TIM Division List Serve
Vol. 5, No. 19 ( October 1, 2008 )
Table of Contents:
- General Announcements
- Symposia and Other Annual Meeting Information
- Call for Submissions
- Journal Table of Contents
- Book Announcements
- Position Announcements
- Research Discussions
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General Announcements:
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ANNOUNCING: INFORMS/OS Dissertation Proposal Competition Finalists
I am pleased to announce this year's finalists in the INFORMS Organization Science Dissertation Proposal Competition. We received sixty-seven proposals this year, from which the eight finalists were chosen. Thus, the acceptance rate was about twelve percent. The competition was extremely fierce, with many innovative and high-quality proposals submitted. The eight individuals below will be presenting their dissertation proposals later this month in Washington, DC to a distinguished panel of judges who will select the winner and runner-up. If you know any of the finalists, please offer them your heartiest congratulations for a significant accomplishment. The finalists are:
Catherine Long Anderson
University of Maryland
Routine and mindful behavior in achieving IT infrastructure reliability
Marlys K. Christianson
University of Michigan
"Updating in the emergency department: How healthcare providers revisit and potentially revise their understanding of a patient's changing medical condition"
Colin M. Fisher
Harvard University
"The timing and type of team coaching interventions"
Spencer Harrison
Arizona State University
"A research agenda for curiosity in organizations"
Benjamin Herndon
University of Texas - Austin
"Exploring the antecedents and consequences of task knowledge sharing"
Justin I. Miller
New York University
"The emergence of hedge funds: An organizational approach"
Rachael Shwom
Michigan State University
"Interorganizational struggles over energy efficiency policy: A dynamic
network analysis from 1973 to 2006"
H. Colleen Stuart
University of Toronto
"Team membership change: A network perspective"
I would also like to thank the scholars who generously provided reviews of the candidate proposals. The competition would be nothing without them, and I am grateful to them for their willingness to provide thoughtful and timely feedback. The individuals who reviewed for this year's competition are:
Emily Amanatullah, Caroline Bartel, Y. Sekou Bermiss, Heather Berry, Joe Broschak, Stuart Bunderson, Ethan Burris, Olivier Chatain , Ben Cole, Matt Cronin, Tina Dacin, Robert David, Jerker Denrell, Jim Detert, Gina Dokko, Deborah Dougherty, Tracy Dumas, Gary Dushnitsky, Jamie Eggers, Laura Erskine, Heidi Gardner, Yan Gong, Melissa Graebner, Martine Haas, Ben Hallen, Jared Harris, Michael Heeley, Koen Heimeriks, Sanjay Jain, Jon Cummings, Sarah Kaplan, Riitta Katila, Katherine Kellogg, Andrew King, Donald Lange, Brandon Lee, Jeff Loewenstein, Tammy Madsen, Ann Majchrzek, Paul Martorana, Kyle Mayer, Denisa Mindruta, Celia Moore, Elena Obukhova, Gerardo Okhuysen, Corey Phelps, Ming Piao, Tim Pollock, Evan Rawley, Claus Rerup, Chris Rider, Nancy Rothbard, Marc-David Seidel, Wesley Sine, Scott Sonenshein, Huseyin Tanriverdi, Melissa Thomas-Hunt, Mary Tripsas, Wenpin Tsai, Tim Vogus, Klaus Weber, Karl Wennberg, Judith White, Jennifer Whitson, Amy Wrzesniewski, Mary Zellmer-Bruhn, Minyuan Zhao,
Kyle Lewis
2008 INFORMS/OS Dissertation Competition Chair
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- Symposia and Other Annual Meeting Information
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Dear colleagues,
As you may know, the deadline for submitting PDW proposals has been extended until January 15, 2009.
On behalf of the International Theme Committee (ITC), I invite you to submit PDW proposals with an international focus and perspective.
We will be glad to co-sponsor workshops that while dealing with the conference topic "Green Management Matters" also promote the internationalization of the Academy of Management as an institution.
The inclusion of non U.S. members as speakers in PDW proposals is highly recommended. We truly believe that different perspectives, cultures and ideas not only make our academic discussions richer, but also contribute to our own personal and professional development (as well as that of the participants).
Please send your submissions using the following webpage (PDW submission system) http://submissions.aomonline.org/2009
If you need any help, please don't hesitate to contact me. I'll be happy to assist you.
Best wishes and thanks in advance,
Rnelly
Rosa Nelly Treviño Rodríguez, Ph.D.
Family Business Center EGADE-TEC de Monterrey
Av. Fundadores y Rufino Tamayo s/n; C.P. 66269, San Pedro Garza García, N.L. México.
Tel. + 52 (81) 8625 83 99 ; + 52 (81) 8625 61 89
rosa.nelly.trevino@itesm.mx
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Call for Submissions:
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CALL FOR PAPERS
International Journal of Global Management Studies - IJGMS(ISSN: 1945-3876)
http://www.IJGMS.org
International Journal of Global Management Studies Quarterly -
IJGMS-Q(ISSN-1945-385X) http://www.IJGMSQ.org
SCOPE OF PUBLICATION
Quality scholarly and practitioner research articles on Contemporary and Global Issues in various business disciplines are invited:
Challenges in Accounting
Challenges in Corporate Governance
Contemporary Research in eLearning
Ethics
Global Cultural Issues
Global Organizational Issues in Management
Global Outsourcing and Management
Information Systems Security
International Business
International Economics and Finance
Management of Information Systems
Management Science and Operations Management
Marketing
Project Management
Social Networks
Strategic Management
Technology Management and Innovation
General topics in Management Studies
IJGMS and IJGMS-Q are supported by the Association of Global Management Studies
(www.association-gms.org). It is a multidisciplinary international association committed to the development of theoretical and practice knowledge pertaining to the global issues in all business and related fields, and advances the dissemination of knowledge through its activities.
For author guidelines please visit the following link:
http://www.association-gms.org/Journals/Journal_call.html
The topics envisioned for the upcoming issue are broad as long as they can be tied to the global issues of management studies.
IJGMS and IJGMS-Q are supported by the Association of Global Management Studies
(www.association-gms.org). It is a multidisciplinary international association committed to the development of theoretical and practice knowledge pertaining to the global issues in all business and related fields, and advances the dissemination of knowledge through its activities.
Please submit your paper to the editor Dr. Mukesh Srivastava at editor@ijgms.org. Papers will be double-blind peer reviewed and acceptance decisions will be based on the standards described in the information for authors with a quick turnaround from reviewers.
Kind regards,
Mukesh
Dr. Mukesh Srivastava
Editor-in-Chief
Int'l Journal of Global Management Studies
email: editor@ijgms.org
www.ijgms.org
www.ijgmsq.org
www.association-gms.org
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Dear colleague:
Hereby I would like to invite you for a Conference on "Towards the Micro-Level Origins of Organizational Routines and Capabilities" at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University June 12-13 next year. The conference is organized by the Department of Strategic Management and Business Environment in cooperation with ERIM, the Erasmus Research
Institute of Management.
The conference features the following key note speakers: Nicolai Foss (Copenhagen Business School), Sid Winter (Wharton), and Maurizio Zollo (Bocconi). Beyond the key note speeches, the conference program is scheduled to allow for extensive interaction and in-depth discussion
with two discussants per paper.
There is no conference fee. For accepted paper presenters, hotel accommodation will be covered for 2 nights. Please note that the conference precedes the DRUID Conference organized by the Copenhagen Business School which starts on June 16, 2009. For more information, please have a look at the below Call for Papers or visit the conference website: http://www.erim.nl/capabilityconference.
I look forward to welcoming you at the Rotterdam School of Management next June!
Best wishes,
Koen Heimeriks.
PS. Please feel free to forward this Call to your colleagues. I apologize for any cross-posting.
dr. Koen Heimeriks
Assistant Professor of Strategy
Rotterdam School of Management
Erasmus University
Department of Strategic Management & Business Environment
Burg. Oudlaan 50
NL-3062 PA Rotterdam
The Netherlands
T: 31.10.408.1951
F: 31.10.408.9013
E: KHeimeriks@rsm.nl <mailto:KHeimeriks@rsm.nl>
Skype: Heimerikswork
http://www.koenheimeriks.com
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CALL FOR PAPERS
The Department of Strategic Management &
Business Environment invites papers for the conference:
"TOWARDS THE MICRO-LEVEL ORIGINS OF ORGANIZATIONAL ROUTINES AND CAPABILITIES"
June 12 and 13, 2009, Rotterdam School of Management, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Academic key notes: Nicolai Foss (Copenhagen Business School), Sid Winter (Wharton), and
Maurizio Zollo (Bocconi)
"At present the origin of routines and capabilities is as vague as their existence." (Felin and Foss:
2005: 5).
"... the need for a better understanding of the origins of capabilities becomes increasingly
apparent." (Zollo and Winter, 2002: 339)
The Call for Micro-level Origins of Routines and Capabilities
Nelson and Winter's (1982) seminal work on evolutionary economics, as well as the Carnegie
School (March and Simon, 1958; Cyert and March, 1963), has inspired a large literature on the role that routines, resources and capabilities play in our understanding of firm-level behavioral,
structural and performance heterogeneity. However, the majority of studies directed at these
phenomena rely on aggregated proxies to explain firm-level heterogeneity. Whether one buys a
reductionist view of scientific inquiry or not – the view that reduction is at the heart of scientific
progress", Elster (1989: 74) – it is a fact that a description of how individual and group-level
processes enable and/or hinder the development of organizational routines and capabilities is still under-developed (Felin and Foss, 2005).
