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Call for Papers and Participation: 9th Annual International Symposium on Economic Theory, Policy and Applications, 21-24 July 2014, Athens, Greece

The Economics Research Unit of the Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) will hold its 9th Annual International Symposium on Economic Theory, Policy and Applications, 21-24 July 2014, Athens, Greece. For further details, please go to the conference website: http://www.atiner.gr/economics.htm. The registration fee is €300 (euro), covering access to all sessions, two lunches, coffee breaks and conference material. Special arrangements will be made with a local luxury hotel for a limited number of rooms at a special conference rate. In addition, a number of special events will be organized: A Greek night of entertainment with dinner, a special one-day cruise in the Greek islands, an archaeological tour of Athens and a one-day visit to Delphi.

The aim of the conference is to bring together scholars and students of all areas of economics and other related disciplines. Sessions will be organized along the lines of the Journal of Economic Literature Classification Index (Please link to AEA webpage for subtopics):

A – General Economics and Teaching
B – History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches
C – Mathematical and Quantitative Methods
D – Microeconomics
E – Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics
F – International Economics
G – Financial Economics
H – Public Economics
I – Health, Education, and Welfare
J – Labor and Demographic Economics
K – Law and Economics
L – Industrial Organization
M – Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting
N – Economic History
O – Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth
P – Economic Systems
Q – Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics
R – Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics
Y – Miscellaneous Categories
Z – Other Special Topics

Please submit a 300-word abstract by email, atiner@atiner.gr, by 23 December 2013 to: Dr. John Roufagalas, Head, Economics Research Unit, ATINER & Professor, Troy University, USA.Please include: Title of Paper, Full Name (s), Current Position, Institutional Affiliation, an email address and at least 3 keywords that best describe the subject of your submission. Please use the abstract submitting form available at http://www.atiner.gr/2014/FORM-ECO.doc. Decisions are reached within 4 weeks.

If you want to participate without presenting a paper, i.e. organize a mini conference or a panel (session), chair a session, review papers to be included in the conference proceedings or books, contribute to the editing of a book, or any other contribution, please send an email to Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, (gtp@atiner.gr), President, ATINER.

The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) was established in 1995 as an independent academic association with the mission to become a forum, where academics and researchers – from all over the world – could meet in Athens to exchange ideas on their research and to discuss future developments in their disciplines. Since 1995, ATINER has organized more than 200 international conferences, symposiums and events. It has also published approximately 150 books. Academically, the Institute consists of five Research Divisions and twenty-three Research Units. Each Research Unit organizes an annual conference and undertakes various small and large research projects. Academics and researchers are more than welcome to become members and contribute to ATINER’s objectives. The members of the Institute can undertake a number of academic activities. If you want to become a member, please download the form (membership form). For more information or suggestions, please send an email to: info@atiner.gr.

Call for Papers and Participation: 7th Annual International Conference on Business and Society in a Global Economy, 19-22 December 2013, Athens, Greece

The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) will hold its 7th Annual International Conference on Business and Society in a Global Economy, 19-22 December 2013, Athens, Greece. The aim of the conferences is to give an opportunity to academics and researchers to present their work to other academics and researchers of different disciplines. There are no specific themes. In the past papers were presented from all areas of Social Sciences, Business, Arts and History. You may participate as panel organizer, presenter of one paper, chair a session or observer. For more information visit the conference website http://www.atiner.gr/cbc.htm. All papers are peer reviewed and published by ATINER in its specialized volumes of books (http://www.atiner.gr/docs/BOOK_PUBLICATIONS.htm). Also the abstracts and the submitted papers are published after the conference in ATINER’s series of abstract books and conference papers. Special arrangements will be made with a local luxury hotel for a limited number of rooms at a special conference rate. In addition, a number of special events will be organized: A Greek night of entertainment with dinner, a special one-day cruise in the Greek islands, an archaeological tour of Athens and a visit to Delphi. The registration fee is €300 (euro), covering access to all sessions, two lunches, coffee breaks and conference material. If you think that you can contribute, please send an abstract of about 300 words, via email atiner@atiner.gr, before 31 August 2013 to: Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, President, ATINER. Abstracts should include: Title of Paper, Family Name(s), First Name(s), Institutional Affiliation, Current Position, an email address and at least 3 keywords that best describe the subject of the submission. Please use the abstract submitting form available at http://www.atiner.gr/2013/FORM-CBC.doc. Announcement of the decision is made within 4 weeks after submission, which includes information on registration deadlines and paper submission requirements. If you want to participate without presenting a paper, i.e. organize a mini conference or a panel (session), chair a session, evaluate papers to be included in the conference proceedings or books, contribute to the editing of a book, or any other contribution, please send an email to Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, President, ATINER.

