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Academy of Business Research Spring 2011 International Conference

Academy of Business Research
Spring 2011 International Conference

New Orleans, Louisiana March 16-18
Iberville Suites Hotel Located in the French Quarter
www.academyofbusinessresearch.com

Deadline
The deadline for the Spring 2011 International Conference is February 1st, 2011. All completed abstracts must be emailed to info@academyofbusinessresearch.com. Abstracts must include all authors and contact information. Decisions on papers will be made no later than February 8th, 2011.

The Iberville Suites, New Orleans
The French Quarter like you’ve never seen it before.
Located in the heart of the historic French Quarter, The Iberville Suites provides the ultimate in comfort and luxury. Spacious French Quarter suites with distinct living and sleeping areas include all the finest amenities. Our location puts you where you want to be, just steps from all the fine dining, live music and entertainment in the Vieux Carré. We’ll take care of it all, from the valet parking upon your arrival, through every detail of your stay. Plus, you’ll enjoy a complimentary, continental breakfast each morning!

The Iberville Suites shares its building with The Ritz-Carlton New Orleans, and our guests take advantage of The Ritz-Carlton Spa, along with the acclaimed restaurants and bars, including M Bistro and The Davenport Lounge with resident jazz trumpeter Jeremy Davenport.

Academy of Business Research Publications
All articles are double blind, peer reviewed and listed in Cabells.

Academy of Business Journal
The Academy of Business Journal is an interdisciplinary journal with articles dealing with a spectrum of issues in business and economics. This is our most prestigious and competitive journal. Currently, the Academy of Business Journal has a 9% acceptance rate for submitted articles.

Academy of Business Research**
The Academy of Business Research is an interdisciplinary journal dealing with issues in business and education. Any Best Paper award at the conference will automatically qualify for acceptance into the Academy of Business Research.

Journal of Applied Financial Research
The Journal of Applied Financial Research is intended for parties that are interested in the practical applications of financial research. The intended readership consists of both researchers and practitioners. The emphasis of the journal is on applications, not the statistical methodology used to derive the applications. Thus, any empirical work should be clearly outlined so that a wide spectrum audience can follow the practical applications of the manuscript.

The mission of The Journal of Applied Financial Research is to support researchers and practitioners in the application of finance and economic development. The Journal of Applied Financial Research gives preference to papers specializing in the applications related to financial research. Regional studies and studies pertaining to small business are welcome. Currently, the Journal of Applied Financial Research has a 23% acceptance rate.

Benefits of Membership
All proceedings are abstract only and are peer reviewed publications. Academy of Business Research members receive a free journal with every conference. We provide forms and documentation for continuing professional education credits. We offer an optional awards dinner. All payments are available on our website. The conference provides an opportunity for academics and practitioners to collaborate and share the cutting edge of business and educational research.

****Student rates are only $50

We look forward to seeing you in New Orleans!!

Randall Valentine, PhD
Program Chair

Prospect Theory and Other Models of Choice under Risk and Ambiguity

The first masterclass of 2011 is on Friday, 07.01.2011. We have a highly influential decision theorist (both theoretical and applied) as our speaker: Peter Wakker, author of the recent textbook “Prospect Theory: For Risk and Ambiguity”, will present lectures on

Prospect Theory and Other Models of Choice under Risk and Ambiguity

Time: 09:30-18:00
Room: DIW, Eleanor Dulles Room (5.2.010)

Peter Wakker is an excellent and ambitious teacher and I highly recommend attenting the event. To do so please register with Yun.

