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  • 1.  OB Junior Faculty Workshop

    Posted 04-21-2011 23:08

    Organizational Behavior Junior Faculty Workshop

    Friday, August 12 - Saturday, August 13, 2011, San Antonio

     

    We are writing to invite junior faculty members to attend the 2011 OB Junior Faculty Workshop at the Academy of Management meeting in San Antonio. Get feedback on your research from scholars with rich editorial experience. Exchange experiences with colleagues like you at different schools. Learn about how senior scholars have built successful research careers. Gain advice on how to be an effective teacher and mentor. Discuss how to pursue different career paths and balance different career demands. The OB Junior Faculty Workshop addresses these issues and many more.

     

    The workshop will feature panel discussions with a diverse range of invited Faculty Fellows, as well as small group research discussions. Topics will include Conducting Interesting and High Impact Research, Having Impact as a Teacher and Mentor, and Surviving the Tenure Process while Balancing Work and Family. The program also provides a unique opportunity to gain feedback on your own scholarly work. The following scholars will participate as Faculty Fellows: Deborah Ancona, Sigal Barsade, Kim Elsbach, Michele Gelfand, Cristina Gibson, Adam Grant, Avi Kluger, Keith Murnighan, Sim Sitkin, Barry Staw, David Thomas, and Michele Williams.

     

    To be eligible, you must (a) be a member of the Organizational Behavior Division of the Academy as of May 2011, (b) have completed at least one year in a faculty position, and (c) have completed your PhD in the last five years (since 2006). To register, please send the following information to Adam Grant (grantad@wharton.upenn.edu):

     

    ·         Full contact information

    ·         A current curriculum vitae

    ·         A 2-3 page (double spaced) summary of a working paper or project in progress. This will be forwarded to relevant Workshop Faculty Fellows, as well as to other participants.

    ·         Two topics/areas of interest, as we will use this to match you with at least one of our Faculty Fellows. One of the topics should reflect your working paper/project in progress.

     

    The workshop will begin with dinner the evening of Friday, August 12 and conclude in the afternoon on Saturday, August 13. There is a registration fee of 150.00 U.S. dollars to partially defray meal costs, payable by check or credit card, to the Academy of Management. The deadline to register is June 17, 2011. 

     

    Warm regards,

    Adam Grant and Michele Williams

    OB Junior Faculty Workshop Organizers



  • 2.  OB Junior Faculty Workshop

    Posted 04-19-2015 15:49

    OB Junior Faculty Workshop

    Academy of Management

    August 7-8 2015

     

    The 2015 OB Junior Faculty Workshop will be held on August 7th (5:00pm – 9:00pm) and August 8th (8:00am – 5:00pm) as part of the pre-conference program at the AOM meeting in Vancouver.

     

    The workshop will include engaging panel discussions with a diverse range of invited Faculty Fellows, as well as small group research discussions. Topics will include conducting high-impact research, having impact as a teacher and mentor, balancing work and personal life, and thriving in the tenure process. The workshop will also provide a unique opportunity to gain feedback on your own research in small group discussions from some of the leading scholars in OB. The following will participate as Faculty Fellows: Robin Ely, Talya Bauer, Keith Murnighan, Susan Ashford, Phil Podsakoff, Deanne DenHartog, and John Antonakis.


    As part of the workshop, we will also hold a panel and small group discussion with editors of leading journals in OB, including editors from the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Leadership Quarterly, Organization Science, Administrative Science Quarterly, OBHDP, Personnel Psychology, ORM, JAP, GOM, and Academy of Management Discoveries. 

     

    Comments from the 2014 workshop included:  "Meeting with journal editor was a fabulous opportunity"; "Matching with faculty mentors in small group setting was so interesting and helpful"; "I got some great feedback ideas to develop my research"

     

    To register for the workshop you must (a) be a member of the Organizational Behavior Division of the Academy as of May 2015, (b) have completed at least one year in a faculty position, (c) have completed your PhD in the last five years (since 2010) and (d) register for the conference.

     

    Prior to entering the AOM system to register for the PDW, please email the following information to Blake Maher bmaher@rollins.edu  and cc Leanne Atwater at leatwater@uh.edu.  

    • Contact information (name, phone, email, address and any special dietary requirements)
    • A current curriculum vitae
    • A 2-3 page (double-spaced) summary of a working paper or project in progress. This document will be shared with your Faculty Fellows and other participants.
    • Two topics/areas of interest. We will use these topic areas to match you with a Faculty Fellow. One of the topics should reflect your working paper or project in progress.

    DEADLINE FOR US TO RECEIVE THIS INFORMATION IS MAY 22ND. 

    If you are selected (meet criteria and are among the first 40 to apply) Blake Maher will email you a registration code that you will use to register for the workshop on the AOM website. A registration fee of 150.00 U.S. dollars will be charged to partially defray meal costs, payable by debit or credit card to the Academy of Management.  Be sure to select the correct PDW (OB Junior Faculty Workshop I) as there are many of them.  (When you register for this you will automatically be registered for OB JFW II)

     

    If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

     

    Your organizers,  

    Leanne Atwater, University of Houston (latwater@bauer.uh.edu);  Ron Piccolo (rpiccolo@rollins.edu)

     



    Ronald F. Piccolo, PhD
    Cornell Professor of Management
    Rollins College, Crummer GSB
    1000 Holt Avenue – 2722
    Winter Park, FL 32789