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The following is posted on behalf of Margarita Mayo, PhD, Professor of
Organizational Behavior, IE Business School,
margarita.mayo@ie.edu
Hope you are all enjoying your summer!
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Dianne
GDO Listserve Manager
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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CALL FOR TRACK PROPOSALS IN ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
EURAM 2012 ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS
We are kindly inviting you to submit your track proposals to the new
Organizational Behavior SIG, EURAM’12, Rotterdam.
Aims and Scope
The Organizational Behavior Special Interest Group aims at promoting
research and networking interests in the individual and group behavior in
the organizational context by providing a wide-ranging, engaged and
internationally-focused forum to discuss and develop research and practice
in the field. Conferences develop around a variety of papers on both well-
established topics and in different new streams of research.
Themes
Organizational behavior deals with the study of individual and group
behavior in the organizational context. Research on organizational
behavior addresses issues facing today´s organizations such as immigration
and increasing workforce diversity, technological innovation, teamwork,
the use of flexible work arrangements, and leadership in flatter
organizational structures. The purpose of this Strategic Interest Group is
to develop an ongoing and constructive dialogue among organizational
behavior scholars to conduct research that is relevant for management
theory and practice in the contemporary world.
The following are some of the most relevant titles in organizational
behavior:
Shared and distributed leadership
Followership and authentic leadership
Power, influence tactics and political skills
Work motivation and organizational justice
Trust and collaborative behavior
Individual and group decision-making
Surface and deep-level diversity in groups
Social categorization and identity processes
Small group behavior and intergroup cooperation
Group cognition and collective knowledge
Virtual and geographically dispersed teams
The adoption and diffusion of innovation
New flexible work arrangements, such as telecommuting
Organizational identification and change
Organizational change and individual transitions
Time perspectives and innovation
Work-nonwork relations and corporate social responsibility
Social networks within organizations
Participation and empowerment
Employees’ well-being
Organizational demography
International organizational behavior
Sense-making in and around organizations
Performance and organizational citizenship behavior
Ethical managerial practices
The role of track organisers for the OB SIG
•Propose a track theme likely to attract enough participation
•Encourage submissions of full papers or alternative contributions
•Supervise the double-blind peer review process
•In agreement with the Scientific Committee and OB SIG chairs, send
acceptance letters to authors.
Organisers are to submit the following information by email to
euram2012@rsm.nl
·The title
•The Special Interest Group (SIG – ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR)
•The names, institutions, email addresses, phone numbers and research
fields of the organisers
•A short description of the proposed track (maximum 1000 words), to
include four key words that capture its essence
•A short bibliographical paragraph about the proposed topic submitted in
the proposal
•An indication of the number of sessions and papers
•A short biography for each co-organizer
•The name of the corresponding organiser. This is the person who will be
responsible for the final acceptance of the papers in your track, the
coordination of co-organisers, and for communication with the organising
committee as well as with colleagues at EURAM involved in organising the
Conference
•A short description of your previous experiences of organising EURAM
tracks/symposia/DWGs
•If you propose a track indicate a list of 20 people who have committed to
act as reviewers for the track, indicating their names, institutions and
email addresses
•Indicate the name of five engaged scholars who can attend the conference
in the role of discussants. Specify their names, institutions and email
addresses.
Submission deadline for Track Proposals 19 July, 2011
The EURAM Special Interest Group (SIG) ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR chairs and
the EURAM’12 Conference Scientific Committee will evaluate submitted
proposals.
The OB SIG Chair,
--Margarita Mayo
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Margarita Mayo, PhD
Professor of Organizational Behavior
IE Business School
T: +34 568 9600 / +34 568 9741
mobile: +34 657 33 27 42
margarita.mayo@ie.edu