Call for Papers: 10th ESA Conference in Geneva – 7th – 10th September 2011

10th ESA CONFERENCE, GENEVA, 7th – 10th September 2011

SOCIAL RELATIONS IN TURBULENT TIMES

RN 17 – INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, LABOUR MARKET INSTITUTIONS AND EMPLOYMENT

Call for papers
The consequences of the recent financial crash and the following economic crisis on organized labour, i.e. on industrial relations, employment and labour market institutions, is frequently seen as dramatic. However, industrial relations were always heavily exposed to financial and economic shocks and crises. For example, the shocks of the 1970s altered post-war labour relations radically, albeit with notable differences in pace and shape across countries. On the other hand, industrial relations and labour market institutions influenced the way in which this policy shift took place. The interrelationship between crises, turbulent times and industrial relations gives reason to discuss the implications of the crisis for the interaction of industrial relations with the economy and society. In line with the conference theme, RN 17 is interested in the following questions in context with the current crisis: will industrial relations undergo restructuring processes on a scale similar or even larger than the alterations of the past? To what extent will industrial relations and labour market institutions affect the policy responses and their effects?
In order to explore the theme of the conference as well as other current debates in the field of industrial relations, labour market institutions and employment, this call for papers intends to focus on the following areas:

Work and employment in (turbulent) times of the crisis
Labour markets: segmentation and social inequalities. The role of trade unions
Macro concertation in Europe in times of the crisis: welfare and collective bargaining
Restructuring and workplace labour relations: reorganisation processes and negotiations
The emergence of a European system of industrial relations: critical current debates
Perspectives for the European social model
New challenges to interest representation (RN17 and RC10)
The resurgence of conflicts: individual and collective forms of labour disputes

We expect to receive theoretical and empirical (both qualitative and quantitative) papers. Cross- national papers are especially welcome. Please submit your abstracts through the conference website (www.esa10thconference.com), using the online abstract submission form. The abstract submission platform opens on 10th January 2011 and the deadline for submissions is 25th February 2011. Papers for presentation will be selected by the RN coordinators on 6th April 2011. For further information and registration, please contact the conference secretariat (www.esa10thconference.com).

Stream number 7 is jointly organised by ISA RC10 and ESA RN17

Mirella Baglioni (ESA RN17 Coordinator) and Bernd Brandl (ESA RN17 Vice-coordinator)

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of the International Journal of Human Resource Management

The Power of Ideas in Managing People

This special issue examines a neglected topic in HRM – the role of ideas. It will explore the significance of ideologies, identities, beliefs, values, norms and world views in shaping the management of work and the behaviour of workers and managers. The goal of the special issue is to demonstrate the explanatory power of ideas in human resource management studies.

A key assumption motivating the special issue is that rational and material conceptions of actor behaviour are incomplete at best. Material structures such as markets, national HR institutions, geographic landscapes and organizational structures all influence HR actors; however, these contexts do not determine actor behaviour. Actors have to interpret material contexts, different possibilities exist and actors chart a course of action based on their ideas and ideologies. The latter provide roadmaps that are particularly important in periods of economic uncertainty, such as that faced today.

Specific questions that the special issue will address include: How do systems of ideas shape HR management and practices? How are HR ideas and ideologies socially constructed at the workplace? How do ideas change and lead to changes in HR? How and to what extent do cross-national and cross-organizational differences in ideas and ideologies explain HRM variation? How significant are identities in shaping the experience and management of work? How do ideas and institutions, agency and structure interact? What is the role of normative beliefs and values in directing the study of HRM itself?

Themes

Management and union ideologies in HRM
Ideologies of work and capitalism
Subjectivity and language in HRM
Ideas and ideologies of performance and productivity in HRM
Identities and ethnicities at the workplace
Identity work: changing ideas and collective beliefs and their role in reshaping HRM
Analyzing employee well-being, preferences, attitudes or perceptions
The notion of the ‘ideal worker’ and of ideas of justice and fairness in shaping work
Gendered and feminist analysis of HRM
Different research tradition and ideologies in the study of HRM
Structure and agency: Combining material and ideational research in HRM

These themes should be seen as illustrative rather than exhaustive. However, in order to be considered for inclusion, articles should show how ideational factors shape HR management and practices. Quantitative, qualitative and mixed method approaches are welcome. Contributions to the special issue may be empirical, analytical or conceptual.

