Vol. 4, No. 14 (July 18, 2007)

Table of Contents:

- General Announcements

- Symposia and Other Annual Meeting Information

- Call for Submissions

- Position Announcements

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General Announcements:

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The TIM Division Summer Newsletter is accepting announcements until July 24th. Do you have a call for submission to a conference or special issue that TIM division members would find interesting? Do you have a book announcement? Do you have a job announcement? These and other related news items would be appropriate for the TIM division newsletter. Please submit these to hatfield@vt.edu with the subject line of “TIM Division Summer Newsletter Announcement” and I will try to include them. Please note that some items may have to be edited to fit.

Thank you,

Dr. Donald E. Hatfield

Associate Professor of Strategic Management

  & Entrepreneurship

2007 Pamplin Hall (0233)

<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Pamplin</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">College</st1:placetype></st1:place> of Business

Virginia Tech (VPI&SU)

<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Blacksburg</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">VA</st1:state>  <st1:postalcode w:st="on">24061-0001</st1:postalcode></st1:place>

Phone: 540 231-4687

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After two years as the manager/moderator for the TIM listserv, the time has come for me to step aside and let someone else take the helm for a bit.

It's been a pleasure working with all of you and I hope that I have provided you with a good service over my tenure.  Darlene will be taking over the responsibilities of the list from here on out.

Enjoy the meeting in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:place></st1:city>!

Best regards,

Drew

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Drew graciously served as TIM Division listserv manager/moderator for two very successful years. He continues his service with guidance and direction of his replacement. I look forward to collecting your messages and compiling them into a digest that you will find a helpful consolidation.

Our division members consistently offer interesting presentations at the academy meetings. Your informative meeting notices and encouragement to attend are welcome in the digest as we near the August AOM meeting in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:place></st1:city>.

Darlene

Darlene Alexander-Houle

Global Program Manager,

Hewlett-Packard

Adjunct Professor, Global Business and Management

<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Phoenix</st1:placename></st1:place>

281-514-0111 (business)

281-580-4402 (personal)

281-851-3924 (mobile)

Darlene.alexander-houle@hp.com

dahoule@email.phoenix.edu

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- Symposia and Other Annual Meeting Information

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**Apologies for Cross Postings**

Hi,

If you have booked a hotel room for the AOM conference and you do not plan to use it, then please let me know.  I can be reached at msrivast@vt.edu or 540-922-3411

Thanks,

Manish

Manish K. Srivastava

Doctoral Candidate

2109 Pamplin Hall (0233)

<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Pamplin</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">College</st1:placetype></st1:place> of Business

Virginia Tech

<st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Blacksburg</st1:place></st1:city>, 24061

Phone: 540-231-7363

Fax: 540-231-3076

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Dear Colleagues,

We hope that you can join us at the Academy for a Professional Development Workshop, “Partners, Lovers, or Friends:  Unresolved Issues in Interorganizational Relationship Research.”  Our PDW title refers to firms' diverse sets of relationships as they have close, long term partners, shorter term arrangements, and more arms-length exchanges.

Although scholars have been researching interorganizational relationships like alliances for over 25 years, there still are many unresolved research issues. These include definitional and conceptual issues (what constitutes an "alliance"), process questions (what mechanisms do firms use to benefit from their relationships), and broader implications (how do firms manage multiple types of relationships).   Some of the richness of this field of study is due to scholars approaching these questions from different perspectives, including strategy, marketing, and economics. Therefore, our title also refers to the potential for scholars from different areas to be co-authors, potential co-authors, or interested readers.

Our panel includes the following diverse group of esteemed scholars:
Africa Ariño, IESE Business School
TK Das. Baruch College
Pierre Dussauge, HEC Paris
Mike Kotabe, Temple U.
Jeff Reuer, U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Bernard Simonin, Tufts U.

Given their extensive expertise, particularly in the international arena, and the variety of perspectives they combine, we are looking forward to a rich discussion of interorganizational relationships.  This PDW is co-
sponsored by BPS, OMT, TIM, IM, and CM divisions. 

When and where:  Sunday, August 5  8-10am at the <st1:city w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:city> Marriott in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Liberty</st1:city></st1:place> Ballroom A

No need to register – just come and participate in an interactive and stimulating session.  We hope to see you there!

