DEADLINE: MAY 15!
2014 OMT Doctoral Student Consortium
Academy of Management Annual Meeting
Philadelphia, August 1, 2014
We are pleased to announce that the Organization and Management Theory (OMT) division will once again hold a Doctoral Student Consortium as part of the pre-conference activities at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting. Designed just for OMT members, the goal of this consortium is to help doctoral students who are broadly interested in organizations and management as they enter the final phase of their doctoral programs and prepare for the job market and future careers. We aim to help you make the most of your doctoral program, advance your research, consider how best to publish your dissertation or parts thereof, find a job in the academic or professional world, and, perhaps most importantly, establish professional networks with colleagues who share similar research interests.
The consortium will include a variety of presentations, interactive discussion sessions, and workshops aimed at these goals. It has been designed to allow for high levels of interaction between faculty and students. In order to maintain a high faculty/student ratio, space for this consortium is strictly limited, and interested students must be nominated by their schools and must be OMT members (either already or by joining now). Faculty participants include:
• Linda Argote, Carnegie Mellon University
• Emilio Castilla, MIT Sloan
• Frank de Bakker, VU Amsterdam
• Gina Dokko, UC Davis
• Dror Etzion, McGill University
• Isabel Fernandez-Mateo, London B. School
• Bob Hinings, University of Alberta
• Jen Howard-Grenville, University of Oregon
• Sarah Kaplan, University of Toronto
• Jay Kim, INSEAD (Singapore)
• Bill McEvily, University of Toronto
• Amalya Oliver, Hebrew University
• Damon Phillips, Columbia University
• Tim Pollock, Penn State University
• Woody Powell, Stanford University
• Andrea Prencipe, LUISS, Rome
• Violina Rindova, University of Texas
• Wendy Smith, University of Delaware
• Ithai Stern, Northwestern University
• Jörg Sydow, FU Berlin
• Maxim Sytch, University of Michigan
• Eero Vaara, Hanken, Helsinki
• Andy van de Ven, University of Minnesota
In order to maintain a high faculty/student ratio, space for this consortium is strictly limited. Interested students must be nominated by their schools. Due to space constraints, doctoral programs should nominate one applicant. Universities with multiple departments seeking to send students need to coordinate their nominations. Preference will be given to those students who have progressed to the dissertation stage and are either on the job market or considering being on the job market in the coming year. The deadline for nominations is May 15, 2014.
Applications should be e-mailed by the department representative who nominates the student to the two consortium organizers listed below. It should include the following in the body of the e-mail:
• the nominee's name, address, e-mail address, phone and fax numbers,
• name of affiliated school and university,
• confirmation that the student is a member of the OMT division, and
• a statement from the department certifying the nominee's completion of doctoral coursework and comprehensive exams (or equivalent) by August 1, 2014.
Three supporting items should be attached to the e-mail:
1. a brief letter from a faculty member providing a general appraisal of the nominee, including an assessment of his/her progress toward a dissertation defense, expected defense date, and subject of dissertation;
2. a 1 page bio summarizing the nominee's contact information, research and teaching interests, and publications; and
3. a 3-5 page summary of the student's research project.
Students selected to attend the Consortium will be sent a registration code that will allow them to register online.
N.B. Please note that the Consortium begins with an opening dinner on the evening of July 31 and ends at 5:30 pm on August 1st.
We look forward to seeing you in Philadelphia! -- Forrest and Mark