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Deadlines approaching for INGRoup's McGrath and Hackman award nominations

  • 1.  Deadlines approaching for INGRoup's McGrath and Hackman award nominations

    Posted 03-21-2019 16:01

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    Deadlines Approaching for INGRoup's McGrath & Hackman Award Nominations!


     J. Richard Hackman Award for the Dissertation that Most Significantly Advances the Study of Groups

    Do you know an outstanding young groups scholar who defended their dissertation between January 1, 2018 and December 31, 2018? Please consider nominating them for the J. Richard Hackman Award for the Dissertation that Most Significantly Advances the Study of Groups! 

     

    The deadline for nominations is April 1, 2019 at 11:59 p.m (Eastern US Time)

     

    INGRoup values and promotes diversity in theoretical and methodological perspectives for examining and understanding group processes and outcomes. This award goes to a new PhD whose doctoral dissertation shows the greatest potential to advance the understanding of groups beyond one discipline. The award recipient is recognized at the INGRoup conference and on the INGRoup website, receives a commemorative plaque, and receives complementary registration and an invitation to present their dissertation in a feature session at the following year's INGRoup conference. Peer and self nominations are submitted before the annual conference. For more information, view the policy and guidelines.

     

    Nominations should be submitted via email to pshah@umn.edu.

     

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    The Joseph E. McGrath Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Study of Groups

    INGRoup invites nominations for the Joseph E. McGrath Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Study of Groups. INGRoup values and promotes diversity in theoretical and methodological perspectives for examining and understanding group processes and outcomes. This award will go to an individual or identifiable research team whose work has shown an enduring commitment to advancing the interdisciplinary science of team or small group behavior, dynamics, and outcomes.

     

    The award recipient(s) will be granted a lifetime membership to INGRoup, be recognized at the INGRoup conferences, and receive a commemorative plaque. In addition, the recipient is invited to give an address that relates to his, her, or their contributions at the subsequent meeting of INGRoup. Conference registration is complimentary for the year in which the recipient gives the address.

     

    The full call for nominations and award policy can be found using this link.

    • Nomination deadline: May 1.
    • Committee decision announced to nominees: June 15.
    • Committee decision made public at INGRoup conference

     

    Nomination Guidelines:

    1. Nominations may be submitted by any member of INGRoup. Self-nominations are also welcome.
    2. A letter of nomination should outline the contributions made by the nominee(s) to knowledge about groups and teams. See the criteria for the award below. 
    3. A current vita of the nominee(s) should accompany the letter of nomination.
    4. The nominator may also include a small set of materials that illustrate the contributions of the nominee(s) (e.g., no more than three representative articles). 
    5. Supporting letters may be included as part of the nomination packet. The number of supporting letters (not counting the nominating letter) for any given nomination should not exceed three. 
    6. Letters of nomination, vita, and all supporting letters and materials must be submitted by May 1 to Committee Chair Steve Zaccaro at szaccaro@gmu.edu

     

    Criteria for the Award:

    The letter of nomination should address the following issues:

    1. The general nature of the nominee's contributions to the study of teams or small groups.
    2. The most important theoretical and/or empirical contributions.
    3. The impact of the nominee's contributions on the scholarly study of teams or small groups including the impact that his or her body of work has had on the work of students and colleagues. 
    4. The impact that the work has had across the various disciplines studying teams or small groups.

     

     

    Amanda L. Thayer, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor, Industrial/Organizational Psychology

    Secretary, INGRoup (Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research)

    Department of Psychology

    The University of Akron

    Akron, OH 44325-4301

    Office: 330.972.7018

    Mobile: 407.417.5289

    Fax:  330.972.5174

    Email: athayer@uakron.edu

    ACTION Lab Website: blogs.uakron.edu/action

     

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