Warm Regards,
Anne Parmigiani (U of <st1:state w:st="on">Oregon</st1:state>)
& Miguel Rivera-Santos (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Babson</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">College</st1:placetype></st1:place>)

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PDW on the Regional/Global Strategies

Sunday, August 5, 10:00 am  -  12:00 pm at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:city></st1:place> Marriott, Room Franklin 9

Panelists and Distinguished Speakers:

Farok J. Contractor, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Rutgers</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>

Alan M. Rugman, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Indiana</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>

Michael D. Santoro, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Lehigh</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>

<st1:place w:st="on">Ravi</st1:place> Sarathy, Northeastern University

Tatiana Zalan, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">South Australia</st1:placename></st1:place>

Organizer and Presenter: Ellie R. Banalieva, Northeastern University

Purpose & Relevance:

Recent research suggests the world's largest multinationals operate on a regional, rather than a global basis. This school of thought has elevated the supranational region as a new and relevant geographic unit of analysis. A simultaneous school of thought argues that multinationals are actually better off following global strategies. These two approaches are the basis for this PDW to further discuss regional internationalization.

The objective of this session is to discuss emerging research on regional/global strategies of high relevance to both scholars and practitioners in the international business, marketing, strategic management, organizational theory, technology management, and management consulting fields. More specifically, this PDW will focus on: (1) the theoretical and empirical challenges in the study of regional/global strategies; and (2) the potential directions for future research in the field.

Format of PDW:

To help stimulate an interactive dialogue on the regional/global strategies debate this PDW will consist of three parts. 

In Part I, each of the panelists will briefly present a specific topic of research as it relates to the regional/global strategies of multinational firms. A Q&A from the audience on any of the presented topics will follow these presentations.

Part II will be organized as a theme-related open forum discussion between the panelists and audience members on pre-selected questions emailed in advance from interested attendants to the PDW's Organizer:

If You Would Like to Attend:

We look forward to your participation and welcome your questions. Please email Ellie R. Banalieva (e.banalieva@neu.edu <mailto:e.banalieva@neu.edu> ) by Wednesday, July 18 one or two questions that you are interested in for the panelists to discuss in Part II of the PDW. Your questions will be organized into main themes prior to the PDW and shared with the attendants and invited panelists.

In Part III, the panelists, along with input from the session's participants, will synthesize the implications for theory and practice, e.g., what are the new research opportunities on the topic? What are the implications of regional strategies for management practitioners?

For further information on this PDW, please contact Ellie R. Banalieva (e.banalieva@neu.edu <mailto:e.banalieva@neu.edu> ). We look forward to meeting with you at what we hope will be an interesting and stimulating session.

See you in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:place></st1:city>!

Michael D. Santoro, PhD
Class of 1961 Professor and
Associate Professor of Management
College of Business & Economics
Lehigh University
621 Taylor Street
Bethlehem, PA 18015
Phone: 610-758-6414
Fax: 610-758-6941
email: mds8@lehigh.edu

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THE EMERGENCE OF CLEANTECH: <st1:placename w:st="on">All</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Academy</st1:placetype> Symposium
Monday, Aug 6th 2007
10:40AM - 12:00PM
at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Convention Center</st1:placetype></st1:place> in Room 108A

See http://research.yale.edu/cbey/

A high profile venture capital investor recently proclaimed that cleantech "is the greatest opportunity of the 21st century."  Clean technologies attack some of the world's biggest environmental problems with financially driven and often highly entrepreneurial solutions. They seek to revolutionize industrial production by substantially reducing energy consumption, waste, and pollution. Thus, they offer a unique opportunity for business and investors to 'do well by
doing good' - often very well and very good!

Cleantech affords a valuable setting in which to study the phenomenon of technology field emergence at the nexus of innovation, technology and the environment.

We hope you can join us at an 'All Academy Symposium' dedicated to the emergence of 'Cleantech' Panelists will bring perspectives from ENT, ONE, TIM, SIM and OMT to cleantech and engage in a lively discussion with two venture capital investors.

MODERATOR: Alan Meyer (U. Oregon)

PANELISTS:
Tucker Twitmeyer, Enertech Capital
Joyce Ferris: Blue Hill Partners
Kathryn Aten & Sam Holloway (U. of Oregon)
Tom Dean (U. of Colorado, Boulder)
Mike Russo & Suzanne Tilleman (U. Oregon)
Anastasia O?Rourke (Yale U.)

