News and Notes.

This article presents information on the 12th EGOS Colloquium which was held in Istanbul on July 6-8, 1995. The theme of the Colloquium was "Contrasts and Contradictions in Organization," with 11 working groups meeting in parallel sessions. It was again a large multi-cultural event, with 279 participants from 24 different countries attending the Colloquium. Most of the participants came from Europe, but there were also participants who had come all the way from countries like Australia, Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Mexico, South Korea, and the U.S. There were two keynote addresses at the Colloquium, one by Geert Hofstede, entitled "An American in Paris," and the other by Gerald Salancik on "Why Organization Theory Can't Help Organizations: Contradictions in our Purpose." A total of 228 papers were presented in the 11 working groups. Papers were distributed fairly evenly across the subthemes, ranging from 17 to 23 contributions and with 8 to 13 different countries represented in each group. The article also presents some brief reports in which the convenors of the sub-themes reflect on the presentations and discussions in their groups.