The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) was established in 1995 as an independent academic association with the mission to become a forum, where academics and researchers – from all over the world – could meet in Athens to exchange ideas on their research and to discuss future developments in their disciplines. Since 1995, ATINER has organized more than 200 international conferences, symposiums and events. It has also published approximately 150 books. Academically, the Institute consists of five Research Divisions and twenty-three Research Units. Each Research Unit organizes an annual conference and undertakes various small and large research projects. Academics and researchers are more than welcome to become members and contribute to ATINER’s objectives. The members of the Institute can undertake a number of academic activities. If you want to become a member, please download the form (membership form). For more information or suggestions, please send an email to: info@atiner.gr.

Call for papers: SI Journal of Business Ethics

Special issue of the Journal of Business Ethics on the theme of ‘Context Influences on Workplace Ethics and Justice.’:

This Special Issue seeks to add to the field of enquiry at the intersection of organizational justice and behavioral ethics by focusing specifically on important but so far overlooked contextual influences on behavioral ethics and justice at work, for example culture, workgroup composition, social domains, leader’s use of ethics and fairness, incentive systems, and situational cues that prime values or identities. We are especially encouraging submissions based on well-designed empirical investigations of these issues, but will also consider strong conceptual and theoretical contributions. The deadline for submission is December 1, 2013. For further information and details on the Special Issue please view the call for papers at http://ojberg.org/ojberg/journal-of-business-ethics-special-issue-call-for-papers-context-influences-on-workplace-ethics-and-justice/

Call for Papers: Qualitative Comparative Analysis Applications and Methodological Challenges

November, 22 – 23, 2013 | Goethe-University Frankfurt

Since the publication of the seminal work “The Comparative Method” by Charles Ragin in 1987, set-theoretic methods and especially Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) have become a common research strategy in the social sciences. Over the last decades, scholars from sociology, organization studies, and political science have not only deepened the knowledge on design questions and technical details related to QCA, but have produced an increasing amount of studies using QCA in its different forms (csQCA, fsQCA, mvQCA and also tQCA).

Nevertheless, there still are challenges, pitfalls and open questions regarding all kinds of QCAs. For the planned conference, we invite empirically oriented research papers in the social sciences that use QCA. We hereby especially encourage submissions which address among others one of the following topics:

QCA and Large N

We invite for the submission of empirical QCA papers working with large numbers of cases. So far, there has been a certain consensus that QCA works best with a mid-sized number of cases. However, while there is consensus on not going below a certain number, such a consensus does not exist with regard to how large the number of cases may become. On the basis of empirical research, we want to debate what characteristics, potential and problems may arise in QCA research if N gets big or even too big.

QCA and Time

We also look for empirical applications that look at cases from a diachronic perspective or include sequential developments into their QCAs. Despite some valuable contributions, the question how to integrate time into a QCA continues to prevail. On the basis of conducted research, we want to discuss the challenges of changing membership scores over time and the rather limited level of complexity for which analyses of sequential developments with temporal QCA (tQCA) allow.

QCA and Mixed Methods

Finally, we encourage the submission of empirical contributions which discuss the use of qualitative and quantitative data and/or qualitative and quantitative strategies of analysis within a single QCA-study, or other mixed-methods approaches. Such research strategies promise a variety of benefits, such as complementarity; gaining of deeper insights into the data; and the cross-validation of findings. The aim of this conference is to take stock of these fields in set-theoretic research. We welcome paper proposals from new and established scholars focusing on empirically sound and advanced state QCA from sociology, political and organization science. It is planned to publish the best papers in an edited volume.

An additional panel will focus on QCAs-in-the-making, i.e. planned or just started QCA projects in the first research phases. Again, we invite both new and established QCA-users to present promising future work.

All accepted papers will be commented by QCA-experts. Moreover, a Round Table will debate the main topics at the end of the conference. This conference follows up on a previous event, organized in Hamburg in 2012.

Please send your paper proposal (200 – 300 words) to the local organizer Jonas Buche (buche@soz.uni-frankfurt.de) by August 1, 2013.