CHAIRS:
Anastasia O'Rourke: anastasia.orourke@yale.edu
Kathryn Aten: katen@uoregon.edu

For more information see: http://research.yale.edu/cbey/

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Call for Submissions:

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i-manager’s Journal on Management

Published by i-manager Publications, Technopark, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Kerala</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place>

http://www.imanagerpublications.com

Call For Special Issue Papers

(Sep. – Nov. 2007)

New trends in Finance: Regulation, markets, investment and technology

Invited Editor

Dr. Achraf AYADI

Researcher & Consultant

Institut National des Télécommunications & Altitude Consulting

9 Rue Charles Fourier, F-91011 Evry Cedex

<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">FRANCE</st1:place></st1:country-region>

Introduction

i-manager Publications is a leading publishing house based at Technopark, <st1:city w:st="on">Trivandrum</st1:city> (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place>) specialized in publishing scientific and technology journals. The first “i-manager’s Journal on Educational Technology’ was released way back in 2004. The credibility and impact of these publications in the Indian economic and academic environment reinforced the founding vision of i-manager Publications: promoting technology education in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> and present international research to Indian readers.

i-manager’s Journal on Management was issued in June-August 2006 for the first time on “Globalisation Trends and Issues: Emergence of a New Trade Area”.  i-manager’s Journal on Management reflects the most modern trends and researches in the field of management with a focus on high quality papers from academia and practitioners.

Overall objectives of the special issue & Subject coverage

Finance is no more a quantitative-only area in which only mathematical and highly complex analysis are synonym of a good quality research. Finance is changing because of the growing liberalisation of financial markets and the evolving use of information technology is changing the rules of competition.

Contributions to this special issue must reflect the dynamic of competitive, economic and technological change in Finance.

Recommended topics include but are not limited to, the following:

-                                  New trends in Financial regulation: Basle II rules, European Union Directive on Services, MiFID, central banks regulation, etc.

-                                  New trends in Financial markets: new financial products, new financial places in emergent countries, etc.

-                                  New trends in Corporate finance: Cash Management practices, impact of IAS/IFRS norms on financial management practices, etc.

-                                  New trends in Investment management: IPO’s issues, venture capital growth, private equity, asset management, etc.

-                                  New trends in Financial information systems: Single European Payment Area, Internet banking, cards and e-payments, etc.

Target audience

Academicians, practitioners and post-graduate students in the field of Finance, Banking, Insurance and Information Systems.

Type of submissions

Research papers (maximum of 20 pages)

Articles (maximum of 10 pages)

Case study, practice or trend analysis (maximum of 10 pages)

Submission guidelines

The author must provide:

-                                  his name,

-                                  his job title,

-                                  his organisation/institution of affiliation name,

-                                  a brief biographical description,

-                                  a photograph in JPEG format.

In case of more than one author, the corresponding authors’ full details including email, fax, phone and address for communication need to be provided.

In addition:

-                                  The paper needs to contain a title, an abstract, keywords, a main body and references,

-                                  Font style: Arial in 12 pt size,

-                                  Figures and tables should follow the references. Make sure that every table or figure is referred in the text. The table or figure will be placed after the first mention in the text,

-                                  Illustrations if provided, should be clear and in JPEG format,

-                                  All articles should be error free to the maximum extent possible and any technical matter must be as clear as possible.

Submission procedure

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before the 31^st of July 2007 a one page proposal including author name, job title, organisation/institution, biographical note and a maximum of 200 words abstract.

Authors of accepted proposals will be notified before the 6^th of August 2007 about the status of their proposals.

All submitted articles in full text are expected to be submitted before the 27^th of August 2007.

Contact details

Submissions have to be sent electronically, in MS Word format to:

       the Special Issue Editor, Dr. Achraf AYADI to contact@achrafayadi.fr

and the Sr. Editor Priya (in copy) to submission_mgt@imanagerpublications.com

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LETTER AND ANNOUNCEMENT FROM ROBERT VANDENBERG, INCOMING EDITOR,

ORGANIZATOINAL RESEARCH METHODS (ORM)

APOLOGIES IN ADVANCE FOR CROSS-POSTINGS

It was a great honor to have been selected by Sage Publications, Inc. to be the next Editor-in-Chief of Organizational Research Methods from 2008-2010. I have tough acts to follow in that the past editors, Larry Williams and Herman Aguinis, started and took ORM to unprecedented levels.  My role starting July 1, 2007 is as Incoming Editor and will overlap with Herman Aguinis’ term until January 1, 2008.  During this overlap, Herman remains ORM Editor-In-Chief but is only processing manuscripts that entered his queue on or before June 30, 2007 (including all outstanding revise and resubmits and the like).  As Incoming Editor, I am processing all new submissions starting on July 1, 2007. I officially become Editor-In-Chief on January 1, 2008.

The new Editorial Review Board for ORM is listed at the end of this announcement.  In summary, the Associate Editors are Donald Bergh (<st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Denver</st1:placename>), Robert Gephart (<st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Alberta</st1:placename>), Timothy Hinkin (<st1:placename w:st="on">Cornell</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype>), Charles Lance (<st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Georgia</st1:placename>), and Terri Scandura (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Miami</st1:placename></st1:place>).  Terri is the Associate Editor for methodological resources (i.e., coordinates reviews of books, software, etc.), and the other Associate Editors and I will be the action editors on regular submissions.  I would like to thank them and the 42 members of the Editorial Board reviewers in advance for their willingness to join me in this venture.

