Hello GDOers,
The following is posted on behalf of:
Shannon A. Hanson, MBA
Center for Leadership
Florida International University College of Business
11200 SW 8th St | CBC 223 | Miami, Florida 33199
Office 305-348-5323 or 305-348-1747 | Cell 703-919-9621
Best Regards,
Dianne Murphy
AOM GDO Listserv Manager
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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The Center for Leadership at Florida International University announces the
2013 Alvah H. Chapman Jr. Outstanding Dissertation Award
in partnership with the Network of Leadership Scholars
The Center for Leadership (CFL) at Florida International University is
pleased to sponsor the 2013 Alvah H. Chapman Jr. Outstanding Dissertation
Award in partnership with the Network of Leadership Scholars (NLS). This
award honors an individual whose dissertation makes an outstanding
contribution to the field of leadership. The recipient of the award will
receive a $3,000 cash prize, be honored at the Network of Leadership
Scholars meeting at the Academy of Management Annual Conference, and be
supported to deliver an invited presentation at the FIU Center for
Leadership.
Criteria for Submissions
To be considered for this award:
§ The paper must be based on a doctoral dissertation successfully
defended within the past two years (after January 1, 2011).
§ The student must be first author and will be the recipient of the award.
To be considered outstanding, the paper should:
§ Make an interesting contribution to advancing new ideas or new
frameworks of thinking in the field of leadership.
§ Strongly incorporate relevant theoretical and empirical literature.
§ Demonstrate appropriate analysis and interpretation of the research
results.
§ Offer interesting (and warranted) inferences regarding the theoretical
and applied implications of the findings and suggest promising directions
for future research.
§ Logically, succinctly, and clearly present the ideas.
The following guidelines will be used to ensure consistent submissions by
candidates:
§ All documents submitted (title page, abstract, main text, figures,
tables, references, etc.) must be in Portable Document Format (.PDF).
§ The maximum length is 20 pages inclusive of title page, abstract, and
text. Tables, figures, appendices, and references are excluded from this
count.
§ Submissions should be prepared in accordance with the guidelines
provided in the sixth edition of the Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association.
§ To facilitate the blind review process, the name of the candidate,
institutional affiliation, current mailing address, and phone number
should only appear on the title page.
§ The candidate must provide a letter from his or her dissertation chair
endorsing the submission. This letter should also specify the date of
acceptance of the dissertation by the graduate school and that the
submission adequately represents the completed dissertation.
§ The candidate must submit a copy of his/her curriculum vitae (CV).
§ Candidates should submit all materials online at:
http://lead.fiu.edu/research/award by April 30, 2013. Do not submit the
dissertation. The winner will be notified by June 28, 2013.
In the absence of a paper deemed deserving of the award, the award may be
withheld.
For further information and full application details, please visit
http://lead.fiu.edu/research/award
or email Shannon Hanson at
HansonS@fiu.edu.