Prior to the conference, on November 20 and 21, an Introductory Workshop to QCA by Jonas Buche and Markus Siewert is offered. The registration fee for the workshop is 150€. The number of participants for the workshop is limited to 30, so we ask for early registration. The minimum number of participants is 15. Admission takes place in the order of applications.

Registration

If you just want to register for the conference please send an email to Jonas Buche as well (buche@soz.uni-frankfurt.de).

N.B.: There will be no conference fee; travel and accommodation should be covered by the participants themselves.

Conference Organizers:

Claudius Wagemann (Goethe-University Frankfurt)
Betina Hollstein (University of Hamburg)
Jörg Raab (Tilburg University)

Call for Papers: Sixth International Symposium on Process Organization Studies

Call for Papers
Sixth International Symposium on Process Organization Studies

Theme: Organizational routines: How they are created, maintained, and changed

General process-oriented and theme-focused papers are invited

www.process-symposium.com

19-21 June 2014
Elysium Resort & Spa, Rhodes, Greece
www.elysium.gr

Conveners:

Jennifer Howard-Grenville, University of Oregon, USA
Claus Rerup, Western University, Canada
Ann Langley, HEC Montreal, Canada
Haridimos Tsoukas, University of Cyprus, Cyprus & University of Warwick, UK

Keynote Speakers:

Paul Dourish, Professor of Informatics, University of California, Irvine, USA, author of Where the Action Is: The Foundations of Embodied Interaction
Martha Feldman, Johnson Chair for Civic Governance and Public Management, Professor of Social Ecology, Political Science, Business and Sociology, University of California, Irvine, USA
Bob Mesle, Professor of Philosophy & Religion, Graceland University, USA, author of Process-Relational Philosophy: An Introduction to Alfred North Whitehead

Deadline for submissions of extended abstracts: January 31st, 2014.

For more information, please see attachment or visit: http://www.process-symposium.com

Call for Papers: Erwerbsarbeit um welchen Preis?

Call for Papers (Dissertationsprojekte) zum

3. Young Scholars‘ Workshop des SAMF e.V.
Erwerbsarbeit um welchen Preis?

Die Jahrestagung 2014 der Deutschen Vereinigung für sozialwissenschaftliche Arbeitsmarktforschung (SAMF) e.V. widmet sich am 21./22. Februar in Berlin (Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht), den Bedingungen und der Qualität von Erwerbsarbeit. Im Rahmen dieser Tagung wird vorab am 20. und 21. Februar der dritte Young Scholars‘ Workshop des
SAMF e.V. stattfinden. Er soll Doktorandinnen und Doktoranden ein Forum zur Vorstellung und Diskussion ihrer Dissertationsprojekte im Kontext der Tagungsthemen bieten.

Abstracts werden bis zum 30.10.2013 erbeten.

Weitere Informationen

Call for Papers: Sustainable people management practices in the Asia Pacific

Emerald Publishing is extending an invitation and call for papers for a special issue of the Asia Pacific Journal of Business Administration (APJBA) focused on the theme of

Sustainable People Management in the Asia Pacific

The invitation is to scholars generally, but to scholars in the Asia Pacific region in particular, in the quest to contribute a regional voice to this growing research area.

The deadline for manuscript submission is 31st January 2014.

Further Information

Call for Papers: Corporate Masterminds – Executive Management Teams in Focus

Call for papers for a Special Issue of Team Performance Management, titled

“Corporate Masterminds – Executive Management Teams in Focus”

Over the last decade, academic researchers have shown a strong interest in executive management teams, as their members are the most influential corporate decision-makers and largely determine various external (e.g. strategic direction, firm performance) and internal (e.g. leadership style, organizational structure) outcomes. The special issue aims to advance our theoretical and empirical understanding of the composition of executive management teams, the interplay of different actors, and the impact of contextual settings.

Submission deadline is November 1, 2013.

Further Information

Call for Papers: 2nd Biennial Africa Academy of Management Conference

Africa Academy of Management
Call for Participants for the 2nd Biennial Africa Academy of Management Conference
Hosted by University of Botswana in Gaborone
January 8-11, 2014

Deadline: June 30, 2013

Conference Theme: Sustainable Development in Africa through Management Theory, Research and Practice

The Africa Academy of Management is delighted to announce its 2nd Biennial Conference which will be held on January 8-11, 2014 in Gaborone, Botswana. The conference will bring together scholars from Africa and around the world who are interested in our theme: “Sustainable Development in Africa through Management Theory, Research and Practice.”