We are also very excited to announce that ORM is now on Manuscript Central and may be found at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/orm.  Please enter this link into your Favorites folder.  I would like to publicly thank Sage Publications, Inc. for all of the hard work they undertook to make this happen by July 1st. The new ORM submission guidelines appear at the end of this announcement but contact me if you would like me to send you a PDF version.  The guidelines will also appear in the October 2008 issue of ORM, and will eventually appear at the Sage Website (http://orm.sagepub.com).

PLEASE NOTE – these guidelines pertain only to new submissions after July 1, 2007. Authors returning manuscripts to Herman Aguinis and his editorial team should follow the previous guidelines which are posted in all issues of ORM.

ORM, like all journals, also relies heavily on ad hoc reviewers.  If you have methodological (qualitative or quantitative) and/or statistical interests and skills and would like to be considered as a reviewer, please send me a note to that effect at orm@terry.uga.edu.  I will instruct you as to what the next steps are to get you into our database.

With respect to manuscript processing, my goal as editor is to maintain and hopefully improve upon the 60-day average time from submission to first decision that Herman Aguinis was able to achieve during his tenure.  We fully realize the importance of timely and thoughtful feedback.  The double-blind review process remains in place.  In general, as manuscripts arrive, I will assign it to 3 reviewers and an Associate Editor.  I will be the action editor on some of the manuscripts myself.

With respect to ORM itself, my vision for the journal involves the broadening of its content and the development of mechanisms that ensure that papers published in the journal receive the credit that they deserve.  I have been affiliated both as a reviewer and Associate Editor with ORM since its founding year in 1998.  In those roles, my most common criticism is that a given submission doesn’t pass the “So What” test in terms of making a novel and substantive contribution to the methods field.  It doesn’t matter how well-planned and well-executed the study may be.  If in the end it tells us something that we didn’t really need to know or repeats something we knew already, then it fails the “so what” test.  My purpose, therefore, is to accept papers that address issues on which even the well-trained and well-intentioned are likely to go wrong, and that have immediate applicability to researchers both methodologically and empirically.  My point is that submissions should deal with larger questions that in the end present advanced information that is of broad appeal not only to methodological experts, but also researchers who are facing increasingly complex study design and data analytic issues.

I seek to increase breadth of appeal in several ways.  First is simply communicating this vision; that is, urging you - ORM’s potential pool of authors and reviewers – to place increased emphasis on the usefulness of the paper.  Second, I am in the process of designing 3 to 4 special feature topic issues whereby proposals are solicited focusing, for example, on reviewing and illustrating the use of a category of procedures or methods, or as another example, that translate a certain methodological or analytical approach into common analytic terms.  I have already announced one such feature topic titled, RESEARCH METHODS IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES.  The Guest Editors for that feature topic are Jeremy Short (<st1:placename w:st="on">Texas</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Tech</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype>), Duane <st1:country-region w:st="on">Ireland</st1:country-region> (<st1:placename w:st="on">Texas</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">A&M</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype>), and Dave Ketchen (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Auburn</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>).  Third, I plan to solicit proposals for special issues/sections that contain papers that tackle all sides of an emerging issue.  That is, it would be a point/counterpoint series of articles.  This would be a new feature of ORM but one that has been quite successful in other journals.

Sage Publications, Inc. maintains a site listing the top most cited (http://orm.sagepub.com/reports/mfc1.dtl) and most read (http://orm.sagepub.com/reports/mfr1.dtl) ORM articles to date.  While the statistics at these sites pertain to only journals within Sage and thus, are somewhat inaccurate, they still represent good examples of the types of articles that meet the broad appeal goal that I seek from this journal.  Due to these articles as well as all of the publications appearing in ORM, the Thomson Scientific (ISI) Journal Citation Reports for 2006 assigned ORM an overall impact factor of 1.53, and ranked ORM in the top 21 out of 78 management journals (73rd percentile) in the Management category and the top 15 out of 54 journals (72nd percentile) for the first time in the Applied Psychology category.  In contrast, the 2005 impact factor was 1.10 with a ranking in the top 27 out of 71 management journals (62nd percentile).  In short, since ORM’s first appearance in the 2004 Journal Citation Reports, ORM has experienced an ever increasing reputation among researchers both as a place to publish and as a place to seek out leading edge knowledge on

organizational research methods.  Larry Williams (ORM founding editor from 1998 to 2004) and Herman Aguinis (Editor-In-Chief, 2005-2007) deserve a heart felt congratulations on steering ORM on this unprecedented path of growth.  Thank you, you two!!!

