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Call for Leadership Research Proposals

  • 1.  Call for Leadership Research Proposals

    Posted 05-09-2016 13:29

    Attention leadership scholars!

    You are invited to submit a brief research proposal to participate in the following AOM session:

     

    Submission: 10604 | Sponsor(s):  (OB, RM, GDO)

    Scheduled: Tuesday, Aug 9 2016 9:45AM - 11:15AM at Anaheim Convention Center in 202B

     

    Meaningful Mentoring to Develop High Quality Leadership Research

     

    This Academy of Management session provides students and junior faculty the opportunity to discuss their leadership research in an informal and collegial setting with prominent leadership scholars. Based on their proposed research theory and methods, the junior scholars will be matched with a more senior scholar with similar research interests (not from their home university). At the session, the senior scholars will discuss research proposals submitted prior to the conference by the junior scholars, providing insights and suggestions for future research directions.

     

    The senior leadership scholars (members of The Leadership Quarterly Editorial Board) who will be mentoring the junior scholars are:

     

    • Gary Yukl; State U. of New York, Albany
    • Leanne Atwater; U. of Houston
    • Kevin B. Lowe; U. of Auckland (New Zealand)
    • Ronit Kark; Bar Ilan U. (Israel)
    • Mary Sully de Luque; Thunderbird U.
    • Ron Humphrey; U. of Lancaster (UK)
    • Claudia C. Cogliser; Texas Tech U.
    • Robin Martin; U. of Manchester (UK)
    • Shelley Dionne; SUNY Binghamton
    • Michael Cole; Texas Christian U.
    • John Antonakis; U. of Lausanne (Switzerland)

     

    The focus of the session will be on developing theoretical foundations and designing high quality empirical studies. We promote use of various methods that would benefit from collaborations with other scholars; e.g., multiple comparative case studies, incident diaries, field experiments. This is a great opportunity for junior scholars to develop their ideas, and to establish new collaborative relationships. This session is focused on work in progress; it is not suited for participants with completed research projects.

     

    Potential participants must email a brief research proposal to Dr. Marie Dasborough by July 8, 2016 (Email: m.dasborough@miami.edu). In the email submission, participants should indicate if they are a doctoral student or faculty member. They should also indicate their top 3 preferences for who they would like to work with from the list of senior leader scholars. Participants will then be notified by email if their proposal was accepted for discussion.

     

    Required Proposal Format

    I. Introduction
    Title of Project,
    Name of Advisors/Supervisors/Collaborators (if a student submission - please ask advisors to read your proposal before submission),
    Brief Abstract (not to exceed 150 words) and Key Words (4 words)

    II.
    Overview of Research Proposal (not to exceed 1500 words)
    Research Topic
    Conceptual Framework (theoretical foundation)
    Research Questions/Hypotheses
    Proposed Methods (there should be no Results yet!)
    Proposed Contributions (theoretical/practical implications)

    III. Challenges (not to exceed 350 words)
    What theoretical issues need clarification?
    What are the main problem areas with your proposed design and methodology?
    What specific questions would you like to ask the senior leadership scholar?

    IV. References

    Awards

    To encourage the submission of high quality proposals to this session:

    The Johnson A. Edosomwan Leadership Institute (JAELI) at the University of Miami Business School is generously sponsoring two awards, as follows:

    $250 for the Most Promising Proposal from an International Scholar

    $250 for the Most Promising Proposal from a Domestic Scholar