For example, recent attempts to decipher the role of cognition (Gavetti, 2005) and deliberate
learning processes (Zollo and Winter, 2002) as a complement to the automaticity of routine
behavior in firms' learning processes mark initial attempts to develop a better understanding of the micro-level origins of collective knowledge. On a related agenda, the study of managerial attention as driving choice and search efforts (Ocasio, 1997; Cho and Hambrick, 2006) appears to be particularly relevant for uncovering the microfoundations of organizational evolution.
Further, the role of motivation in the development of organizational interest alignment, and ultimately of firm advantage (Gottschalg and Zollo, 2007), might offer another approach to shed light into the individual antecedents of organizational competence. Alternatively, sources of deliberate or experiential learning that for example provide acquisition or alliance-related advantages (e.g. Zollo and Singh, 2004; Heimeriks, Duysters and Vanhaverbeke, 2007; McDonald, Westphal and Graebner, forthcoming) also comprise a promising avenue. However, direct efforts to explicitly explore the interdependence of different levels of analysis in organizational learning outcomes remain surprisingly rare (Reagans, Argote and Brooks, 2005). In particular, understanding key micro-macro (individual-organization) linkages in routine and capability development is an understudied area with significant promise.
As noted by Coleman (1990: 3): "A system's behavior [such as an organization] is in fact resultant
of the actions of its component parts [such as individuals]." Hence, overall there is a need for
research detailing the microfoundations of routines and capabilities, to understand the
characteristics and behavior and interaction of actors within a social system. To fill this gap, this
Conference solicits papers that explore and analyze 'the basic elements' (Lippman and Rumelt, 2003) that drive differences in learning and capability development between organizations.
Some exemplary questions Without seeking to limit the range of research topics, a number of important questions such as the following are left unanswered:
1. What are the (micro-level) origins of organizational capabilities and knowledge?
2. How do insights on individual and group traits and processes enrich our understanding of origins of routines and capability development?
3. How do individual-level factors (such as traits, abilities or motivation) aggregate to create collective capabilities?
4. What are the microfoundations of recurrent action patterns that shape organizational learning curves?
5. What are the cognitive, motivational and behavioral antecedents of organizational learning rates and collective knowledge creation?
6. What is the relevance of and interplay between mindful and less mindful learning processes
in shaping organizational learning?
7. How do initial organizational or institutional conditions influence subsequent individual and
group-level search and learning processes?
8. What is the relationship between individuals, organizational forms and collective learning?
For example, how does learning aggregate or emerge under various governance structures?
9. What is the role of individual and group traits and processes in learning (or inhibiting learning) for tasks with different levels of complexity and interdependence?
10. What are the micro-level origins of rules and codes?
11. What is the process by which rules and codes are translated into individual actions? And what micro-level factors drive the adoption or rejection of rules and codes?
12. What individual and group traits and processes explain the precise execution of an organizational routine, as well as its adaption in execution?
13. Is there an 'optimal routine' or arrow core (Winter and Szulanski, 2001) and what are the micro-mechanisms facilitating knowledge transfer?
14. How do individuals and groups balance the investments in routinization, deliberation, problem-solving and exploration processes to enhance collective effectiveness? How are these processes learned and how do they evolve?
15. What individual and group conditions explain when routines are likely to act as levers of change versus causes of inertia?
16. What individual and group traits explain the effectiveness of knowledge variation, selection and retention processes?
17. What individual and group characteristics influence the firm's ability to sense, respond to
and shape environmental change and feedback?
Welcome!
The purpose of this conference is to bring together world-class scholars from different disciplines to advance our understanding of micro-level origins of organizational routines and capabilities. This Call seeks to encourage fresh interest in the topic of micro-foundations by soliciting papers from various disciplines such as sociology, economics, management sciences, psychology, neuroscience, philosophy and linguistics. In particular, contributions that address the questions raised above (or related ones) in either a rigorous conceptual form or empirical setting are welcome. All empirical methods – including qualitative, quantitative, field, meta-analytical, and multi-method approaches – are considered. Authors are asked to present original, insightful, interesting, important and theoretically bold research. Demonstration of a significant empirical and theoretical contribution is crucial. Participants will benefit from in-depth feedback and discussion.
The conference features the following key-note speakers: Nicolai Foss (Copenhagen Business
School), Sid Winter (Wharton), and Maurizio Zollo (Bocconi). Plenary paper sessions with two
discussants per paper help provide constructive in-depth reviews. We will conclude with a plenary panel session. The conference will end with a conference dinner.
Deadlines
Authors are invited to submit full papers before March 1st 2009 to the conference organizer Koen Heimeriks (kheimeriks@rsm.nl). The papers will be accepted on a rolling basis based on relevance to theme, rigor and potential for contributing to the Conference (the notification deadline is April 1st). The final papers will be uploaded on the conference website before the conference. Participants without papers should notify of their intent to attend before May 15, 2009.
Practicalities
There is no conference fee. Hotel accommodation for paper presenters will be covered for 2 nights. Travel is not covered. For administrative issues, please contact Patricia de Wilde-Mes
(pwilde@rsm.nl). For other questions, please contact the conference organizer Koen Heimeriks
(kheimeriks@rsm.nl). Additional information can be found and will be uploaded at the conference website: www.erim.nl/capabilityconference.
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European Journal of International Management
Special Issue on Corporate Social Responsibility in the Global Economy
Guest Editors:
David Atkinson, Helsinki School of Economics, Mikkeli Campus, Finland and
Gabriele Suder, CERAM Business School Nice - Sophia Antipolis, France
The concept and practice of corporate social responsibility (CSR) at the international level has evolved in a relatively short period of time, yet a wide array of actors and organizations have emerged that have, in turn, brought about many issues and strategies. Cumulatively, the contemporary milieu of CSR holds significant promises but also considerable challenges.
Corporate stakeholders - established and new - have attempted to restructure corporate decision making and force more socially responsible business organizations. Shareholders activists have made efforts to influence corporate strategies in different ways. Non-governmental organizations have entered the business arena with multiple strategies to influence corporate behavior. Consumers, who potentially hold powerful influence over corporate success, have played only occasional roles in CSR. The role of the state is seen as both facilitator and regulator with regard to international corporate behavior.
Many strategies and issues have been posed in the broad area of corporate social responsibility and have now reached a kind of plateau in development. Numerous international standard-setting strategies, for example, have been advanced yet concurrence among participants seems distant. The nature and type of stakeholders important in decision-making is being challenged. While business has responded to many of the demands brought about by concerns over socially responsible business, the demand for more change is still sought and will likely not go away. Overall, the nature of business is being challenged, thus encouraging the development of new value-creation objectives for firms.
The aim of this special issue is to capture the current state of corporate social responsibility around the globe, applying unique perspectives and analyses. Qualitative and quantitative approaches are encouraged. Papers also should point to the future of corporate social responsibility with particular emphasis on how best to advance the arguments, methods, and effectiveness of CSR. Advancement of CSR effectiveness also includes linkages to other fields of business management research.
Subject Coverage
Examples of topics appropriate to the theme of corporate social responsibility include:
- The language and rhetoric of Corporate Social Responsibility
- The role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in CSR, with implications for effective stakeholder involvement
- The role of consumers in CSR
-Multinational corporations and the recognition of human rights
- The role of CSR in the reduction of conflict and of overall uncertainty in the geopolitical business environment
- Corporate-State interface in CSR, with emphasis on roles and implications of roles
- Social responsibility as management and decision-making tools
-Corporate codes of conduct - their usefulness and effectiveness
- CSR as a marketing tool with implications for effectiveness
-Setting international standards of corporate behavior - who sets them, how are they enforced?
- Corporate accountability - voluntary compliance or legal enforcement?
- Whither the role of SMEs in corporate social responsibility?
- CSR and organizational change - organizational behavior, strategy and development
- The strategy and policy implications of corporate philanthropy
- Assessments of major regional and cultural entities in Europe, North America, Asia, Africa, South America
- Assessments of developed countries vis-à-vis developing countries regarding CSR
- Maintaining effective CSR strategies in supply chain management
- Integrating sustainability (social, environmental, economic) with profit- making
Notes for Authors
Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.
All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author Guidelines page (http://www.inderscience.com/mapper.php?id=31).
Important Dates
Draft submission deadline: November 1, 2008
Final paper submission deadline: February 15, 2009
Publication release: February 2010
Editors and Notes
You may send one copy in the form of an MS Word file attached to an e-mail (details in Author Guidelines) to:
David Atkinson
Helsinki School of Economics
Mikkeli Campus
50100 Mikkeli
Finland
Telephone: +358 15 2044 209
Email: david.atkinson@mli.hkkk.fi&YY=48622&y5beta=yes&order=&sort=&pos=0">david.atkinson@mli.hkkk.fi
and
Gabriele Suder
Global Management Department
CERAM Business School Nice - Sophia Antipolis
Rue Dostoievski
06902 Sophia Antipolis
France
Telephone : +33 4 93 95 3270
Email : gabriele.suder@ceram.fr&YY=48622&y5beta=yes&order=&sort=&pos=0">gabriele.suder@ceram.fr
With an email copy only to:
EJIM Editorial Team
Email: editors@ejim-global.org&YY=48622&y5beta=yes&order=&sort=&pos=0">editors@ejim-global.org
and
IEL Editorial Office
Email: ejim@inderscience.com&YY=48622&y5beta=yes&order=&sort=&pos=0">ejim@inderscience.com
Please include in your submission the title of the Special Issue, the title of the Journal and the name of the Guest Editors.
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Dear Friends,
We are pleased to invite you to the 20th Annual - Standing Conference for Management and Organization Inquiry (sc'MOI).
We are extending the submission deadline to Oct 15th (last call). Please submit an abstract.