I would like to close this as well by thanking the members of both Larry William’s and Herman Aguinis’ Editorial Review Boards, the cadre of ad hoc reviewers upon whom they relied, and all authors and contributors to ORM.  Editing a major journal is a daunting task and would be impossible to do without an excellent board, and ad hoc reviewers.  Further, it is their input that ultimately shapes the articles appearing in the journal. However, even their task would be impossible to do if the submitted product was not a strong one.  Thus, the authors have contributed as well to ORM’s growth by recognizing it as an outlet for their best and strongest methodological research.  I hope all of you will continue to view ORM as a strong outlet, and will continue to submit your work to me and my Editorial Review Board team.

Sincerely,

Robert J. Vandenberg

Incoming Editor, Organizational Research Methods

Sage Publications, Inc. (http://orm.sagepub.com/)

Sponsored by the Research Methods Division, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">Academy</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Management</st1:placename></st1:place>

(http://division.aomonline.org/rm/)

Housed at the <st1:placename w:st="on">Terry</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">College</st1:placename> of Business, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Georgia</st1:placename></st1:place>

(http://www.terry.uga.edu)

Phone 706-542-6876

Fax 706-542-3743

Email: orm@terry.uga.edu

Associate Editors

Donald D. Bergh, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Denver</st1:placename></st1:place>

Robert P. Gephart, Jr., <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">University of Alberta</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>

Timothy Hinkin, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Cornell</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>

Charles E. Lance, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Georgia</st1:placename></st1:place>

Terri A. Scandura, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Miami</st1:placename></st1:place>

Founding Editor

Larry J. Williams, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Virginia</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Commonwealth</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place> (1998-2004)

Past Editor

Herman Aguinis, <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Colorado</st1:placename> at <st1:city w:st="on">Denver</st1:city> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Health</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Sciences</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype></st1:place>

(2005-2007)

Editorial Board (In Attachment)

Organizational Research Methods (ORM) was established to bring relevant methodological developments to the attention of a broad range of researchers working in areas represented within the domains of the organizational sciences. An important goal of ORM is to promote an effective understanding of current and new methodologies as applied in organizational research. Thus, articles should be understandable to a general audience and should assume background knowledge consistent with methodological and statistical training provided in contemporary organizational sciences doctoral programs. Authors should use the latter statement as a primary consideration when deciding whether to submit to ORM.  This does not mean that new methodological and statistical procedures and concepts cannot be introduced. Indeed, this is highly encouraged and welcomed. 

Several types of articles are appropriate for ORM. One type addresses questions about existing quantitative and qualitative methods and research designs currently used by organizational researchers and may involve a comparison of alternative available methods. Articles of this nature should fcus on the relative strengths and weaknesses of the analytical technique(s) presented. A second type of article demonstrates new applications of existing quantitative or qualitative methods to substantive questions in organizational research. These articles should address the manner in which the new applications advance understanding of organizational research. A third type of article introduces methodological developments or techniques from other disciplines to organizational researchers. For these articles, the relative advantages of the new techniques should be clearly discussed. ORM also includes several reoccurring features including essays on methods, point/counterpoint debates, methods reviews, book reviews, and computer software reviews. Articles that do not fit these categories may be submitted to ORM, as long as they are written in a manner consistent with the objectives stated above.  Finally, scale or measurement development manuscripts that are applications of standard and established measurement development procedures are not encouraged.  Manuscripts, however, that challenge and/or advance standard and established measurement development procedures and present something new with respect to those procedures are encouraged.

Prospective authors must specify that their manuscript is not under consideration at another journal and that it has not been published elsewhere in substantially similar form or with substantially similar content. Further, if the manuscript represents a substantial revision of a previously rejected mauscript from ORM, it must be identified as such with the previous manuscript number and a letter outlining why you feel it should be considered in its new form. 

Manuscripts should be submitted electronically to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/orm. Authors will be required to set up an online account on the SAGETRACK system powered by ScholarOne.  After  logging in, submissions are completed through your <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Author</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype></st1:place>.  Your title should be no more than 20 words, and your abstract no more than 180 words. Corresponding authors need to completely enter all co-author information as well.  The manuscript to be uploaded should be completely devoid of any author identification, and be prepared using Microsoft Word.  It should be ONE file starting with the abstract on page 1 and with the text starting on page 2.  Following the text, arrange endnotes, references, appendices, tables, and figures, in this order.   Manuscripts should generally not exceed 30 pages inclusive, and should follow the style guidelines of the American Psychological Association (current edition).