In accordance with the theme, we invite papers and symposia on topics focusing on Africa, in all subject areas of management: international management, human resource management, organizational behavior, corporate social responsibility, management education, strategic management, entrepreneurship and other related subject areas. All manuscripts will be double-blind reviewed. Please visit our website: http://www.africa-aom.org for submission deadline, program outline, conference registration fees, conference tracks, travel information, hotel accommodation, etc.

Enquiries:

Program Committee: If you have questions, you may contact any of the following members
Dr. Eileen Kwesiga, Bryant University (USA)
Dr. Moses Acquaah, University of North Carolina at Greensboro (USA)
Dr. Margaret Crabbe, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration
Dr. Elham Metwally, American University in Cairo (Egypt)
Dr. Nceku Nyathi, The Open University Business School (UK)
Dr. David Zoogah, Morgan State University (USA)

CALL FOR PAPERS

Program Chair: Dr. Eileen Kwesiga, Bryant University (USA)
Local Arrangements: Dr. Dorothy Mpabanga, University of Botswana

PAPER SUBMISSION INFORMATION

Submissions are due June 30, 2013 via http://www.africa-aom.org 18:00 GMT. At least one author of a paper) must register and present their work at the conference. For symposia, all panelists must register and attend the conference.

Registration fees:

Members of AFAM: $250.00
Non-members of AFAM: $350.00

Authors are requested to assist in the review process. Submission guidelines at: https://africa-aom.org.

Submission Tracks

Track 1: Entrepreneurship and Small Business (Chair: Dr. Benson Honig)

The entrepreneurship and SME track welcomes both empirical and conceptual papers examining issues relating to sustainability in both entrepreneurial and family and small business research in Africa. Papers that are welcome include unique contributions related to incubation, nascent entrepreneurship, microcredit, ownership succession, incubation, microenterprise promotion and training, transnational entrepreneurship, and social entrepreneurship, as well as empirical and conceptual topics related to the sustainability of entrepreneurial activities in Africa not mentioned above.

Track 2: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (Chair: ConstantD. Beugré)

This combined track welcomes conceptual and empirical papers including all aspects of both organizational behavior and human resources management, preferably in an African context. For organizational behavior, areas of interests include but are not limited to: organizational effectiveness, group dynamics, motivation, leadership, change, decision making, organizational culture, organizational design, organizational justice, stress management, personality and perception. For human resources management, we seek papers in the areas of: compensation, performance appraisal, recruitment, selection, staffing, training, career development and management of human capital.

Track 3: Public Policy, Administration of Government, and Non-governmental Organizations (Chair: Dr. Elham Metwally)

We encourage papers from academics, researchers, and professionals that investigate public and non-governmental organizations. The papers may address topics related to any of the following: Public governance; capacity building; public service quality; public management in complex environments; E-government; workplace democracy and public administration; education and training; public accountability; social enterprise in challenging environments and times; Third Sector or non-governmental organizations; stakeholder engagement; social capital; public entrepreneurship; public sector reforms; partnerships with the private sector. Studies of other areas not included here but which relate to management of public organizations and NGO are also encouraged.

Track 4: Strategy and International Management (Chair: Dr. Moses Acquaah)

The Strategy and International Management track welcomes conceptual and empirical papers that focus on all areas of strategy and international management in an African context both in the private and public sector; and a comparative analysis of the African context with other contexts of the world. For strategy, areas of interests include but are not limited to: business or competitive strategy formulation and implementation, strategic planning, strategy-structure relationships, strategic leadership, innovation, corporate strategy in general, diversification and portfolio strategies, vertical integration and sourcing relationships, social capital and networking relationships, corporate governance, the resource-based view, knowledge management, industrial organization economics, acquisitions, strategic alliances and interorganizational relationships, technology and innovation management, composition and processes of top management teams, and strategic control and reward systems. Areas of interest for international management should focus on the theory, research, and practice of management with a cross-border or cross-cultural dimension. Topics should include but are not limited to: market entry strategy, cross-border alliances and cooperative strategies, the management of cross-border operations, the differential impact of cultural, social, economic, technological, political, and other institutional forces on cross-border operations, management practices and strategies, the international competitiveness of firms, industries, and nations; and comparative management studies involving two or more countries.

