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Call for participants for AOM 2018 PDW Session Successful Publishing for Early Career Scholars of Management in Africa

  • 1.  Call for participants for AOM 2018 PDW Session Successful Publishing for Early Career Scholars of Management in Africa

    Posted 03-15-2018 16:05

    PDW Session:            Successful Publishing for Early Career Scholars of

    Management in Africa

     

    2018 Academy of Management Meeting, Chicago

     

    Manuscript submission deadlineJune 1st, 2017 

     

    PDW Organizers:

    dt ogilvie, Rochester Institute of Technology dt@saunders.rit.edu

    Stella M Nkomo, University of Pretoria Stella.Nkomo@up.ac.za

     

    PDW Chairs:

     

                dt ogilvie, Rochester Institute of Technology (dt@saunders.rit.edu)

    Stella M Nkomo, University of Pretoria (Stella.Nkomo@up.ac.za)

     

    Deadline:  Deadline for registration and submission of manuscripts is June 1st, 2017. Please contact dt ogilvie (dt@saunders.rit.edu) or Stella Nkomo (Stella.Nkomo@up.ac.za) for questions about registration and manuscript submission.

     

    Objective of Workshop

    The purpose of this PDW session is to assist early career scholars focusing on management in Africa who have limited experience in publishing high impact research to complete a high quality research paper for later submission. The PDW will help early career scholars to understand the key elements of writing an empirical paper for publication through one-to-one developmental feedback in a supportive environment. Second, these developmental relationships will continue after the 2018 Academy of Management meeting as both members work toward the goal of getting the manuscript submitted and published in a top-tier journal. Thus, a unique aspect of this initiative is that the developmental relationship is goal-directed; it is focused on a specific task (improving a drafted manuscript) that leads to critical short-term results (publication), more publications on management in Africa, and ultimately participants' long-term productivity as a management scholar. In addition to improving the careers of early career scholars, this PDW will support the Academy's vision to strengthen the breadth of management scholarship to be more inclusive.

     

    This workshop will offer participants a chance to have their work reviewed by leading scholars in the field.  These scholars have served as editors, associate editors and editorial board members of leading journals, such as ASQ, AMJ, AMR, Academy of Management Annals, JAP, Organization Science, Organization Studies, Personnel Psychology, Journal of Management, Journal of Organizational Behavior, OBHDP, AMLE, Group and Organization Management, Human Relations, British Journal of Management, Journal of Business and Psychology, and Organization.

     

    Manuscript Submission Process

    Due to the intense nature of the review process, a limited number of manuscripts will be selected for the workshop (a total of 12).  Manuscripts will be selected based on the following criteria: (1) they are within the content domain of management in Africa (2) they are not currently under journal review, and (3) they are in near-final form for submission to a refereed journal. Although authors may submit more than one manuscript, only one per author will be selected for the workshop. We will give priority to junior faculty who are first authors of the manuscript, and they should also provide a focus for the review process by describing a particular dilemma, question, or concern s/he would like the reviewers to discuss, as well as the name of the targeted journal.

    This session is aimed at junior faculty, but doctoral students are encouraged to attend the first session of this PDW in order to learn about the review process. We have limited seats for doctoral students who therefore will be selected on the basis of 'first-in first-served'. Early registration is encouraged!

    Junior faculty who wish to participate in this workshop must submit their manuscripts to by June 1st, 2017 in order to provide adequate time for selecting manuscripts and the review process. Please submit manuscripts to dt@saunders.rit.edu

    Session Description

    The structure and the process of the workshop is as follows:

     

    The manuscripts received on 1 June will be reviewed by the organizers.  Selected papers will subsequently be assigned to reviewers (senior/leading scholars) for review.  Those submitting a selected manuscript will also be assigned a manuscript to review.  Participants will be sent a set of readings related to the elements of writing an empirical paper. The topics that will be covered:

    1. Setting the Paper Hook: Positioning the Significance of the Contribution
    2. Theoretical Framing and hypotheses
    3. Methods Section Imperatives
    4. Writing a Concise Discussion
    5. The art of clear writing
    6. Tips for Being a Prolific Scholar

     

    The session will begin with 1.5 hours of real-time mini-lectures on the key elements of a high quality empirical journal article. The remaining 2.5 hours will be devoted to simultaneous facilitated roundtable discussions of the 12 papers.  All participants will be asked to read the manuscript(s) that will be discussed at their table before coming to the session in order to provide helpful feedback to the authors.  Each participant will have the opportunity to participate in two reviews over the course of the session. This session will also offer an important opportunity to discuss core principles and practices of publishing research about management in Africa. Authors and other participants will gain important insights into the publication process and will be able to network with scholars interested in management in Africa, review board members, and journal editors.

     

    We hope you can join us for this day of development.  It is all about you!

    Contact Person: dt ogilvie (dt@saunders.rit.edu)



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    dt ogilvie
    Rochester Institute of Technology
    Rochester NY
    (973) 856-0307
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