Lisa Schurer Lambert
J. Mack Robinson College of <st1:placename w:st="on">Business</st1:placename>
<st1:placename w:st="on">Georgia</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">State</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype>
35 Broad Street, Room 1003
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Atlanta</st1:city> <st1:state w:st="on">GA</st1:state> <st1:postalcode w:st="on">30303-4014</st1:postalcode></st1:place>
Phone: 404.413.7536
Fax: 404.413.7571
Email: lisalambert@gsu.edu

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Colleagues:  The <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Oregon</st1:placename>’s <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Charles</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">H.</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Lundquist</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">College</st1:placetype></st1:place> of Business is hiring in Strategic Management and Organizational Behavior for Fall 2008. Please see details on the two searches below.

Assistant or Associate Professor (Strategic Management / Entrepreneurship)
 

Position and Qualifications.  The Department of Management seeks to fill a tenure-track position in strategic management beginning Fall 2008. Candidates with research programs that link to the College's strategic initiative in the area of entrepreneurship, technology, and innovation are of particular interest. The appointment may be at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor.  Candidates for Assistant Professor must have completed or nearly completed requirements for the Ph.D. degree and provide evidence of potential teaching and research excellence.  Candidates for Associate Professor must possess a record of consistent placement of articles in premier scholarly journals and demonstrated teaching competence.  For truly outstanding candidates, an endowed position is possible. Appointment with tenure requires formal review.  The successful applicant will possess the scholarly ability and drive to conduct and publish research in premier journals and the passion to teach with rigor and effectiveness.  Teaching responsibilities include courses in strategic management, entrepreneurship, innovation, and doctoral seminars.

Assistant Professor (Organizational Behavior)

Position and Qualifications.  The Department of Management seeks to fill a tenure-track position in organizational behavior, spanning micro and macro levels of organization studies.  The appointment at the Assistant Professor rank begins Fall 2008.  Candidates must have completed or nearly completed requirements for the Ph.D. degree and provide evidence of potential teaching and research excellence.  The successful applicant will possess the scholarly ability and drive to conduct and publish research in premier journals and the passion to teach with rigor and effectiveness. Of particular interest are individuals with research programs that link to the College’s strategic initiatives in the areas of technology/entrepreneurship, sustainable supply chain management, sports business, securities analysis, and engagement with <st1:place w:st="on">East Asia</st1:place>. Teaching responsibilities include general management courses supplemented by elective courses in human resources management, negotiation, international management, and others areas.

Academic and Community Setting: <st1:placename w:st="on">Charles</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">H.</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Lundquist</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">College</st1:placetype> of Business, <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Oregon</st1:placename>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Eugene</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">OR</st1:state></st1:place>

Management Department.  The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Lundquist</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">College</st1:placetype></st1:place>’s Department of Management is a collegial group whose members publish in and serve on the editorial review boards of the top management journals. The department includes three past presidents of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">Academy</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Management</st1:placename></st1:place> – Rick Steers, Rick Mowday, and Bill Starbuck.  The Department recently moved into the new $41 million Lillis Business Complex, an award-winning facility that offers the latest in instructional technology and research support.

The Community.  <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Eugene</st1:place></st1:city> often appears on lists of the most livable communities in the country. It enjoys the cultural amenities of a larger city, hosting concerts that span the musical spectrum, the world famous Bach Festival, and many other festivals and celebrations.  A family-oriented city, its strong public schools are complemented by a spacious, new public library.  Recreational possibilities abound, ranging from cycling <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Eugene</st1:place></st1:city>’s extensive network of bicycle paths to hiking picturesque trails to playing local golf courses.  <st1:city w:st="on">Eugene</st1:city> lies within an hour of alpine and Nordic skiing, as well as the scenic <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:state> coast.

Application Procedure  

Applicants for either position should provide: (1) a cover letter expressing interest in the position, (2) a vita summarizing education, publication record, service, and professional experience, (3) copies of scholarly working papers or publications, and (4) a teaching portfolio including syllabi of courses taught and teaching evaluations.  Please submit the foregoing materials as email attachments in PDF (preferred), or in Microsoft Word format.

•For the Strategic Management position, email application materials to strategysearch@lcbmail.uoregon.edu
•For the Organizational Behavior position, email application materials to obsearch@lcbmail.uoregon.edu

In addition, applicants should arrange to have three letters of reference mailed to:  Strategic Management Search Coordinator (or Organizational Behavior Search Coordinator), Lundquist College of Business, <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Oregon</st1:placename>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Eugene</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">OR</st1:state> <st1:postalcode w:st="on">97403-1208</st1:postalcode></st1:place>.  