This year's conference is scheduled for Apr 2-4 2009 in beautiful Orlando, Florida at Embassy suites International drive South/Convention Center. Please click on the following link to our website for further information on this year's conference, including submission information and deadlines: http://scmoi.org and please give our call to a friend and colleague: PRINT CALL FOR PAPERS PDF
The Tamara Journal for Critical Organization Inquiry is the official conference journal. If you wish to receive back issues, please contact the journal website: http://tamarajournal.com
CONFERENCE THEME: Organizing Space and Place
Sub themes:
1.. Enchantment, Disenchantment, & Renchantment
2.. Resistance
3.. Simulacra, Faux space & place
4.. Generality, abstraction & locality
5.. Indigenous storytelling: rights, time, place to tell Living Story
6.. Where is the diachhronic in space and place
7.. Disneyfication of space & place
8.. Emotional labor spaces & places
9.. PLEASE SUGGEST OTHER Sub themes
Expect to have your submission reviewed, and after acceptance to be included in our annual conference proceedings. Papers from the conference are generally solicited for submission and review in Tamara Journal, Journal of Organization Change Management, Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management, Qualitative Research in Organization and Management, and other fine journals.
From all of us at the sc'MOI team, thank you for your continued participation. We are looking forward to seeing some familiar faces, and hopefully many new ones, at this year's conference!
Sincerely,
David M. Boje, Ph.D
Conference President
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Please circulate this Call for Papers to the TIM division members. Vinay Kothari, AOM member,
Call for Papers - updates
9th Annual Conference in Hawaii, April 9-12, 2009
International Academy of E-Businesswww.iaeb.org or www.iaeb.info
Hyatt Regency Waikiki Resort & Spa
Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Paper proposal submission deadline: November 1, 2008
Dear Colleagues:
Hope you had a great summer break and that you're energized for the current academic year. As always, our best wishes for your academic/ professional success and your good health.
Listed below are some items of interest:
1. November 1, 2008 -- Submission deadline of proposals for the 9th Annual Conference in Waikiki, Hawaii, April 9-12, 2009. Please submit each proposal -- about 250 words separately for papers, workshops, seminars, etc... to conference@iaeb.org and (cc to: adm@iaeb.net ) with subject line "Proposal 2009."(Details on our websites: www.iaeb.org and www.iaeb.info.)
In your proposal you should provide an overview of your paper, outlining your specific title, background materials, research problem/objective, methodology, major findings and so forth. Please provide each author's name, organizational affiliation, email, etc.
2. Once again, several outstanding conference papers and student papers will be selected for awards.
3. As in the past, all conference selected submissions will be considered for publication in theE-Business Review, Volume XI, (ISSN1550-7793) (ISBN 0-9707955-8-0).(Hard-copy and/or electronic copy) Also, authors will be invited to submit for consideration an expanded/revised version of their papers for publication in the Journal of E-Business; (ISSN 1542-0846);www.journalofe-business.org, based on the comments received at the conference. Please note that both of these IAEB publications are peer-reviewed (refereed), highly acclaimed and listed in several sources.
4. Our conference will be at Hyatt Regency Waikiki Resort and Spa in Honolulu, Hawaii - a luxury hotel right on the world famous WaikikiBeach. This is one of the very few resorts on the beach. We have negotiated excellent rates for you and your family - starting @US$198 for single/double per night.
5. For our student competition, please contact Professor Nitish Singh at St. LouisUniversity. (His e-mail: ncsingh72@gmail.com ) Nitish recently moved from California.
6. We're trying to get good discounted airfares for our conference participants. Once we've selected our official airline partner, we will let you know, hopefully, before the end of December.
7. Please inform your colleagues who may be interested in e-business know about our organization, its mission and activities. There are no membership dues. We invite well qualified individuals to serve on our Editorial Board as a reviewer of papers and articles; interested individuals should send us an e-mail at adm@iaeb.net - preferably with the subject heading "Reviewer- Editorial Board" and a brief outline of academic, research and scholarly accomplishments.
Once again, we wish you good luck. Please don't forget to make your plans for this Hawaii conference. In addition to a variety of intellectual and scholarly activities, you will have an opportunity to enjoy the "paradise" and its outstanding hospitality and entertainment. There should be plenty to do for you as well as your family - including children.
Incidentally, we are looking into the possibility of a golf game (or a tournament just for fun) for everyone - including amateurs/beginners like some of us.
Warm regards,
Vinay Kothari
Regents' Professor Emeritus
Stephen F Austin State Univ. - Texas
for IAEB Program Committee
International Academy of E-Business
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Special Issue Theme:
BALANCING ETHICS, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND EMPLOYEE/EMPLOYER RIGHTS
The struggle between balancing legal rights, ethics and social responsibility is a challenge for employers, particularly in the complex, post-ENRON business environment. Increasingly organizations see corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a competitive advantage in considering not just financial measures of success, but also ethical and socially responsible measures of success. This special issue is dedicated to understanding how organizations successfully develop strategies to do what is legally acceptable, but also go beyond the legal minimums to consider the ethical and societal implications of their actions. Topics may span from the micro level, including employee relations and HR practices to the macro level, including corporate strategy and interorganizational alliances and relationships. We welcome manuscripts that explore, but are not limited to, such topics as:
Triple Bottom Line
Ethics and emerging technology
Health and financial obligations to retirees
Developing ethical employee management systems
Strategic philanthropy
Ethics in a team-based culture
The relationship of ethical work climates to retention and recruiting
Organizational commitment to ethics and social responsibility
Training for ethics and CSR
Understanding prejudices and biases from an ethical frame
Moral psychology and cognitive development
National culture and ethics/CSR expectations
Trans-national ethical perspectives on the employee/employer relationship
We encourage and will consider qualitative, quantitative and theory papers, and evaluate based on: 1) representation of the theme for the special issue, 2) theoretical contribution to the literature, and 3) implications for management practice. All manuscripts will be double-blind reviewed.
All inquiries and submitted manuscripts should be emailed to the Guest Editors at ERRJSpecialIssue@siue.edu by October 1, 2008, with decisions made by early 2009, for publication later in 2009. Please ensure you have a cover page with contact information and then a title/abstract page that is author blind in your submitted manuscript.
Journal Submission – Deadline 10/01/08:
Guest Editors:
Robyn Berkley, SIU-Edwardsville
George Watson, SIU Edwardsville
Robyn A. Berkley, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Box 1100
Edwardsville, IL 62026
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CALL FOR PAPERS
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
Special Issue:
"The Impacts of Global Information Systems Sourcing on Engineering, Technology and Innovation Management"
Guest Editors:
Leslie Willcocks, London School of Economics
Joseph Rottman, University of Missouri – St. Louis
Julia Kotlarsky, Warwick Business School
Ilan Oshri, Rotterdam School of Management
The special issue will focus on the topic of Global Information Systems sourcing with a specific interest in social, managerial and knowledge-related aspects of IS sourcing and how these aspects affect engineering, technology and innovation management. Managing a global team of software engineers is akin to managing a global team of engineers of other kinds. Global delivery of IS services encompasses both the relocation of effort as well as the utilization of talent located across the globe. This special issue aims to bring together viewpoints from various disciplines, including International Business, Strategy, Information Systems and Organizational Behavior.
We invite research articles and focus on practice papers that investigate social, managerial and knowledge-related topics in global outsourcing/offshoring relationships. In particular, the special issue will endeavor to present the view of managers from both the client and vendor perspectives. Some of the specific themes that are of interest in this special issue are:
- Critical issues in engineering and innovation management tasked with engaging a global supplier network and workforce
- Knowledge management systems, codification processes and their impact on outsourcing performance
- Emerging concepts such as Open Sourcing and their consideration from social, managerial and knowledge perspectives
- People retention issues and implications for success of global IT sourcing arrangements
- Retained management capabilities from a social and knowledge perspective
- Social capital in global sourcing arrangements
- Multi - cultural aspects in outsourcing/offshoring relationships
- Emerging sourcing markets such as China, South America, Africa and Eastern Europe.
We are interested in including papers that are both conceptual and empirically based. In terms of empirical data, we seek papers that report on outsourcing/offshoring arrangements from regions that have so far been poorly represented in the existing literature such as Latin American, Eastern Europe, Caribbean countries, China and others. In terms of conceptual papers and theoretical frameworks, we seek to contribute to theory building by both reapplying existing frameworks and developing new constructs that help explaining social, managerial and knowledge-related aspects in global sourcing.
In addition to the standard double blind review process at IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, authors may select to use the presentation of their papers at the Third Annual Information Systems Workshop on Global Sourcing (http://www.globalsourcing.org.uk/ March 2009) as part of the preparation of their papers for the special issue. However, the workshop and the special issue are not connected and participation in the workshop is not required for consideration for the special issue.
Submission Deadline: August 31, 2009. Submit papers to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tem-ieee and indicate in the cover letter that they are for the
Special Issue on "The Impacts of Global Information Systems Sourcing on Engineering, Technology and Innovation Management."
Dr. Joseph W. Rottman
Assistant Professor of IS
University of Missouri - St. Louis
One University Boulevard
St. Louis MO 63121
314-516-6288
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Call for Papers
Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing
Special Issue on "International Sports Marketing"
Guest Editors: Vanessa Ratten and Hamish Ratten
http://info.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/call_for_papers.htm?id=660
Sport is an international business orientated industry. Sporting organizations offer a number of marketing campaigns to businesses and organizations in order to compete globally. An important part of the sport industry is retaining and attracting businesses and organizations (Farrelly and Quester, 2005). Sports clubs do this by offering a variety of different marketing ideas designed to attract different business demographics. It is vital for academics and practitioners in the sports industry to understand which business and industrial orientated factors are the most successful in encouraging business and organizational loyalty. The aim of this special journal issue is to understand in more detail the way business and industrial marketing works in the sports industry.
