CALL FOR TRACK PROPOSALS IN ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
EURAM 2012 ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS
We are kindly inviting you to submit your track proposals to the new Organizational Behavior SIG, EURAM'12, Rotterdam.
Aims and Scope
The Organizational Behavior Special Interest Group aims at promoting research and networking interests in the individual and group behavior in the organizational context by providing a wide-ranging, engaged and internationally-focused forum to discuss and develop research and practice in the field. Conferences develop around a variety of papers on both well-established topics and in different new streams of research.
Themes
Organizational behavior deals with the study of individual and group behavior in the organizational context. Research on organizational behavior addresses issues facing today´s organizations such as immigration and increasing workforce diversity, technological innovation, teamwork, the use of flexible work arrangements, and leadership in flatter organizational structures. The purpose of this Strategic Interest Group is to develop an ongoing and constructive dialogue among organizational behavior scholars to conduct research that is relevant for management theory and practice in the contemporary world.
The following are some of the most relevant titles in organizational behavior:
Shared and distributed leadership
Followership and authentic leadership
Power, influence tactics and political skills
Work motivation and organizational justice
Trust and collaborative behavior
Individual and group decision-making
Surface and deep-level diversity in groups
Social categorization and identity processes
Small group behavior and intergroup cooperation
Group cognition and collective knowledge
Virtual and geographically dispersed teams
The adoption and diffusion of innovation
New flexible work arrangements, such as telecommuting
Organizational identification and change
Organizational change and individual transitions
Time perspectives and innovation
Work-nonwork relations and corporate social responsibility
Social networks within organizations
Participation and empowerment
Employees' well-being
Organizational demography
International organizational behavior
Sense-making in and around organizations
Performance and organizational citizenship behavior
Ethical managerial practices
The role of track organisers for the OB SIG
• Propose a track theme likely to attract enough participation
• Encourage submissions of full papers or alternative contributions
• Supervise the double-blind peer review process
• In agreement with the Scientific Committee and OB SIG chairs, send acceptance letters to authors.
Organisers are to submit the following information by email to euram2012@rsm.nl
· The title
• The Special Interest Group (SIG – ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR)
• The names, institutions, email addresses, phone numbers and research fields of the organisers
• A short description of the proposed track (maximum 1000 words), to include four key words that capture its essence
• A short bibliographical paragraph about the proposed topic submitted in the proposal
• An indication of the number of sessions and papers
• A short biography for each co-organizer
• The name of the corresponding organiser. This is the person who will be responsible for the final acceptance of the papers in your track, the coordination of co-organisers, and for communication with the organising committee as well as with colleagues at EURAM involved in organising the Conference
• A short description of your previous experiences of organising EURAM tracks/symposia/DWGs
• If you propose a track indicate a list of 20 people who have committed to act as reviewers for the track, indicating their names, institutions and email addresses
• Indicate the name of five engaged scholars who can attend the conference in the role of discussants. Specify their names, institutions and email addresses.
Submission deadline for Track Proposals 19 July, 2011
The EURAM Special Interest Group (SIG) ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR chairs and the EURAM'12 Conference Scientific Committee will evaluate submitted proposals.
The OB SIG Chair,
--Margarita Mayo
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Margarita Mayo, PhD
Professor of Organizational Behavior
IE Business School
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