Review of applications begins October 1, 2007 and will continue until the positions are filled.  The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Oregon</st1:placename></st1:place> is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer committed to cultural diversity and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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Tenure-Track Position in Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship

The strategic management area at Georgia Tech’s College of Management seeks qualified applicants for a tenure-track or tenured appointment for fall 2008 in strategic management or entrepreneurship.  Faculty rank is open.  We seek research-active individuals who address interesting and important real-world phenomena using a theoretical lens grounded in economics or sociology, and rigorous empirical methods. Expertise in industrial organization and game theory is also desirable. Primary criteria for selecting candidates will be: outstanding research, teaching capability, and excellent recommendations.  For full consideration, please e-mail the following to recruit-strategy@mgt.gatech.edu by November 15, 2007: 

1. A cover letter and vita indicating your education, relevant experience, research publications and research interests
2. Two (2) samples of your research; either research papers and/or your dissertation proposal; with your name in the file name (e.g., “Smith, John – Research Sample 1.pdf”).  Please make sure that your name also appears on the title page of the research sample.
3. Three letters of recommendation with your name in the filename (e.g., “Smith, John – Letter of Recommendation 1.pdf”). Please make sure that your name also appears in the body of the letter of recommendation.

*Packages sent by mail will not be accepted. All documents must be in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format.

As part of the recruiting process, we seek to obtain statistical information on our applicants. Participation in this process is strictly voluntary. If you wish to participate, please complete the form found at: http://mgt.gatech.edu/downloads/ga_tech_disclosure.doc, and e-mail it to vdf_email@mgt.gatech.edu.

About Georgia Tech: Georgia Tech’s College of Management is, when considering all business schools, ranked 25^th by U.S. News and top 50 by Business Week, and top 25 in Forbes among public schools.  The College of Management (COM) is housed in a new, state of the art $55million facility, which is part of the $260 million building complex of Technology Square in midtown Atlanta (including in addition to Georgia Tech’s Business School, the GT Conference Center and Hotel, the Global Learning Center, the Economic Development Institute, and the Advanced Technology and Development Center (ATDC), one of the leading incubators in the United States).  COM is the home of an NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training program, Technological Innovation: Generating Economic Results (TI:GER), as well as a US Department of Education funded Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER). Additional information about Georgia Tech’s COM and its faculty is available at: http://mgt.gatech.edu/.  The Strategic Management area represents a strong community of active researchers pursuing a diversity of interests (See http://mgt.gatech.edu/fac_research/acad_areas/stg_mgt.html for more information).

The Georgia Institute of Technology (http://www.gatech.edu) is one of the nation’s top research universities, distinguished by its commitment to improving the human condition through advanced science and technology.  Georgia Tech’s campus occupies 400 acres in the heart of the city of <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Atlanta</st1:place></st1:city>, where more than 16,000 undergraduate and graduate students receive a focused, technologically based education.  Georgia Tech consistently ranks among U.S. News & World Report's top ten public universities in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>.  In a world that increasingly turns to technology for solutions, Georgia Tech is using innovative teaching and advanced research to define the technological university of the 21st century.

About <st1:city w:st="on">Atlanta</st1:city>: <st1:city w:st="on">Atlanta</st1:city>, home to over 4 million people, is the 9^th largest metropolitan area in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region></st1:place>, and one of the fastest growing cities.  It serves as cultural and economic hub of the southeastern <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region>, with world-class shopping, outstanding restaurants, and five professional sports teams.  Compared to other large cities, <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Atlanta</st1:place></st1:city> offers a lower cost of living and excellent weather.  About 120,000 companies have operations here, and <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Atlanta</st1:place></st1:city> is 3^rd in the list of cities with the most Fortune 500 Headquarters.  <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Atlanta</st1:place></st1:city> is home to corporate giants like Home Depot, Coca-Cola, CNN, Newell Rubbermaid, UPS, Georgia-Pacific, Equifax, and Delta Air Lines.  <st1:city w:st="on">Atlanta</st1:city> is one of the top 10 places for business and careers (by Forbes) and one of the top 25 <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> cities for entrepreneurs (Entrepreneur magazine and Dun & Bradstreet).  <st1:city w:st="on">Atlanta</st1:city>’s international airport, the world’s busiest, makes Georgia Tech readily accessible to any part of the world – 80% of the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> population is within a two-hour flight.  <st1:city w:st="on">Atlanta</st1:city> is also one of the top 5 <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> cities for singles (by Forbes), one of the top 40 cities for families (by Child.com), and the #1 city for African-Americans (by Black Enterprise magazine).  For more information, see www.atlanta.net/movinghere/index.asp.

