AMD Paper Development Workshop at Michigan State University

Starts:  Sep 25, 2018 14:00 (ET)
Ends:  Oct 24, 2018 00:00 (ET)
About the Workshop:
This event will include presentations by AMD’s editor, PETER BAMBERGER, as
well as Associate Editor, Georg von Krogh, and Founding Advisory Board
member, John Hollenbeck. Hands-on paper development discussions will follow
the plenary session.
Presentation topics include:
 Abductive (as opposed to deductive and inductive) reasoning as a necessary
basis for research in management and organizations
 Plausibility vs. Confirmation, and the distinctive nature of AMD papers.
 Surfacing phenomenon: Phenomenology and scale development research in AMD
 Meta-analysis and replication research in AMD
 Using big/secondary data as a basis for theoretical insight
 How to maximize the odds of paper acceptance in AMD
Roundtable paper development sessions:
 Feedback on papers that authors are considering for submission to Academy
of Management Discoveries
 A select number of papers will be presented, discussed and developed.
 Table discussion is led by an AMD Editor or Associate Editor.
 Discussions are open to both paper authors and non-author participants
 Discussions will focus on framing, methodological rigor, empirical follow-up,
interpretation, and specifying directions for down-the-road theorizing

Location

Michigan State University
James B. Henry Center for Executive Development
3535 Forest Road, Room A 170
Lansing, MI 48910