In the United States sport is the eleventh largest industry and impacts many other sectors such as technology and education (Danylchuk, Doherty, Nicholson and Stewart, 2008). Much of the marketing that occurs in the sport industry is business related as sports teams such as those in the NBA, NHL and MLB market their products and services to other businesses (Irwin, Zwick and Sutton, 1999). Likewise non-profit sporting organizations and universities market themselves to corporate sponsors. The way sporting companies and organizations utilize marketing strategies to businesses differs from the way they interact with the general public (Wolfe, Meenaghan and O'Sullivan, 2002).
Often the business and industrial marketing that occurs in sporting organizations revolves around international brand management and global networks (Olkkonen, 2001). International business-to-business marketing is an important part of the global economy (Johnston and Spekman, 1995). We hope the special journal issue will encourage debate on issues related to business and industrial marketing from diverse sporting industry contexts from around the world. Particularly interesting is the difference between business-to-business marketing in emerging and developed economies (Pels, Brodie and Johnston, 2004).
Papers from academics and practitioners in the sports field are sought. The special issue will examine how a company or organization in the sports industry or involved with sports markets its goods/services/ideas to another company or organization. Papers that take an interdisciplinary perspective in understanding business-to-business and industrial marketing in the sports industry are encouraged. Contributions to this special issue should present new theories or research about business and industrial marketing in the sports context. All types of research paradigms including case studies, qualitative and quantitative analysis, conceptual and empirical research are welcome. Examples of possible topics that will be examined in the special industry include:
What the quality of business-to-business marketing is in the sports industry?
How to plan business-to-business marketing in sports?
What are international comparative examples of sports business-to-business marketing?
How to market successfully in sports?
What are the latest and most innovative business-to-business marketing practices in sports?
What important insights into sports-based business-to-business marketing behavior are there?
How does non-profit business-to-business marketing differ to profit business-to-business marketing in sports?
What competition in sports does there exist between business-to-business marketing firms?
What distribution channels are involved in selling sports related products and services to other businesses?
What is the role of media distribution in sports?
What does new product development between sporting organizations and other businesses contain?
How to organize sports marketing for international growth?
What types of relationship marketing exists in sports?
How can you manage a successful salesforce in sports?
What is the buying culture of sports related products?
Process for the submission of papers:
Papers submitted must not have been published, accepted for publication, or presently be under consideration for publication. Submissions should be approximately 6,000 words in length. Submissions to the Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing must be made using the ScholarOne Manuscript Central system: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jbim . A separate title page must be uploaded containing the title, author/s, and contact information for the author(s). For additional guidelines please see the "Notes for Contributors" from a recent issue of the Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, or see the home page at www.emeraldinsight.com/jbim.htm . Suitable articles will be subjected to a double-blind review; hence authors should not identify themselves in the body of the paper.
Call for papers deadline: May 30th 2009
Please address questions about the special issue to:
Dr. Vanessa Ratten
Assistant Professor
A.J. Palumbo School of Business Administration
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh PA 15282 USA
Email: vanessaratten@gmail.com
References
Danylchuk, K.E., Doherty, A., Nicholson, M. and Stewart, B. (2008), "International sport management: creating an international learning and teaching community", International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing, Vol. 4 No. 2/3, pp. 125-145.
Farrelly, F.J. and Quester, P.G. (2005), "Examining important relationship quality constructs of the focal sponsorship exchange", Industrial Marketing Management, Vol. 34 No. 3, pp. 211-219.
Irwin, R., Zwick, D. and Sutton, W.A. (1999), "Assessing organizational attributes contributing to marketing excellence in American professional sports franchises", European Journal of Marketing, Vol. 33 No. 4/5, pp. 314-328.
Johnston, W. and Spekman, R.E. (1995), "Special section on international industrial (business-to-business) marketing", Journal of Business Research, Vol. 32 No. 1, pp. 19-20.
Olkkonen, R. (2001), "Case study: the network approach to international sport sponsorship arrangement", Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, Vol. 16 No. 4, pp. 309-329.
Pels, J., Brodie, R.J. and Johnston, W.J. (2004), "Benchmarking business-to-business marketing practices in emerging and developed economies: Argentina compared to the USA and New Zealand", Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, Vol. 19 No. 6, pp. 386-396.
Wolfe, R., Meenaghan, T. and O'Sullivan, P. (2002), "The sports network: insights into the shifting balance of power", Journal of Business Research, Vol. 55 No. 7, pp. 611-622.
Submitted by
Dr Vanessa Ratten BA BBus (Hons 1) LLB PhD
Assistant Professor
Leadership, Ethics & Global Business Division
A J Palumbo & J F Donahue Schools of Business Administration
464 Rockwell Hall
Duquesne University
600 Forbes Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15282
Ph: 412 396 1907
Email: vanessaratten@gmail.com
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CALL FOR PAPERS
"Interdisciplinary approaches to contemporary career studies"
A Special Issue of HUMAN RELATIONS
Submission Deadline: November 30, 2008
Guest editors: Svetlana N. Khapova (VU University Amsterdam) and Michael B. Arthur (Suffolk University, Boston)
Contemporary careers unfold in a knowledge-based, global economy that reflects persistent interaction between careers and institutions. In this context, the career – the evolving sequence of a person's work experiences over time - is not only a script for personal development, but also a source in enabling new communities (such as in open source programming), a reason for a shared learning agenda (like that of a professional community of practice), or a source of inspiration behind new global initiatives (as for example behind philanthropic or ideological endeavors). These careers involve a) shifting boundaries in occupational, organizational, national and global work arrangements; b) higher uncertainty through the rapid generation of knowledge and the unpredictability of its effects; and c) greater individual agency, as a response to shifting boundaries and uncertainty, and as a means to integrate wider combinations of job experiences into a single career (Arthur, in press). The characteristics of contemporary careers raise questions about the suitability of traditional uni-disciplinary research approaches to career studies. This call suggests that to better appreciate changing careers, we need to change the way we study them.
The characteristics of contemporary careers call for more "imaginative" approaches to careers research (Abbott, 2004) that transcend traditional assumptions. New approaches are necessary if the dynamic links among careers, occupations, organizations and the global knowledge-driven economy are to be better understood. Rather than assuming the world as stable, and amenable to uni-disciplinary research inquiry, we need to assume the world as dynamic, and calling for interdisciplinary inquiry. An emphasis on interdisciplinary inquiry can take us beyond, for example, the application and re-application of psychological theories of occupational choice or sociological theories of organizational socialization that say little about the dynamic context in which choices and socialization occur. This special issue invites contributions that respond to a call for fresh interdisciplinary approaches, and also demonstrate the potential that interdisciplinary inquiry holds for the greater understanding of contemporary career phenomena.
In calling for more imaginative approaches, we are looking for papers that lead us beyond the constraints of traditional research approaches. How, for example, can we better appreciate the interdependence of open source software investments and the potential outcomes for people's careers? How can we see how pressing social problems influence career choices that in turn help shape the nature of society? What fresh examples about contemporary careers can help us to better see the shifting connections between careers and the host economy? What possibilities exist for more satisfactory interpretation of learning within people's careers and its further consequences? For example, the imaginative approaches we seek may involve one or more of the following:
- Greater variation in methodologies. It is common for different traditions to employ distinctive research methodologies. However, a broader base of methodologies, or adoption of combined methodologies, may provide a better understanding of how careers both shape and in turn are shaped by the environment. What methodologies can help us here?
- A wider research agenda. Career studies can lead us beyond the examination of individual working lives. A wider view can help us appreciate how career-relevant communities, such as open source software communities, or communities built around race, gender, social stigma and so on can influence workplace allegiances. What research agenda items appear most pressing?
- More longitudinal research designs. Traditional research designs based on cross-sectional approaches favor the examination of one-way cause-effect relationships, and in turn uni-disciplinary interpretations. How can longitudinal research designs provide interdisciplinary insights into careers not visible through traditional approaches?
- More instructive interdisciplinary conversations. It is relatively straightforward to extend research in an established discipline, but harder to promote conversations among an interdisciplinary audience. How can we better connect, for example, between psychological and sociological views on individual identity? What kinds of research leadership can contribute to healthier interdisciplinary conversations?
The editors invite contributions to the above or to further questions that can be usefully raised in examining contemporary careers. Most fundamentally, we seek papers, either theoretical or empirical, that offer fresh contributions to the existing literature and its underlying assumptions. We also seek papers that break new ground and outline new directions for interdisciplinary conversation and careers research.
Submission guidelines
- This call is open and competitive, and the submitted papers will be blind reviewed in the normal way.
- Submitted papers must be based on original material not under consideration by any other journal or outlet.
- For empirical papers based on data sets from which multiple papers have been generated, the editors must be provided with copies of all other papers based on the same data.
- The editors will select a number of papers to be included in the special issue, but other papers submitted in this process may be published in other issues of the journal.
The deadline for submissions is November 30, 2008. The special issue is intended for publication in mid 2010.
Papers to be considered for this special issue should be submitted online via www.humanrelationsjournal.org. Please direct questions about the submission process, or any administrative matter, to Alice Gilbertson: editorial@humanrelationsjournal.org
The editors will be happy to discuss initial ideas for papers, and can be contacted directly at:
Svetlana N. Khapova skhapova@feweb.vu.nl
Michael B. Arthur marthur@suffolk.edu
References
Abbott, A. (2004). Methods of Discovery: Heuristics for the Social Sciences. New York: Norton.
Arthur, M. B. (in press) Examining contemporary careers: A call for interdisciplinary inquiry, Human Relations.
