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We invite submissions to the Small Group Meeting "Advances in the Psychology of Entrepreneurship", 29.06. -1.07. 2012, Sheffield, United Kingdom. The submission deadline is 15.03.2012.

The aim of this small group meeting is to advance the field of Psychology of Entrepreneurship in Europe and internationally. This will be achieved by bringing together senior and junior researchers working in the field, through developmental paper discussions, and by stimulating cross-cultural collaboration. The contributions for the meeting will be clustered around four broad topics. Provisionally, these are 1) Entrepreneurial Personality: From trait to process and interaction; 2) Advancing research on entrepreneurial careers; 3) Entrepreneurial leadership; 4) Affect and cognition in entrepreneurship.  A cross-cutting theme throughout the meeting will be to draw attention to cultural aspects.
 
Keynote Speakers
Confirmed international keynote speakers include
•    Professor Per Davidsson, QUT Business School, Australia on Methods in Entrepreneurship Research
•    Professor Michael Frese, National University of Singapore and Leuphana University, Germany on the Psychology of Entrepreneurship
•    Professor Lorraine Uhlaner, EDHEC Business School, France on Social Psychology (Group Dynamics and Identity Theory) & Entrepreneurship
•    Professor Juergen Wegge, Dresden University of Technology, Germany on Leadership & Entrepreneurship 
Confirmed UK keynote speakers include
•    Professor John Arnold, University of Sheffield, UK on Career Psychology & Entrepreneurship

Meeting Format, Dates and Location: This meeting will be a small scale workshop (max. 25 participants) taking place over three days 29 June – 1 July, 2012 at The Mercure St Paul's Hotel in the centre of Sheffield, UK. The meeting commences Friday 9am and ends Sunday 12 noon. We plan for approximately 15 oral presentations (lasting 20 minutes plus time for discussion) in addition to the keynotes. Submission of a paper indicates a commitment on behalf of the participant to be present for the full duration of the meeting. There will be no fees for participants. We aim to provide lunch and dinner free of charge for participants from Friday morning to Sunday. 

Paper submissions:  Participants will be selected based on the quality of proposed papers. Papers should be sent to the organisers Dr. Marjan Gorgievski, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands gorgievski@fsw.eur.nl and Dr Ute Stephan, University of Sheffield, UK u.stephan@sheffield.ac.uk. Deadline for submission of papers is 15th March 2012.
Please ensure that papers comply with the following format:  An abstract of 250 words and 4 to 6 pages of text (including tables, figures and references). The maximum paper length is 5 to 7 pages, overall, Times New Roman, 12pt, double spaced.
Authors will be notified about the acceptance of their submitted paper by the end of March 2012. Papers will be made available to all participants one month before the meeting, and it is expected that participants read all papers in advance in order to facilitate fruitful and in-depth discussions during the meeting.

The meeting is sponsored by the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP), Erasmus University Rotterdam, NL and the University of Sheffield, UK.
See the full call for papers here http://iwp.dept.shef.ac.uk/site/article/eawop_small_group_meeting_advances_in_the_psychology_of_entrepreneurship/


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Dr Ute Stephan

University of Sheffield, School of Management

Mushroom Lane, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom

+44 (0)114.222 32 86

u.stephan@sheffield.ac.uk