Management Meetings, August 8-13, Anaheim, CA.

Thatchenkery, Tojo., & Heineman-Pieper, J. (2008). Game-Changing Questions: Seeking Futures outside a ‘Development’ Paradigm. Symposium presentation at the 2008 Academy of Management Meeting, August 8-13, Anaheim, CA.

Thatchenkery, Tojo., & McGee, Kevin (2008). Organizational Improvement through Appreciative Intelligence. Symposium presentation at the 2008 Academy of Management Meeting, August 8-13, Anaheim, CA.

Thatchenkery, Tojo (2008). Appreciative Intelligence, Opportunity Recognition, and Economic Development: Inventing – Innovating – Interpreting the BRIC nations. Proceedings of the Management of Meaning in Organizations International Conference, June 26-28, Poznan, Poland.

Thatchenkery, Tojo., Firbida, Irma. (2008). Positive Design by Appreciative Intelligence: A Case Study of Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Facility Cleanup. Paper presentation at the Technology, Design and Management: Creating New Models of Possibility for All conference, April 3-5, 2008, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico.

Thatchenkery, Tojo., & Heineman-Pieper, Jessica. (2008). Endogeny within the Endogenous: The Role of Appreciative Intelligence in regional economic development. International Workshop on Regional Endogenous Development, Brisbane, Australia, February 14-15.

Thatchenkery, Tojo., & McNamee, Sheila. (2007). Appreciative Intelligence for business and social entrepreneurs. 2007 International Conference on Appreciative Inquiry: The Power of Positive Change. Orlando, FL, September 16-19.

Thatchenkery, Tojo. (2007). Using appreciative intelligence in critical research. Critical Management Studies Interest Group & Organization Development & Change Division- sponsored PDW. Academy of Management Annual Meetings, August 4-8, Philadelphia.

Thatchenkery, Tojo. (2007). Appreciative inquiry to appreciative intelligence: Reframing to enhance positive intelligence. Academy of Management Annual Meetings, August 4-8, Philadelphia.

Thatchenkery, Sruthi., & Thatchenkery, Tojo. (2007). Trading hardhats for suits: Changing career preferences of Indian high school students and its impact on globally distributed work. Second International Conference on Management of Globally Distributed Work, July 25-27. Bangalore, India.

Thatchenkery, Tojo. and McGee, Kevin. (2007). Appreciative intelligence: A case study of transforming organizational performance in the Prince William County Department of Fire and Rescue. Transforming Local Government (TLG) Conference, June 6-8, Bellevue, Washington.

Thatchenkery, Tojo. (2006). Scientists and engineers in the emerging economies: Trends in India and implications for US policy. Paper presentation at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Twenty-Eight Annual Research Conference, November 2-4, Madison, WI.

Thatchenkery, Tojo. (2005). Design with Appreciative intelligence. Key-note presentation at the international conference on Designing Information and Organizations with a Positive Lens, November 11-12, Cleveland, OH.

Thatchenkery, Tojo., Stough, Roger., & Haynes, Kingsley. (2005). Information Communication Technology and Economic Development: Policy Lessons from the Indian experience. Paper presentation at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Twenty-Seventh Annual Research Conference, November 3-5, Washington, DC.

Thatchenkery, Tojo. (2005). Global Warming, Cloning, and Foreign Aid: Competition, Cooperation and Coordination in International Governance. Discussant for the above Panel session at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Twenty-Seventh Annual Research Conference, November 3-5, Washington, DC.

Thatchenkery, Tojo. (2005). India Rising: Implications for U.S Science and Technology Policy. Session organizer for the above panel at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Twenty-Seventh Annual Research Conference, November 3-5, Washington, DC.

Thatchenkery, Tojo., & Mohr, Bernard (2005). Appreciative Sharing of Knowledge and Appreciative Evaluation: Possibilities in Mutual Embeddedness. Presentation at the Social Construction: A celebration of Collaborative Practices in Organizations, Communities, and Therapy International Conference, October 6-9. Taos, NM.

Thatchenkery, Tojo., & Gopakumar, G. (2005). Globalization, homogeneity, and the crisis of change management. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meetings, August 6-10, Hawaii.

Thatchenkery, Tojo., & Gopakumar, G. (2005). Organization development in the global context: A critique. Paper presented for the Academy of Management Annual Meetings, August 6-10, Hawaii.

Thatchenkery, Tojo (2005). Positively M.A.D.: The Role of Appreciative Intelligence and High Quality Connections. Symposium presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meetings, August 6-10, Hawaii.

Thatchenkery, Tojo. (2003). When Indus Valley Meets Silicon Valley: The Hindu Social Capital and the Emergent Strategies of Indian Firms. Presentation at the Managing Emerging Technologies in Asia (METiA) Conference, November 2-3, 2003, Singapore.

Thatchenkery, Tojo., Stough, Roger., Ranganathan, Rupa (2003). ICT and Economic Development: A Review of the Indian Experience. Paper presented at the Managing Emerging Technologies in Asia (METiA) Conference, November 2-3, 2003, Singapore.