Dr. Svetlana N. Khapova
Assistant Professor of Cross-Cultural Management and Organizational Behavior
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
De Boelelaan 1105, 3A-36
1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 20 598 6471
Mob: +31 64 451 5430
Web Page: http://www.feweb.vu.nl/link.asp?itemnumber=3661&_medewerkerID=1031&_taalid=EN
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CALL FOR CASES
Submission Deadline: 10/31/2008
Full Chapters Due: 3/31/2009
Cases on Knowledge-Enabled Customer Relationship Management: Business Models and Experiences
A book edited by Prof. Minwir Al-Shammari, University of Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain
Introduction
Following the transformation of organizations from "product-centric" to "customer-centric" ones, the importance of customers has created tough competition among rivals over acquiring, retaining, and/or expanding relationship with customers. In particular, customer knowledge has been utilized as a major weapon to maintain customer satisfaction and loyalty and gain sustainable competitive advantage. In order to build good customer relations and continue to serve each customer in his/her preferred way, knowledge-enabled customer relationship management (KCRM) is imperative. KCRM is conceived as a business strategy, rather than a
technological solution, that results from the integration of major intervention techniques and methodologies rooted in Knowledge Management (KM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) systems.
The Overall Objective of the Book
Implementation of KCRM as a new business model has not been published in a case book so far. This case book aims at developing an understanding of KCRM models and practices through a compilation of successes as well as failures in implementing KCRM "real-world" applications. The book also addresses the application of KCRM in the public sector context and in that of developing countries. The case book intends to address the topic of KCRM business change from a holistic and strategic perspective that emphasizes the role of organizational elements of people, processes, and technology.
The Target Audience
The proposed KCRM case book will be a major source of knowledge to academics and professionals in the areas of knowledge management, customer relationship management, and information systems.
Recommended topics for cases include, but are not limited to, the following:
• KCRM strategic analysis
• KCRM design and development
• KCRM implementation
• KCRM and integration of customer contact/delivery channels
• KCRM and supply chains
• KCRM and knowledge sharing culture
• KCRM and organizational learning
• KCRM and communities of practice/creation
• KCRM and performance metrics
• KCRM and project management
• KCRM and the role of people, processes, and technology
• KCRM and organizational change
• KCRM in e-commerce settings
• KCRM in Governmental context
• KCRM in globalized/cross-cultural context
Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit no later than October 31, 2008, a 2-5 page manuscript proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of the proposed case. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by November 30, 2008 about the status of their proposals and sent case organizational guidelines. Full cases are expected to be submitted by March 31, 2009. All submitted cases will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference) and "Medical Information
Science Reference" imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com.
This call for cases can viewed on IGI Global's Web site at www.igi-global.com/requests/details.asp?ID=479.
Inquiries and Submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document)
or by mail to:
Prof. Minwir Al-Shammari
Dept. of Management & Marketing
College of Business Administration
University of Bahrain
P.O Box 32038, Sakhir
Kingdom of Bahrain
Fax: (+973) 17-449-776
E-mail: minwir@yahoo.com
Please fee free to forward this CfCs to your colleagues who might be
interested in this subject.
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CALL FOR PAPERS
Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal (ERRJ)
Special Issue Theme:
BALANCING ETHICS, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND EMPLOYEE/EMPLOYER RIGHTS
The struggle between balancing legal rights, ethics and social responsibility is a challenge for employers, particularly in the complex, post-ENRON business environment. Increasingly organizations see corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a competitive advantage in considering not just financial measures of success, but also ethical and socially responsible measures of success. This special issue is dedicated to understanding how organizations successfully develop strategies to do what is legally acceptable, but also go beyond the legal minimums to consider the ethical and societal implications of their actions. Topics may span from the micro level, including employee relations and HR practices to the macro level, including corporate strategy and interorganizational alliances and relationships. We welcome manuscripts that explore, but are not limited to, such topics as:
Triple Bottom Line
Ethics and emerging technology
Health and financial obligations to retirees
Developing ethical employee management systems
Strategic philanthropy
Ethics in a team-based culture
The relationship of ethical work climates to retention and recruiting
Organizational commitment to ethics and social responsibility
Training for ethics and CSR
Understanding prejudices and biases from an ethical frame
Moral psychology and cognitive development
National culture and ethics/CSR expectations
Trans-national ethical perspectives on the employee/employer relationship
We encourage and will consider qualitative, quantitative and theory papers, and evaluate based on: 1) representation of the theme for the special issue, 2) theoretical contribution to the literature, and 3) implications for management practice. All manuscripts will be double-blind reviewed.
All inquiries and submitted manuscripts should be emailed to the Guest Editors at ERRJSpecialIssue@siue.edu by October 1, 2008, with decisions made by early 2009, for publication later in 2009. Please ensure you have a cover page with contact information and then a title/abstract page that is author blind in your submitted manuscript.
Journal Submission – Deadline 10/01/08:
Guest Editors:
Robyn Berkley, SIU-Edwardsville
George Watson, SIU Edwardsville
Robyn A. Berkley, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Box 1100
Edwardsville, IL 62026
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Deadline for submission: March 1, 2009
The Journal of Product Innovation Management (JPIM) is planning to publish a special issue on "Decision Making in New Product Development and Innovation." Recognizing the importance of new products and innovation to organizations, the Product Development & Management Association (PDMA) has sponsored and funded three major studies identifying "best practices." These studies focus on the number and types of activities conducted by firms during the new product development (NPD) process and the relationships between the proficiency in executing these activities and new product and firm performance. Although these studies have greatly increased our understanding about activities, they have neglected the second aspect of NPD and innovation processes that are fundamental to success-NPD and innovation decisions, which are critical because of the considerable resource commitments and opportunity costs involved in developing and commercializing products. Furthermore, such decisions determine the set of products a firm commercializes, ultimately impacting profitability.
Relatively little past research has focused on decision making in NPD and innovation. Studies have focused on the various types of evaluative criteria and dimensions used at different points in the process, the usage and relative importance of these criteria at different points, the relative association between the various dimensions of decision making criteria and new product performance, and problems likely to be associated with decision making practices. These prior studies have provided important insight regarding the use and importance of different evaluative criteria and dimensions at the various decision points, but gaps remain. For example, an important conclusion from this research is that the criteria and dimensions used, as well as the formality of the evaluation processes, vary across firms. What causes this variation? How are the evaluative criteria and dimensions chosen? Also, what is the role of decisions in controlling projects? The proper amount of control is paramount. Allowing too many projects to make it to the market is problematic just like killing off too many NPD projects prior to completion. Selecting the best opportunities to pursue is difficult, and controlling NPD projects is essential to effective use of scarce resources and the avoidance of escalation of commitment.
The main objective of the special issue is to advance our understanding of NPD and innovation decision making for individual projects and products as well as project and product portfolios at corporate, business-unit, and alliance levels.
Topics may include, but are not limited to:
The number and timing of review points.
The number and type of review criteria.
Decision-maker characteristics.
Differences in review practices by product type (incremental and radical products) and functional area (marketing, technical, and financial).
The association between review practices, proficiency, and new product performance.
Identification of leading indicators able to provide early warning signals of process problems.
The role of metrics in decisions (number, type, etc.).
Problem reporting and "whistle-blowing" during failing NPD projects.
Differences across industry settings (business-to-business [B2B] vs. business-to-customer [B2C]) or countries/cultures as they pertain to selecting and controlling NPD projects.
Composition, policies, and practices among project authorization committees (or review teams).
Communication methods used by decision-makers and their efficacy.
Best practices in portfolio management.
Methods and best practices for products harvest and deletion decisions.
For empirical studies, we encourage a wide range of methodologies, including but not limited to agent-based modeling, systems dynamics studies, dynamic simulation of global launches, quantitative history-based studies, event history analyses, decision-making experiments, personal interviews, and surveys. We also encourage conceptual and analytic work.
Deadline for submission: March 1, 2009
Papers (other than commentaries) will be held to the normal standards of academic rigor with respect to methodological and data analytic issues. All manuscripts must be original, unpublished works that have not been submitted for publication elsewhere. Submit a typed double-spaced original in a Word file by March 1, 2009. Please follow JPIM style guidelines and remove any information that might reveal the authors' identity. The title page should include names and addresses of authors, academic or professional affiliations and the complete address of the corresponding author. JPIM maintains a double-blind review policy. Also, it is acceptable to recommend potential reviewers for submitted articles provided that they are not familiar with the article.
The special issue coeditors are Jeffrey B. Schmidt of the University of Oklahoma and Regina C. McNally of Michigan State University. Please submit articles to Jeffrey B. Schmidt, University of Oklahoma, Michael F. Price College of Business, Division of Marketing & Supply Chain Management, 307 W. Brooks, Suite 1G, Norman, OK 73019-0450. Tel.: (405) 325-5915. Fax: (405) 325-7688. E-mail: jbs@ou.edu.
Regina McNally, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Marketing
The Eli Broad School of Business
The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management
N370 North Business Complex
East Lansing, MI 48824-1122
Phone: +1.517.432.6378
FAX: +1.517.432.1112
Email: mcnally@bus.msu.edu
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Dear all,
Please remember that the submission deadline for the 2009 Southwest Academy of Management Conference (Oklahoma City, 2009) is in one week.
Laurent Josien
Entrepreneurship Track Chair
CALL FOR PAPERS
For the 2009 Annual Meeting of the
SOUTHWEST ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT
In Conjunction with the Federation of Business Disciplines (FBD)
Renaissance Hotel Oklahoma City, OK February 24-28, 2009
Theme: Crafting the Whole Professor: Integrating Academia and Industry
Submission Deadline: Friday, October 3, 2008
Contact M. Suzanne Clinton, Program Chair, at mclinton1@ucok.edu with questions.