Track 5: General Management (Chair: Dr. Judy Muthuri)

The General Management track welcomes conceptual and empirical papers that focus on general management including but not limited to the following topics: innovation and change management, corporate governance and accountability, sustainable decisions in organizations, and corporate social responsibility. The track welcomes papers with theoretical and practical insights into general management across all types of organizations operating in the African context. We particularly encourage papers that adopt a multi-disciplinary approach, and seek to integrate macro, meso and micro-levels of analysis.

PDW/Caucus (Chair: Dr. Amanuel Tekleab)

Entries can be either a proposal for a structured discussion on a topic of common interest, or for a workshop. Proposals should be aimed at helping fellow attendees by providing a forum through which they can engage each other. Submissions should describe the activities, goals and time/equipment required.

Doctoral Consortium & Junior Faculty Consortium (Chair: Dr. Augustine Lado)

These consortia are designed to provide ideas, tools, and strategies to be successful by drawing upon the experiences of senior faculty colleagues. Research in the early stages of development will also be considered to assist members improve their works for publication. Sessions will be structured as roundtable discussions to facilitate additional development and coaching. This is an excellent way for doctoral students to become involved in AFAM. These sessions will not appear in the proceedings.

Deadline for all submissions is June 30, 2013.

2013 INFORMS/Organization Science Dissertation Proposal Competition

Call for Submissions

Submission Deadline: July 1, 2013

We invite you to submit your dissertation proposal to the INFORMS/Organization Science Dissertation Proposal Competition. Now in its 21st year, this competition is one of the most prestigious available to doctoral students studying organizations. Eight finalists will be chosen, based on reviews by experienced referees. Finalists will present their dissertation proposals in a workshop on Saturday, October 5, 2013 at the fall INFORMS Conference held in Minneapolis, MN. During the workshop finalists will receive detailed feedback from a panel of respected organizational scholars who act as final judges for the competition. The all-day workshop also provides a wonderful opportunity to interact with a small group of future colleagues. At the workshop, the judges will select a winner and a runner up.

In order for their dissertation proposals to be considered for this competition, students must meet the following eligibility criteria:

  • Students must have defended their dissertation proposal between August 1, 2012, and August 1, 2013, but not yet defended their dissertation.
  • The expected completion date for students’ dissertations should be on or before July 1, 2014.
  • No part of the dissertation or dissertation proposal may be accepted for publication, provisionally or otherwise, at an academic journal prior to submission for this competition.

We encourage all eligible doctoral students who are studying topics related to organization science to submit summaries of their dissertation proposals. Dissertation proposals addressing issues related to any aspect of organization theory, organizational behavior, strategy, business ethics, or entrepreneurship are welcome.

Submissions should meet the following formatting criteria: Proposal summaries must be no longer than 15 double-spaced pages in 12-point Times font with 1-inch margins. Up to 7 additional pages containing references and exhibits may be included.

Because this is a dissertation proposal competition, empirical results should not appear in the dissertation proposal summary or appendices.

Dissertation proposals will be judged based on soundness of theory, methodological rigor, and contribution to the field of organization science. In keeping with the mission of the INFORMS College on Organization Science, boldness and innovation of the dissertation will be important criteria in the judging process.

The competition is being coordinated this year by Emily Block of the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business. We are fortunate to again be using Organization Science’s ScholarOne Manuscripts submission system to manage dissertation proposal submissions and reviews. The web address for submissions is http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/orgsci. If you do not already have an account you will have to create one. This is a quick and easy process.

Applications must be received by July 1, 2013. Dissertation proposal summaries that do not meet the formatting criteria will be returned to students without review. In addition to the proposal summary, each application must include a nomination letter from the applicant’s adviser certifying that the student is likely to complete the dissertation by July 1, 2014 and the date when the student advanced to candidacy – there is no need for a detailed recommendation letter.

Please follow Organization Science’s instructions for submitting your proposal. A couple of important things to note:

  • In step 1, select the manuscript type “Proposal.”
  • In step 2, Attributes, please select a few key words to aid in assigning reviewers.
  • In step 4, Reviewers and Editors, do not recommend any reviewers. However, you should indicate Emily Block as your preferred SENIOR EDITOR.
  • In step 5, Details and Comments, paste your cover letter into the window and use the browse attachment function to attach your COVER PAGE as well as YOUR ADVISER’S NOMINATION LETTER.
  • In step 6, Upload Files, upload a copy of your proposal WITHOUT ITS COVER PAGE OR OTHER IDENTIFYING INFORMATION. The first page should include only your dissertation title and abstract.

Please direct any inquiries to: Emily Block