Thatchenkery, Tojo., Stough, Roger., Akhilesh., A.. B., and Shockely, Gordon (Editors). (2003). Learning from the Indian Development Experience. Proceedings of the International Workshop supported by the National Science Foundation. March 2-5, 2003, Bangalore, India. School of Public Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, U.S.A.

Thatchenkery, Tojo., Ranganathan, Rupa., and Stough, Roger. (2003). ICT as a catalyst for economic development: An examination of evidences from the Indian development experience. Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Communication Technology and Economic Development, Bangalore, India, March 2003.

Thatchenkery, Tojo (2003). When Indus Valley Meets Silicon Valley: The Hindu Social Capital and Competitiveness of Indian Firms. Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Communication Technology and Economic Development, Bangalore, India, March 2003.

Thatchenkery, Tojo (2001). Strategies for addressing Asian Pacific American glass ceiling: An analysis of the voices of the ''invisible'' minority in corporate America and federal agencies. Paper presented at the 23rd Annual Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management. November 1-3. Washington, D.C.

Thatchenkery, T. (2000). Asian Americans under the model minority gaze: Implications for diversity research and practice. Paper presentation at the International Academy of Business Disciplines Annual Conference, March 28-April 3. Las Vegas.

Thatchenkery, T (1999). Appreciative inquiry as shifting conversations: A case study on the power of reframing. Paper presentation at the Social Construction and the Relational Practices International Conference, September 16-19, Durham, New Hampshire.

Foreman, J., & Thatchenkery, T. (1999). Representation of Organizational Change in Ron Howard’s “Gung Ho”: The Role of Speech Acts and Conversation. Paper presentation at the Social Construction and the Relational Practices International Conference, September 16-19, Durham, New Hampshire.

Thatchenkery, T., Behara, R., & Kenney, C. (1999). Knowledge Creation Through Interpretation: The Role of Computer-Mediated Simulations in a Laboratory Environment. Presentation at the Professional workshop, Working Collaboratively Across Intranets and Internet: Comparing Technologies for Sense making and Interpretation of Knowledge. National Academy of Management Meetings, August 8-11, Chicago.

Thatchenkery, T. (1999). International Perspectives on the Knowledge-Action Nexus: Exploring Some Cultural Models of Doing Research that Bridges Theory and Practice. Discussant. National Academy of Management Meetings, August 8-11, Chicago.

Thatchenkery, T (1999). Cultural Complexity in the Workplace: Asian and Hispanic Dialogues on the Journey Toward Pluralism. Presentation at the National Academy of Management Meetings, August 8-11, Chicago.

Thatchenkery, T., Behara, R., & Kenney, C. (1999). Knowledge Creation Through Interpretation: The Role of Computer-Mediated Simulations in a Laboratory Environment. Presentation at the Showcase Symposium on Information Technology and Organizational Change in Turbulent Environments: Exploring Emergent Technology Designs for Sense making, National Academy of Management Meetings, August 8-11, Chicago.

Thatchenkery, T. (1999). Discussant. Do male and female managers think alike? An Indian experience. Paper presentation at the Thirteenth Biennial Conference of the Association of Indian Economic Studies, Washington, D.C. June 5-6.

Thatchenkery, T. (1999). Affirmation as intervention: The hermeneutics of reframing in organizational change and transformation. Paper presentation at the 1999 International Conference of Language in Organizational Change and Transformation. May 14-16. Max M. Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

Thatchenkery, Tojo., Behara, Ravi., & Kenney, Con. (1999). Building capabilities for change through laboratory simulations. Paper presentation at the Annual Conference of the Association for Business Simulation and Experiential Learning, March 17-19, 1999, Philadelphia, PA.

Thatchenkery, Tojo (1999). Knowledge creation through simulated environments: Sharing from the Organizational Learning Laboratory at George Mason University. Paper presentation at the 3rd World Congress on the Management of Intellectual Capital and Innovation, January 20-22. Ontario, Canada.

Thatchenkery, Tojo, Behara, Ravi, & Kenney Con. (1998). Linking theory, practice, and imagination in knowledge management: Sharing from the Organizational Learning Laboratory at George Mason University. Paper presentation at the Strategic Leadership Forum, The International Society for Strategic Management. November 14, Fairfax, VA.

Thatchenkery, Tojo (1997). The call to bridge knowledge and action: New institutions, paradigms, and methods- The Organizational Learning Laboratory and the Masters program at George Mason University. Showcase symposium, Management Education & Development, Organization Development & Change, and Research Methods divisions of the National Academy of Management, August 11-15, Boston.

Thatchenkery, Tojo (1997). Organizational diversity, Asian Americans, and the “model minority” myth. Testing some assumptions. National Academy of Management Annual Meetings, August 11-14, Boston.

Thatchenkery, Tojo (1997). Collaborative technology adoption: Charting a new frontier for socio-technical work teams. National Academy of Management Annual Meetings, August 11-14, Boston.

Thatchenkery, Tojo. (1997). Appreciative inquiry: An innovative approach to creating the high performance organization. Paper proposal accepted for presentation at the 18th McMaster Business Conference: Creating the High Performance Organization through Innovation, People & Technology. January 22-24, 1997.

