CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
2014 Conference on Commitment
COMMITMENT IN ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXTS
November 14-15, 2014 Columbus, OH, USA
Objectives
This conference brings together a community of scholars interested in the phenomenon of commitment to share and discuss ideas and findings relating to the conference theme of "Commitment in Organizational Contexts." The purpose of this conference is to advance the literature by promoting leading-edge thinking on all aspects and forms of commitment in organizational contexts regardless of bases, mindsets or targets (e.g., commitment to organizations - employing or other, people, teams, occupation, goals, change efforts, decisions, values, etc.)
The small size of the conference promotes opportunities for informal interaction and dialogue among attendees to facilitate networking, collaboration, the sharing of ideas, and in-depth discussions to explore issues of personal interest. Individuals from fields including organizational behavior, human resource management, industrial and organizational psychology, decision making, industrial relations, and related fields concerned with commitment are welcome to attend.
Location
The conference will be held at the Blackwell Inn and Conference Center in the Fisher College of Business complex at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, USA. Columbus is located centrally in the United States and has many entertainment opportunities including the arts, theater, sports, shopping, and dining in unique settings.
Conference Format
The conference will begin late Friday afternoon November 14, 2014 with networking opportunities. Conference sessions will begin at 8:00 a.m. Saturday, November 15th and end at noon on Sunday, November 16th. There will be a single track of presentations of a variety of lengths and formats. Registration is required to attend the conference events.
Best Contributions
A special issue of Journal of Organizational Behavior will be developed from the best presentations and ideas from the conference. Appearing on the conference program does not ensure an authorship opportunity nor is it a prerequisite. Potential articles will be solicited by the program committee following the conference.
Submissions
The conference will be a mix of invited (30%) and peer reviewed (70%) presentations. Individuals interested in participating on the conference program need to submit an abstract for consideration. Proposals may be for single paper presentation but other formats (e.g., debates, panel discussions, round table discussions, symposia of related papers) are welcome and encouraged.
The deadline for receipt of submissions is March 15, 2014. The program committee will evaluate the submitted abstracts on a competitive basis. Submitters will be notified of program decisions by mid May, 2014.
Submissions must reflect original work that has not been previously presented or published or accepted for presentation or publication at the time of submission. The submission of an abstract indicates agreement by all presenters listed in that abstract to attend the conference should the submission be accepted.
Submissions may address any aspect of commitment in organizational contexts with a preference given to papers with the greatest potential to advance the commitment literature by providing new insights, perspectives, or methodologies. Examples of desired submissions include but are not limited to those that (a) examine the conflicts and interplay among commitments to multiple targets, (b) explore temporal issues in the development, maintenance, and loss of commitment, (c) help differentiate commitment from related psychological states and other types of workplace bonds, or (d) examine new or under-researched commitment targets.
Each submission should contain the following:
· A cover page containing the names and contact information (including email) for all presenters, the format of the proposed presentation (paper, symposium, panel discussion, debate, etc.), and the requested amount of time for the presentation or session.
· A three-page (maximum) description of the proposed presentation. Abstracts should be double-spaced with 1" margins and use 12 pt Times New Roman or similar size font. The cover page, references, and figures/tables do not count toward the 3 page limit.
Please submit proposals electronically to the conference organizer, Howard J. Klein, at klein_12@fisher.osu.edu by March 15, 2014. Contact Howard if you do not receive a receipt of submission confirmation email within 3 days of sending your submission. Any questions should be directed to Howard at the above email address or via telephone at 614.292.0719.
Program Committee
Assisting the conference organizer is a committee of highly respected commitment scholars listed below. The program committee will select the invited presenters, review the competitive submissions, determine which conference contributors will be invited to submit manuscripts for the resulting special journal issue, and help review those submissions.
Julian Barling, Queens University
Thomas E. Becker, University of Delaware
James Bishop, New Mexico State University
Gary J. Blau, Temple University
Aaron Cohen, University of Haifa
Russell E. Johnson, Michigan State University
Howard J. Klein (Chair), The Ohio State University
John P. Meyer, University of Western Ontario
Paula C. Morrow, Iowa State University
Omar N. Solinger, VU University Amsterdam
Christian Vandenberghe, HEC Montréal
S. Arzu Wasti, Sabanci University
Conference Web Site
For more information, please visit the conference web site at: http://fisher.osu.edu/~klein_12/Commitment.htm
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Howard J. Klein, Ph.D.
Professor of Management and Human Resources
Fisher College of Business
The Ohio State University
2100 Neil Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210-1144
Phone: (614) 292-0719
Fax: (614) 292-7062
klein_12@fisher.osu.edu
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