Georgia Tech is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, which values diversity.

Frank T. Rothaermel [http://mgt.gatech.edu/rothaermel]

Sloan Industry Studies Fellow

Associate Professor of Strategy

<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">College</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Management</st1:placename></st1:place>

Georgia Institute of Technology

<st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">800 West Peachtree St, NW</st1:address></st1:street>

Atlanta, GA 30308-1149

Tel. 404-385-5108

FAX 404-894-6030

frank.rothaermel@mgt.gatech.edu

SSRN Author's Site: http://ssrn.com/author=391625

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UNIVERSITY OF <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">MANITOBA</st1:placename>
<st1:placename w:st="on">I.H.</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Asper</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place> of Business
Department of Business Administration
Business Policy/Strategic Management

Applications are invited for a tenure-track position in Business Policy/Strategic Management in the I.H. Asper School of Business at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Manitoba</st1:placename></st1:place>. The appointment will be at the rank of Assistant Professor.  The appointment start date is July 1, 2008 or as soon thereafter.

Candidates must have completed or have nearly completed a Ph.D. or DBA in Business Policy/Strategic Management or a closely-related field.  The position requires a strong research orientation and the ability to teach business policy/strategic management and associated areas. Duties include research, teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and professional service for the School, the University, and the community.   Salary is competitive and will depend on qualifications, experience and teaching and research record.

The I. H. Asper School of Business is accredited by AACSB and is the principal business school in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">province</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Manitoba</st1:placename></st1:place>. The School offers undergraduate, M.B.A., M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees. The teaching load is 2 plus 2 courses per year. The Asper School of Business has about 1500 students. It is comprised of approximately 54 full-time faculty members and provides substantial research funding for new faculty members. The university has excellent sabbatical leave and family-friendly employee benefit policies. The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Asper</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place> is housed in the Drake Centre, a modern, first-rate physical facility. Visit the website of the Asper School of Business (www.umanitoba.ca/asper).

The <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Manitoba</st1:placename> has about 25,000 students and is located in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Winnipeg</st1:place></st1:city>, a cosmopolitan city with a population over 750,000. <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Winnipeg</st1:place></st1:city> is a culturally diverse community and is known for its variety of summer and winter festivals.  The city has all the facilities of a major centre, but with the atmosphere of a smaller, more friendly city.  It provides a high quality of life at modest expense and offers access to some of the most beautiful lake country and recreational facilities in <st1:place w:st="on">North America</st1:place>. The public education system is very good, and a wide variety of private schools are also available.  Over the last two decades, the business community has been highly supportive of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Asper</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place> through an organization called the Associates, which comprises of the top executives of the enterprises in the province.

The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Manitoba</st1:placename></st1:place> encourages applications from qualified women and men, including members of visible minorities, Aboriginal peoples, and persons with disabilities. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Application materials, referencing position number FV877, should include: curriculum vitae, three references, statements of teaching and research interests, up to 3 sample manuscripts, and evidence of effective teaching. Applications will be evaluated on an on-going basis beginning July 1, 2007 and will continue to be until the position is filled.

Please send your application materials to:

Dr. Bill Notz, Chair                                       
Business Policy/Strategic Management Search Committee                                
I.H. Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba                         
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 5V4                                               
Tel.: (204) 474-9672; Fax: (204) 474-7545                                          
E-mail: labrosse@ms.umanitoba.ca

Application materials, including letters of reference, will be handled in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (<st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Manitoba</st1:place></st1:state>).

The interested candidates should send their application materials at the earliest. Doctoral students who have not completed their program may mention the stage they are in by clarifying, for example, when the dissertation proposal was defended or is likely to be defended. The search committee members will review the application materials and contact the candidates for interviews at the 2007 Meetings of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">Academy</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Management</st1:placename></st1:place>. For all questions and inquiries, use the email address given above.

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Assistant/Associate professors/Lecturers

Science and <st1:placename w:st="on">Technology</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Policy</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Research</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype> (TEKPOL), <st1:placename w:st="on">Middle East</st1:placename>
<st1:placename w:st="on">Technical</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype>, <st1:city w:st="on">Ankara</st1:city> (<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Turkey</st1:place></st1:country-region>)

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Drew Gold, Ph.D.

Recovering Former Assistant Professor

<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Moore</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place> of Business

<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">South Carolina</st1:placename></st1:place>

813-226-7630 (business)

813-226-7631 (personal)

drew.gold@moore.sc.edu

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