Thatchenkery, Tojo., Tenkasi, Ram., & Cooperrider, David. (1996). Learning from unusual events: The eradication of smallpox. Paper presented at the Organization Development and Change division of the National Academy of Management. Cincinnati, Ohio. August 9-14.

Case, Susan., & Thatchenkery, Tojo (1996). Market, enactment, and learning from ambiguous events: A case study of a small investment firm. Paper presented at the Entrepreneurship division of the National Academy of Management. Cincinnati, Ohio. August 9-14.

Foreman, Joel., & Thatchenkery, Tojo. (1996). Cruising Hollywood in search of meaning: To what extents do feature films represent organizational dynamics? Paper presentation at the 8th Annual Meeting of the International Academy of Business Disciplines. Rockville, MD. April 6-9.

Thatchenkery, Tojo. (1996). Internal markets as dispersed knowledge: A Hayekian interpretation. Paper outline accepted for the Stanford Center for Organizations (SCOR) conference, April 21-23. Asilomar, Ca.

Thatchenkery, Tojo (1996). Creating and maintaining strategic partnership for total performance support. An exploration of the working of a training technology consortium. Presented at LETT'96, Fourth Annual Leading Edge Training Technologies Conference. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. March 19 - 20.

Thatchenkery, Tojo (1996). Examining Organizational Governance Processes in Global Social Change Organizations: An Ethnographic analysis. Paper outline accepted for presentation at the International Association for Business and Society (IABS), 7th Annual Conference. Santa Fe, New Mexico. March 21-24.

Thatchenkery, Tojo. (1996). The Local-Global Paradox in a Global Social Change Organization: Toward the development of a Model of Organizations as Hermeneutic Processes. Paper presented at the Society for Applied Anthropology 1996 Annual Meetings, Baltimore, MD. March 27-31.

Thatchenkery, Tojo. (1995). Inside the hermeneutic organization: The transforming nature of paradoxes in a global social change organization. Paper presented at the Joint Divisional Conference on The Organization Dimensions of Global Change: No limits to Cooperation. Co-sponsored by Case Western Reserve University and Academy of Management. May 3-6: Cleveland, Ohio.

Thatchenkery, Tojo. (1995). Images of love and work in postmodern organizations: A historical analysis. Paper presentation at the International Academy of Business Disciplines Conference, Redondo Beach, California, April 6-9.

Thatchenkery, Tojo. (1995). The changing nature of discourse in organizations: An example from an international private voluntary organization. Paper presentation at the International Academy of Business Disciplines Conference, Redondo Beach, California, April 6-9.

Gergen, K., & Thatchenkery, Tojo., (1994). Epistemological demands of social constructionist approach in industry and markets. Paper presentation at the Social Construction of Industries and Markets: An International Conference, Chicago, April 15-17.

Thatchenkery, Tojo., & Pasmore, W. (1994) The challenge of local narratives for the totalizing processes of global integration. Paper presentation at the International Academy of Business Disciplines Conference, Pittsburgh, April 7-10.

Thatchenkery, Tojo., Tenkasi, R. V., & Cooperrider, D. L. (1994). Local-universal knowledge nexus in global organizing: An example from the eradication of smallpox. Paper presentation at the International Academy of Business Disciplines Conference, Pittsburgh, April 7-10.

Thatchenkery, Tojo. (1994). Discussant for the symposium at the National Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas. Tenkasi, R. Locating meaning making in organizational learning: The narrative basis of cognition. In R. W. Woodman & W.A. Pasmore. (Eds.), Research in Organization Development and Change , 7, 197-233. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.

Thatchenkery, T., & Neilsen, E. (1992). Postmodernist Readings of Managerial Abilities, Learning Organizations and Information Systems. Co-chair, symposium presentation at the Managerial and Organizational Cognition interest group of the National Academy of Management Annual Meetings, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Thatchenkery, T., & Pasmore, W. (1992). Postmodernism and the learning organization: Implications for the academy. Symposium presentation at the National Academy of Management Annual Meetings, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Thatchenkery, T. (1992). Organizations as "texts": Hermeneutics as a model for understanding organizational change. Symposium presentation at the Organization Development Division of the National Academy of Management Annual Meetings, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Tenkasi, R. V., Thatchenkery, T., Cooperrider, D., Barrett, F., & Manning, M. (1991). The impact of schemas and inquiry frames on consultants' constructions of expectations about the client system. Paper presented at the Organization Development Division of the National Academy of Management Annual Meetings, Miami, Florida.

Thatchenkery, T. (1989). Affirmation as inquiry: A case study of a select sample of transnational nonprofit organizations. Annual Proceedings of the Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations, Cleveland, Ohio.

Srivastva, S., Cooperrider, D., Thatchenkery, T., & Tian, X. (1989). Wonder and affirmation in discovery and transformation: A case study of the Institute of Cultural Affairs. Paper presented at the International Conference on Social Innovations in Global Management. Cleveland, Ohio.