Southwest Academy of Management Conference Highlights
Electronic Submissions Process: Submissions can be made at http://www.shsu.edu/~mgt_swam which has a link to the Conference Review System http://conferencereview.com.
Distinguished Paper Award: A Best Paper will be selected for each track, and from this group one paper will be selected for the Irwin/McGraw-Hill Distinguished Paper Award. A special team of reviewers will work with the authors so that this paper may be published in the Journal of Business Strategies.
Outstanding Reviewer: An outstanding reviewer is identified for each track, and the Outstanding Reviewer for the conference will be identified from this group.
Journal of Business Strategies: The Southwest Academy of Management is affiliated with the Journal of Business Strategies, which publishes articles on all fields related to business.
Innovative Workshops and Symposia: Innovative sessions are planned for each track, including presentations by distinguished speakers and faculty development sessions.
Mentoring Sessions for Working Papers: Authors with works-in-progress will meet one-on-one with an assigned mentor for suggestions on developing their work.
Published Proceedings: Authors will be provided specifications for preparing their manuscripts after they are notified of acceptance. Publication in the CD Rom-based Proceedings does not preclude subsequent publication in other journals when proper acknowledgement is given.
Innovative Ideas are Encouraged: Proposals for special sessions (workshops, work-in-progress, etc.) should be detailed as soon as possible to permit evaluation. Please include a detailed description of the proposed session, indicating the participants, their roles, and evidence of their willingness to participate and send these proposals to the Program Chair at mclinton1@ucok.edu. We are very willing to experiment with different session formats!
Doctoral Student Consortium: Doctoral students are invited to the doctoral student consortium. In addition, some limited financial support is typically available for doctoral students with papers accepted for the conference. Please see the SWAM website (listed above) for details.
Policies and Instructions for Paper Submissions
Competitive papers should be typed, double-spaced, and typically not more than 20 pages in length, exclusive of references and tables.
The title page should include the name, affiliation, address, and telephone number of all authors.
The main body of the paper should have a title page with a 150-word abstract, but not the authors' names. Papers will be double-blind reviewed.
Papers should not have been previously published or presented. At least one of the authors of an accepted paper will be required to join FBD and the Southwest Academy of Management, register for the meeting, and personally present the paper.
Submissions are limited to a maximum of three per individual author.
SWAM fully subscribes to the ethical standards of the Academy of Management.
It is the policy of the Southwest Academy of Management to be given first and full credit for all papers presented at its meeting. The Southwest Academy of Management will reject a paper that has been, or is scheduled to be, presented at another conference.
Symposium proposals or proposals using an innovative format should be as detailed as possible in order to enhance the reviewers' ability to evaluate the proposal. Indicate all session participants, their roles, and provide evidence of willingness to participate.
TRACKS - CHAIR
Business Policy and Strategy / Public and Nonprofit Issues / Research Methods / Health Care Management Mark Poulos markp@stedwards.edu
Entrepreneurship / Small Business / Management Consulting Laurent Josien
ljosien@mtmc.edu
Organizational Behavior / Organizational Communication ohn N. Davis
jndavis@hsutx.edu
Human Resources / Careers / Gender & Diversity in Organizations / Social Issues in Management Lee Tyner ltyner@ucok.edu
Technology, Innovation and Operations Management Frank Markham
fmarkham@mesastate.edu
International Management / Organizational & Management Theory / Critical Management Studies/ Management & Organizational Cognition / Management Education & DevelopmentShawn Carraher
scarraher@cameron.edu
Organizational Development / Conflict Management Peter Sorensen, Therese Yaeger tyaeger@ben.edu
Faculty Learning and Innovation Janie Gregg jgregg@uwa.edu
Developmental Papers (Authors submit working papers on any topic area above and work with mentors during the conference.) Janice Black
Email address TBA
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Call for Papers
Special Issue of Technology Analysis and Strategic Management
on "Technology Transfer: The Practice and the Profession"
and workshop at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University,
The Netherland
3-4 December, 2008
Recent years have witnessed the emergence of a new profession often referred to as the technology transfer (TT) manager. Technology transfer managers apply various skills to accomplish technology transfer activities such as legal competencies; marketing and negotiation competencies; team work competencies; innovation competencies; and knowledge management competencies. Furthermore, the transfer of technology takes place in various contexts such as universities, business entities and governmental
institutions, resulting in the development of unique and specialized skills-bases within TT organizations and units.
This special issue will focus on the profession of technology transfer. In particular, the special issue will examine the emergence of the technology transfer profession and the impact on the practice of technology transfer at the organizational, regional and national level. We invite research articles and 'focus on practice' papers that investigate aspects relating to the profession of technology transfer. In particular, the special issue will endeavor to present the view of managers from both the profession and the practice perspective. Some of the specific themes that are of interest in this special issue are:
- Which skills are imperative for technology transfer at the individual and organizational level?
- How various contexts change the importance of technology transfer skills at the individual level and the competencies at the organizational level?
- In what ways the emergence of the technology transfer profession has shaped technology transfer practices at the organizational level?
- What factors explain the relationship between technology transfer skills and organizational performance at regional and national level?
- In what ways policy makers shape the profession of technology transfer?
We are interested in including papers that are both conceptual and empirically based. In terms of empirical data, we seek papers that reflect on the skills-base/competencies of technology transfer managers in various contexts. In terms of conceptual papers and theoretical frameworks, we seek to contribute to theory building by both reapplying existing frameworks and developing new constructs that help explaining technology transfer as a practice as well as a profession.
In addition to the standard double blind review process at Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, authors have to present their ideas at the 'Technology Transfer: The Practice and Profession' Workshop, which will be held at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, December 3rd – 4th 2008. The Workshop will help authors to further develop their ideas for the special issue. Please note that we reserved a small venue for the Workshop and therefore will be able to accept up to 25 papers (about 30 participants).
Submission guidelines:
Please submit your extended abstract (5 pages, font 12, double spaced) to Patricia de Wilde-Mes (PMes@rsm.nl) no later than November 2nd 2008 by 17:00 CET. Authors will be notified whether their abstract was accepted by November 7th 2008.
Other matters:
- No registration fees
- Accommodation: We reserved 30 guest rooms at a special price of 110 euro per night at Novotel, Rotterdam.
- The program will be sent out by middle November 2008
Organizing Committee:
Prof. Henk Volberda
Dr. Ilan Oshri (contact person: ioshri@rsm.nl)
Dr. Tom Mom
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Special issue call for papers – Competitiveness Review
Guest Editor:
A. N. M. Waheeduzzaman
The spectacular growth of emerging nations during the last 25 years situates them to be the ideal target for competitiveness inquiry. Globalization forces, commonly denoted by openness, trade liberalization and political reforms facilitate their accelerated growth. MNCs, in particular, have been instrumental in strengthening the economic growth in the emerging nations through international trade, investment and production. The special issue aims at investigating these issues. Possible topics are as follows:
§ Theoretical and empirical models explaining how competitiveness of emerging nations differs from other groups (e.g., developed or developing).
§ Role of political, social, and cultural factors affecting competitiveness.
§ Relationship with globalization, political and economic freedom, governance, inequality or environment (e.g., global warming).
§ Methodological difficulties in measuring competitiveness. Evaluate Growth Competitiveness Index (GCI) by the World Economic Forum or other measures.
§ How international trade, direct investment, and production decisions of MNCs affect competitiveness.
Authors are requested to submit manuscripts to the guest editor electronically (e-mail: Waheed@tamucc.edu) along with a hard copy mailed to the following address:
Dr. A. N. M. Waheeduzzaman,
College of Business,
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi,
6300 Ocean Drive,
Corpus Christi,
Texas 78412,
USA
Authors from emerging/developing nations are encouraged to submit.
For manuscript guidelines go to http://www.emeraldinsight.com/cr.htm. If you have any questions, please contact Waheed@tamucc.edu.
Deadline for submission extended to: January 31, 2009.
Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Registered Office: Howard House, Wagon Lane, Bingley, BD16 1WA United Kingdom. Registered in England No. 3080506, VAT No. GB 665 3593 06
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Dear TIM Friends:
Two announcements:
1) The Journal of Technology Transfer
(http://www.springer.com/business/journal/10961) has been accepted into the Social Science Citation Index.
2) The preliminary program for Technology Transfer Society Conference on October 17-18, 2008 is now available at the following website
(http://www.albany.edu/business/). The conference is being organized by
School of Business at the University at Albany, SUNY. Please let me know
if you are interested in attending.
Best regards,
Don Siegel
Donald S. Siegel, Ph.D.
Dean and Professor
School of Business
University at Albany, SUNY
1400 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12222
Tel: (518) 442-4910
DSiegel@uamail.albany.edu
http://www.albany.edu/business/
http://econpapers.repec.org/RAS/psi32.htm
http://ssrn.com/author=33607
Editor-Journal of Technology Transfer
President-Technology Transfer Society
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Dear Technology and Innovation Netters:
I apologize in advance for cross-postings. The table of contents for the October issue of Organizational Research Methods (ORM) is attached for your use. Please note that this issue contains a feature topic consisting of 8 articles devoted to Research Methodology in Strategic Management in addition to the regular feature articles and book reviews. The current issue may be found at http://orm.sagepub.com/current.dtl
In addition, ORM is now included in SAGE Publications "OnLine First" section which permits you to download and use future articles that have been accepted but are "in press" awaiting actual print. I would encourage you to visit this site. The URL is http://orm.sagepub.com/pap.dtl.
Thank you -- Bob Vandenberg
David J. Ketchen, Jr, Brian K. Boyd, and Donald D. Bergh Research
Methodology in Strategic Management: Past Accomplishments and Future
Challenges Organizational Research Methods 2008 11: 643-658.
