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Reminder:

The deadline for submissions for the Ralph Alexander Best Dissertation Award is Friday, February 1^st.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.  Information about the award is summarized below:

Ralph Alexander Best Dissertation Award:
The Ralph Alexander Dissertation Award is given to the author of the best doctoral dissertation in the field of human resource management. In order to be eligible for this award, a dissertation must address a phenomenon that is of importance to the human resources field and have been completed with 24 months prior to the submission deadline. The winner of the dissertation award will receive a plaque and a $500 honorarium.

The award is based on the following criteria:

• The significance and importance of the problem to human resources.
• The extent to which the design, findings, or orientation advances research or theory.
• Given the length allotment, special attention will be paid to the conceptual development of the paper.

Nominations should adhere to the following procedures:

• An entrant should submit an electronic copy of their paper via email. Papers are limited to a maximum of 50 double-spaced pages (including title page, abstract, text, figures, tables, references, footnotes, appendices, etc.).
• The name of the submitter, his/her institutional affiliation, current mailing address, and phone number should appear only on the title page.
• A submitter must provide a letter from his/her dissertation chair specifying (a) that the paper submitted adequately represents the completed dissertation, and (b) the date the dissertation was accepted by the university.
• A paper may be submitted only once.
• Nominations must be received by February 1, 2008 to:

Suzanne Masterson ( suzanne.masterson@uc.edu)

Suzanne S. Masterson, Ph.D.