Dear colleagues,
We would like to draw your attention and cordially invite you to our Professional Development Workshop:
Nous souhaiterions attirer votre attention sur le PDW suivant et vous y inviter cordialement :
OPENING THE DOOR TO THE FRANCOPHONE COMMUNITY:
STRATEGIES FOR DEVELOPING SUCCESSFUL RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN FRENCH AND ANGLO SCHOLARS
Saturday, Aug 13 2011.
2:00 PM- 4:00 PM – Grand Hyatt – Bonham C
Co-Chairs:
Yehuda Baruch (Rouen Business School, France & Middlesex University, UK; yehuda.baruch@rouenbs.fr),
Jean Pralong (Rouen Business School, France; jpr@rouenbs.fr),
Terri Lituchy (Concordia University, John Molson School of Business, Canada; lituchy@jmsb.concordia.ca)
Monique Valcour (EDHEC Business School, France; monique.valcour@edhec.edu)
Ariane Ollier-Malaterre (Rouen Business School, France; aom@rouenbs.fr)
The PDW is sponsored by the New Careers Chair, Rouen Business School, France. Refreshment will be available, as well as French wine.
Le PDW est parrainé par la Chaire Nouvelles Carrières, Rouen Business School, France. Des rafraichissements vous seront proposés, notamment du vin français.
Francophone academics are experiencing increasing pressure and expectations to publish in top peer-reviewed English-language journals. However, they face daunting challenges in doing so. Francophone academics often lack the networks, training, socialization, and research resources needed to sustain a successful publishing career, and also encounter difficulties familiar to cross-cultural teams in multiple sectors of activity (Earley & Ang, 2003). The ability to collaborate with English-speaking colleagues who have the skills and experience to publish in top journals is becoming increasingly critical. At the same time, academic recruitment is globalized, so that French-speaking scholars are recruited in the US and other Anglo countries in growing numbers (New York Times, 2010a, 2010b). English-speaking scholars are recruited in France, notably in French business schools, and in other French-speaking countries. Therefore, French-Anglo collaborations are likely to increase in the US and other countries impacted by this trend.
In a recent study, Baruch & Pralong (2010) found a very low level of current Anglo-French collaboration in management and organizational science; such collaboration occurred in only nine out of 1092 papers reviewed. Yet survey respondents who had collaborated found the experience beneficial and most would do it again.
What are the keys to success for Anglo-French research collaboration? In this PDW we will facilitate a learning experience – what to do, what not to do, and sharing positive experiences, difficulties and lessons learned. In addition, the PDW will serve as a networking event designed to foster collaborative relationships between Francophone and Anglophone members of the Academy of Management.
Please send us an email to jpr@rouenbs.fr before July, 31st 2011 to confirm your plan to attend this workshop
We are looking forward to meet you at this workshop and will be much honored to welcome you and share with you a typical moment of French "art de vivre".
Best Regards,
Xavier Philippe
Rouen Business School