Jonathan P. Doh and Eugene D. Hahn
Using Spatial Methods in Strategy Research Organizational Research Methods
2008 11: 659-681
Jack Keegan and Boris Kabanoff
Indirect Industry-and Subindustry-Level Managerial Discretion Measurement
Organizational Research Methods 2008 11: 682-694
Thomas Greckhamer, Vilmos F. Misangyi, Heather Elms, and Rodney Lacey Using
Qualitative Comparative Analysis in Strategic Management Research: An
Examination of Combinations of Industry, Corporate, and Business-Unit
Effects Organizational Research Methods 2008 11: 695-726
Jeremy C. Short and Timothy B. Palmer
The Application of DICTION to Content Analysis Research in Strategic
Management Organizational Research Methods 2008 11: 727-752.
Robert P. Wright
Eliciting Cognitions of Strategizing Using Advanced Repertory Grids in a
World Constructed and Reconstructed Organizational Research Methods 2008 11:
753-769.
Nelson Phillips, Graham Sewell, and Steve Jaynes Applying Critical
Discourse Analysis in Strategic Management Research Organizational Research
Methods 2008 11: 770-789
N. Venkat Venkatraman
Advancing Strategic Management Insights: Why Attention to Methods and
Measurement Matters Organizational Research Methods 2008 11: 790-794.
Karan Sonpar and Karen Golden-Biddle
Using Content Analysis to Elaborate Adolescent Theories of Organization
Organizational Research Methods 2008 11: 795-814
James M. LeBreton and Jenell L. Senter Answers to 20 Questions About
Interrater Reliability and Interrater Agreement Organizational Research
Methods 2008 11: 815-852.
Christopher L. Shook
Book Review: Ketchen, D. J., & Bergh, D. D. (Eds.). (2004). Research
methodology in strategy and management, Vol. 1. Oxford, UK: Elsevier
Organizational Research Methods 2008 11: 853-854.
Robert P. Wright
Book Review: Ketchen, D. J., Jr., & Bergh, D. D. (Eds.). (2005). Research
methodology in strategy and management, Vol. 2. Oxford, UK: Elsevier, JAI
Organizational Research Methods 2008 11: 855-859
Franz T. Lohrke
Book Review: Ketchen, D. J., Jr., & Bergh, D. D. (Eds.). (2006). Research
methodology in strategy and management, Vol. 3. Oxford, UK: Elsevier
Organizational Research Methods 2008 11: 860-864.
Robert J. Vandenberg
Terry College of Business
Department of Management
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-6256
Voice: 706-542-3720 (Brooks: Tues.-Thurs.-Fri) or
706-542-4328 (Ramsey: Mon.-Weds.)
Fax: 706-542-3743
Home: 706-310-0906
Terry College: http://www.terry.uga.edu
Department of Management: http://www.terry.uga.edu/management/
Editor, Organizational Research Methods -- http://orm.sagepub.com
Fellow, Institute for Behavioral Research -- http://www.ibr.uga.edu/
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Dear IBIMA conference participants,
I would like to share with you few developments in IBIMA conferences:
1) 6th though 9th IBIMA conference proceedings are now classified at ISI Thomson Scientific Index (10th IBIMA Underway). IBIMA will continue to work hard on your behalf to ensure that your quality research is well recognized by research committee worldwide.
2) This of course in addition to the fact that all IBIMA conference proceedings have ISBN and are treated as books.
3) In celebration of the 10th IBIMA conference, IBIMA has recently launched its brand new Journal "Communications of the IBIMA". This will be an online journal and will publish full paper reviewed, accepted, and presented at IBIMA conference (regular and virtual). This will start with the 10th IBIMA papers. For more information, please visit the journal website: http://www.ibima.org/cibima.html
4) the 11th IBIMA conference will be held in Cairo, Egypt 4-6, 2009. All information are available on the website http://www.ibima.org
More exciting news about IBIMA will be coming soon
Best regards
Khalid S. Soliman
11th IBIMA Conference Chair
Dr. Khalid S. Soliman
International Business Information Management Association, USA
Associate Professor of MIS
Hempstead, New York 11549 USA
http://www.khalidsoliman.com
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Book Announcements:
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I'm pleased to announce the third edition of "Building Biotechnology," a comprehensive biotechnology industry primer. This book is widely used as a text in biotechnology management programs (www.BuildingBiotechnology.com/textbook.php ) and is designed to enable
seasoned business professionals and entrepreneurial scientists alike to understand the drivers of biotechnology businesses and apply their established skills for commercial success.
Complete details and a link to the instructor resource site are available at
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Position Announcements:
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The Management Group in the Lee Kong Chian School of Business at Singapore Management University invites applications for multiple tenure track positions starting July 2009. The positions will be filled at the rank of Assistant, Associate or Full Professor of Management.
About the Management Group: The Management Group currently consists of 14 tenured or tenure track faculty members and 6 practice track faculty members. They work across the following research areas: international business, strategic management, entrepreneurship, macro-organisational theory and technology and innovation management. They are drawn from leading universities in the United States and Europe such as Carnegie-Mellon, HBS, INSEAD, LBS, MIT, Oxford, Tilburg, Tufts, RPI, UCLA and Wharton. The Management Group is largely composed of young, active researchers who have been able to create a strong research culture and a collegial working atmosphere. Further information about the faculty members is available on http://www.business.smu.edu.sg/faculty/index_discgrp.asp?discgrp=MGMT.
Working conditions and compensation are comparable to major research universities in the United States. Supports for conference, research grants, and a visiting scholar programme are generous. The normal teaching load is four sections/courses. Entry level positions have a reduced teaching load of three sections and have in the past taught them all in one term.
About Singapore Management University and Lee Kong Chian School of Business: Since its incorporation in 2000, Singapore Management University (SMU) has established undergraduate and postgraduate programmes that aim to produce leaders and creative entrepreneurs capable of excelling in a rapidly changing and dynamic world. Set up as Singapore's first private university offering a style of education modelled after The Wharton School, SMU occupies a state-of-the-art city campus located in the heart of Singapore's civic, cultural and business districts. Today, SMU is home to more than 6,000 students and 240 faculty members and comprises six schools: the School of Accountancy; Lee Kong Chian School of Business; School of Economics; School of Information Systems; School of Law; and School of Social Sciences. SMU's vision is to be a premier university, internationally recognised for its world class research and distinguished teaching. Lee Kong Chian School of Business is the largest of SMU's six schools. The school is home to around 3,000 students and around 100 faculty members. A milestone in the school's development was the launch of the MBA programme in 2008.
Application deadline and procedure: The application deadline is October 31, 2008. Applicants should submit (1) a letter with their research and teaching statement, (2) a curriculum vitae, (3) examples of research, (4) evidence of teaching ability, if available, and (5) three letters of reference. The applications should be sent to managementcv@smu.edu.sg. Applications after the deadline will be considered if the positions are not filled. Applicants must have completed the doctoral degree prior to taking up employment. Any further questions relating to the positions can be directed to Mats Lingblad, Assistant Professor of Management (matslingblad@smu.edu.sg).
Mats Lingblad
Assistant Professor of Management
Lee Kong Chian School of Business
Singapore Management University
50 Stamford Road
Singapore 178899
Singapore
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Please excuse cross postings.
The Department of Organization and Strategy at Tilburg University invites applications for multiple tenure track positions starting in 2009. The rank for at least one of the positions is open, but we expect to fill several of the positions at the rank of Assistant Professor. We are able to hire faculty to start in any month during 2009.
The Department of Organization and Strategy currently consists of 19 tenured or tenure track faculty members and 8 lecturers. They work in the following research areas: strategic management, international management, operations management, and management and organization theory. They are drawn from leading universities in the United States, Asia and Europe. The Department has a very strong research orientation. The department is involved with several research institutes, including the Center for Innovation Research that it recently co-founded. Innovation research is therefore one of the group's priorities.
The Department is involved in three bachelor programs, three MSc programs, an MPhil program and a PhD-program. All programs except one of the bachelor programs are taught in English. Non-Dutch-speaking candidates will be asked to teach in English only. The standard working language of the Department is English.
Further information about the Department is available at http://www.tilburguniversity.nl/faculties/feb/organisation/dept/os/
We aim to maximize the research time available to active faculty, and working conditions are otherwise comparable to major research universities in the United States and Europe. The standard teaching load is equivalent to two courses plus guidance of five master thesis projects. Compensation is competitive with comparable schools, and there is ample support for conferences and other research related expenses.
Tilburg University is one of Europe's leading universities in the fields of economics and business administration. Tilburg is a pleasant city located in the Southern Netherlands, in the middle of one of Europe's largest high-tech regions and equidistant to Amsterdam (Netherlands), Brussels (Belgium) and the Düsseldorf/Cologne area (Germany).
The application deadline is October 15, 2008. Applicants should submit (1) a letter with their research and teaching statement, (2) a curriculum vitae, (3) examples of research, and (4) evidence of teaching ability. In addition they should ask three referees to send a letter of reference. Applications and letters of reference should be sent to n.g.boelhouwer@uvt.nl. Applications after the deadline will be considered if the positions are not filled. Applicants are expected to have completed their doctoral thesis prior to taking up employment. Any further questions relating to the positions can be directed to Sytse Douma, the Head of the Department, at s.w.douma@uvt.nl.
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Apologies for Cross-Listings
The David Eccles School of Business of the University of Utah (www.business.utah.edu) seeks to fill a tenure-track faculty position in STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT.
