Doctoral Student Pre-Conference Consortium
10th International Conference on Corporate Reputation,
Image, Identity, and Competitiveness
Thursday, 25 May 2006, 1000-1600 (10am-4pm)
Grand <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Hyatt</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">New York</st1:state></st1:place> City
We welcome doctoral students to apply to the pre-conference consortium of the 10th International Conference on Corporate Reputation, Image, Identity, and Competitiveness. The conference theme is "Creating Value through Stakeholder Alignment;" see http://www.reputationinstitute.com/conferences/nyc06/call_for_papers.php for details. The consortium aims to provide doctoral students with an opportunity to discuss their research on these topics with senior academics and to build relationships with other students from around the world. We encourage participants to present original material in its developmental stages. In particular, we especially seek to help doctoral candidates develop their dissertation research in this forum. All pertinent perspectives, topics and methodological approaches are welcome. Junior faculty candidates interested in this research domain are also welcome to participate, space permitting.
Consortium participants are required to submit a 2-3 page research abstract by 15 February 2006. The abstract should present the research question you are posing, the theories and methods you plan to use to address the research question, and the contribution you expect your findings to make to knowledge in the field. The Consortium Committee, chaired by Prof. David Deephouse, will review submitted abstracts and provide developmental suggestions. Approved abstracts will be circulated to all participants in advance. Each participant will be asked to prepare an in-depth critique of at least one abstract before the conference. Your abstract should include your theoretical context, focused research questions, and a proposed research design. During the consortium, each participant will have about 30 minutes to discuss their proposal with fellow students and the faculty panel. The latter will include experienced researchers on these topics from around the world, including David Deephouse (<st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Alberta</st1:placename>), Naomi Gardberg (City University of New York), Johan van Rekom (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Prakash Sethi (City University of New York), and Stelios Zyglidopoulos (<st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cambridge</st1:place></st1:city>). Since the consortium was first offered in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Copenhagen</st1:place></st1:city> in 2000, we have offered a high student-faculty ratio of 3:1.
FORMAT: The research abstract should be no longer than 1500 words, excluding front matter (title, author), references, and figures. Insert your word count at the beginning of the document. Please use the template is provided on page 2 of this announcement for your convenience. Please save your abstract in an MS Word compatible format with a file name that starts with your surname followed by CRIC10 (the conference abbreviation), for example, "Deephouse CRIC10 preconf metatheory reputation.doc."
To pre-register, contact Prof. David Deephouse via email (david.deephouse@ualberta.ca). Include a provisional title for your abstract and your University affiliation. We will accommodate registrants on a first-come, first-serve basis. The deadline for registering is 15 February 2006. Abstracts must be submitted by that date, or your reserved space will be released. The consortium is limited to 16 participants to ensure everyone of quality participation. To be fair, a person can only participate in the consortium once, so you should use your best judgment in choosing which year to participate.
SPONSORSHIP: As in the past, we are seeking sponsorship to cover participants' hotel expenses (Wednesday-Saturday). Participants are responsible for other travel expenses and conference registration fees, which include some meals, at the doctoral student rate.
We look forward to seeing you in <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New York</st1:place></st1:state>!
SAMPLE RESEARCH ABSTRACT:
A meta-theory of reputation, identity, and competitiveness
David L. Deephouse
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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Alberta</st1:placename></st1:place>
Edmonton AB Canada T6G 2R6
780.492.5419
david.deephouse@ualberta.ca
Word count = 53
Introduction
This paper seeks to develop a meta-theory of reputation, identity, and competitiveness (Fombrun & van Riel, 1997). It does so by focusing on two key points that have been overlooked in past research. The first is...
Theoretical context
Research question(s)
(One is best, but please no more than three)
Proposed research design
References
Fombrun, C., & van Riel, C. 1997. The reputational landscape. Corporate Reputation Review, 1(1&2): 5-13.