While all ranks will be considered, an assistant professor is preferred. Candidates should hold a Ph.D. in strategy with a focus in one or more of the following areas: entrepreneurship, innovation, management of technology, or international business is preferred. A strong research record and teaching experience are required for other than entry level hires. Application and all supporting materials should be submitted by October 15, 2008 and will continue to be received until the position is filled or April 30, 2008 [editor note: probably 2009].
The Strategic Management Group includes Bill Hesterly, Bill Schulze, Karin Fladmoe-Lindquist, Lyda Bigelow, Lindy Archambeau, and Ming Piao. The David Eccles School of Business offers degree programs at the undergraduate, masters, executive and doctoral levels, and teaching opportunities are available in each program.
The David Eccles School of Business faculty is well-recognized for its research and scholarship. It was ranked 28th in the world in research in the most recent Financial Times Executive MBA Rankings. The Department of Management includes established scholars in Strategic Management and Organizational Behavior. Adjacent to the campus is a Research Park, home to more than 30 technology-oriented businesses with close research and operational ties to the University. Salt Lake City is known as a hotbed for technology-oriented business startups that provide great opportunities for student learning and research. The University of Utah is also home to the Lassonde Entrepreneurship Center, which recently received a gift of $13.5 million.
The School is also the host institution for the University Venture Fund. The University of Utah values candidates who have experience working in settings with students from diverse backgrounds, and who possess a demonstrated commitment to improving access to higher education for historically underrepresented students.
The University of Utah is located in Salt Lake City, site of the 2002 Winter Olympics, at the foot of the Wasatch Mountains. Salt Lake City is the state capitol and home to many businesses and nonprofit organizations. The metropolitan area has a population of approximately one million residents and is a major urban center in the intermountain west. Salt Lake City has extensive arts and cultural activities and a major airport close to downtown. It is at the foot of the Rocky Mountains and has four distinct seasons, including mild winters and warm summers and offers excellent opportunities for outdoor recreation, including easy access to the mountains, the red rock country of the Colorado Plateau, and eight national parks. Eight major ski areas (including Alta, Snowbird, and Park City) are located with one hour's drive of the University.
Interested individuals should write (preferably by e-mail), enclosing curriculum vitae, a sample of research papers and 3 letters of recommendation, to
Professor Don Wardell
Chair, Department of Management
don.wardell@utah.edu
David Eccles School of Business
University of Utah
1645 E Campus Center Drive (106)
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
The University of Utah is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer, encourages applications from women and minorities, and provides reasonable accommodation to the known disabilities of applicants and employees.
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Job announcements at the University of Twente, Netherlands
The School of Management and Governance offers undergraduate and graduate training in business and in the social sciences. The School focuses on management, governance, innovation, technology and entrepreneurship. In all these fields, the School provides bachelor, master and professional development programmes. In addition, scientific and applied research is carried out in various settings, such as health care, tertiary education, banking, and service business industries. Research is accommodated within the university research institutes: The Institute for Governance Studies (IGS), and the Centre for Telematics and Information Technology (CTIT). The School has approximately 350 staff and 2,200 students.
Department of Operations, Organization, & Human Resources (see the web-site http://www.mb.utwente.nl/oohr/) is active in the research and teaching in the fields of Operations Management, Organisation Studies and Human Resource Management. More specifically the focus is on the structure, development and management of organisations, especially in innovative organisations in technological environments. This results in a focus on the dynamic fit between the organisation and its environment and on a strategic use of human and technological resources. Starting points are, among others, modern contingency, stakeholder and supply chain management approaches and structuration perspectives. Within the department Operations Organization and Human Resources (OOHR) we are looking for:
FULL PROFESSOR
Technology Management
Innovation of Operations
1.0 Fte
More information: http://www.utwente.nl/vacatures/vacatures_externe_werving/Externe%20vacatures%20WP/08-210-eng.doc/
and
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
in technology management, organization studies or human resource management
with a special interest in innovation management
More information: http://www.utwente.nl/vacatures/vacatures_externe_werving/Externe%20vacatures%20WP/08-231.eng.doc/
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Multiple Faculty Position Openings
Management and Organizations
Fuqua School of Business
Duke University
The Management and Organizations Area at the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University is seeking tenure-track faculty for Fall 2008 appointment. We will consider candidates at all levels, but are especially seeking appointments at the associate, full or chair level. We are seeking faculty at the Full or Chair level with specialties relevant to leadership and/or ethics. We are interested in candidates who have research and teaching strength in topics such as cross-cultural and international management, leadership, ethics, decision making, trust, justice, power, teams, social networks, innovation, virtual and distributed organizational forms, and other topics associated with emergent interpersonal and organizational issues. Applicants should (depending upon level) demonstrate achievement of, or potential for, excellence in research and in teaching fulltime MBA and executive MBA students. Accomplished academic background in psychology, organizational behavior, organizational theory, sociology, or related fields is required.
The Management and Organizations Area at the Fuqua School of Business. The Management and Organizations Area and the Fuqua School as a whole have an excellent, growing faculty that undertakes its research and teaching activities throughout the world. The tenure-track members of the Management and Organizations area include Jonathon Cummings, Greg Fischer, Rick Larrick, Allan Lind, Patty Linville, John Payne, Ashleigh Rosette, Blair Sheppard, Sim Sitkin, Jack Soll, Kimberly Wade-Benzoni. Two Research Centers - The Center on Leadership and Ethics (COLE) and the Center on Decision Research -- are led by our faculty. Faculty are also involved in our centers involving International Business, Social Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Health Sector Management, and Environmental Issues. We enjoy many ties to scholars throughout the school and across Duke University. As a result, Fuqua provides a rich personal and intellectual environment. Fuqua's web page provides links throughout our school, university, and communities (www.fuqua.duke.edu).
Community: The "Triangle" area of Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill and surrounding communities is a wonderful place, frequently cited as one of the best places in the United States to live. Our region in North Carolina is one of the fastest growing and most dynamics parts of the U.S., with an outstanding variety of arts, social, recreational, educational, and intellectual opportunities.
Research Environment: We have a supportive research culture that is driven by the goal of outstanding scholarship, at all levels of the faculty. The research environment is rich with opportunities for field research in addition to larger sample empirical work. Many local and global organizations have key locations at Research Triangle Park and elsewhere in the Triangle area, and there are many opportunities for Fuqua faculty members to conduct research at dynamic companies and social organizations. In addition, our strong Executive Education and multi-faceted MBA degree programs provide many opportunities to link with companies throughout the world. The school provides faculty members with strong research support, including summer research funding, research assistants from our doctoral programs, world-class colleagues in departments and schools throughout Duke University, and strong linkages with outstanding faculty members and doctoral students at UNC-Chapel Hill and other nearby universities.
Teaching: Our teaching environment is innovative and exciting. The Fuqua School has several MBA degree programs with a global student body, plus extensive open-enrollment Executive Education and Corporate Education programs. Faculty members generally teach in the programs that most interest them. Business Week, the Financial Times, and other business publications have ranked our programs among the best in the world in recent years. Management teaching plays a central role in all our programs and there is ample room for developing new courses and modules in any program.
Interested candidates should send a vita, letter of application, three letters of recommendation, and representative samples of research (publications, working papers, or dissertation proposals). We will give priority to applications that we receive before October 31, 2008.
Applications must be submitted electronically:
http://faculty.fuqua.duke.edu/areas/management/managementrecruit.html
Recruiting Coordinator: Beverly James, Management Area Recruiting Coordinator, Fuqua School of Business, Box 90120, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA, 27708.
Duke University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer
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Quoting PC Palmer <pc_palmer@cox.net: Hello -
I am a doctoral student in desperate need of more participants to complete a 10-minute survey on training and training evaluation issues. It was suggested to me that I try asking several of the Academy of Management listservs to post my training survey participant request (see below for the survey email/link) to their message boards. Would you please consider this?
In terms of survey participants, I am looking for full-time professionals/working adults from a variety of organizations. In particular, I am looking for executive-level participants (director-level and above) but need participants who are managers or individual contributors as well.
Please let me know if you have any questions, or if you need additional information.
Thank you in advance for your consideration,
Penny Palmer
Hello -
You are invited to participate in an online survey of training-related decisions, expectations, and evaluation data preferences. Under the guidance of Dr. Kurt Kraiger, Penny Palmer, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Tulsa, is executing this research in order to collect data for her
dissertation project.
This survey is being conducted to understand more about how individuals in a variety of organizations feel about training and training evaluation. It only takes about 10 minutes to complete the survey!
The online survey includes questions about the types of training investment decisions you make, the outcomes you expect to result from training, and the training evaluation criteria you would most likely use to make training-related decisions. In addition, you are asked to complete some
job/demographic information so that group differences can be examined. No
individual-level data will be released about any survey responses.
In return for your participation, you may request a copy of the survey results. This report will provide information on the types of training-related investments, outcome expectations, and evaluation data preferences of a variety of training stakeholders (e.g., executives, managers, individual contributors). Knowing more about the various perspectives, interests, and needs of training's stakeholders can be useful in many ways. For example, providing organizational members with the type of training-related information that is found to be compelling can, in turn, facilitate more effective decision-making.
This survey is very important - I hope you will agree to participate!
To complete the survey, or for more information, please click on the link below:
<https://www.zipsurvey.com/LaunchSurvey.aspx?suid=29281&Key=9F6EDB91
https://www.zipsurvey.com/LaunchSurvey.aspx?suid=29281&Key=9F6EDB91
You can also contact the researcher for more information:
PC Palmer, M.A., PHR mailto:penelope-palmer@utulsa.edu penelope-palmer@utulsa.edu
918.230.3461
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Darlene
Darlene Alexander-Houle
Global Program Manager, Hewlett-Packard
Adjunct Global Business and Management, University of Phoenix
darlene.alexander-houle@hp.com
dahoule@email.phoenix.edu