Review process
This call is open and competitive, and the submitted papers will be blind reviewed in the normal way. Submitted papers must be based on original material not under consideration by any other journal or outlet. The editors will select up to 10 papers to be included in the special issue, but other papers submitted may be considered for other issues of the journal.

Submission
Manuscripts should be submitted online using the International Journal of Human Resource Management ScholarOne Manuscripts site (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rijh) by April 15th 2011. New users should first create an account. Once a user is logged onto the site submissions should be made via the Author Centre.

Authors should prepare and upload two versions of their manuscript. One should be a complete text, while in the second all document information identifying the author should be removed from files to allow them to be sent anonymously to referees. When uploading files authors will then be able to define the non‐anonymous version as “Complete Document with author information”, and the anonymous version as “Main document without author information”.

To submit your manuscript to the Special Issue on ‘The Power of Ideas in Managing People’ choose the title of the Special Issue from the Manuscript Type list when you come to submit your paper. Also, when you come to the ‘Details and Comments’ page, answer ‘yes’ to the question ‘Is this manuscript a candidate for a special issue’ and insert the title in the text field provided.

The editors of the Special Issue are happy to discuss initial ideas for articles via e-mail.

Edmund Heery

Marco Hauptmeier

Call for Applications – Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences

The Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS) invites applications to its Ph.D. and postdoctoral programs. BIGSSS is an inter-university institute of the University of Bremen and Jacobs University and is funded by the German Excellence Initiative. The program provides close supervision of dissertation work within a demand-tailored education and research framework. Fellows are expected to choose Bremen as their place of residence. BIGSSS is part of an international network of highly acknowledged graduate programs. It supports its doctoral and postdoctoral fellows in achieving early scientific independence and provides funds for the conduct, presentation, and publishing of their research. The language of instruction is English.

Successful applicants for the Ph.D. and Preparatory Fellowships will pursue a topic in one or more of BIGSSS’ five Thematic Fields:

Global Integration
Integration and Diversity in the New Europe
Social Integration and the Welfare State
Attitude Formation, Value Change, and Intercultural Communication
Life-Course and Lifespan Dynamics.

15 Ph.D. Stipends/Fellowships

BIGSSS seeks candidates with strong academic abilities and a Master’s degree (or equivalent) in political science, sociology, or psychology. Applicants with a degree in law, economics, or other social science disciplines are also welcome. We offer Ph.D. stipends of € 1250/month for 36 months, contingent on successful completion of each year.

2 Preparatory Fellowships for BA Graduates

Additionally BIGSSS offers 2 stipends of € 850/month for particularly talented BA graduates. After fulfilling some course requirements and having their proposals accepted within the first year, candidates can switch into the regular three year program.

2 Postdoctoral Stipends/Fellowships

We seek candidates pursuing English-language publication projects based either on their dissertations (by making findings available to an international audience through a book or journal article) or new research. Postdoctoral stipends of € 1750/month may run for between 6 and 24 months. The competition is open to candidates who have received a doctorate in political science, sociology, psychology, law, economics or other social science disciplines within the last 3 years and to those who can be expected to finish prior to commencing their postdoctoral stay.

More information as well as lists of required application materials can be found at http://www.bigsss-bremen.de/. For additional inquiries, please check the online FAQ and feel free to contact our admissions officer at admissions-officer@bigsss-bremen.de.

Ph.D. fellowships will start September 1, 2011, Postdoctoral fellows may plan their stays to begin later. Non-German students are strongly encouraged to apply. BIGSSS strives to increase the share of women in the university and hence also strongly encourages women to apply. Applicants with disabilities who are equally qualified will be favored. Applications must be submitted online under “Admissions” at

http://www.bigsss-bremen.de/ until March 15, 2011.

Neuer Partner für das Doktorandennetzwerk

Im November vergangenen Jahres unterzeichneten Fakultäten und Forschungsinstitute in Deutschland und Dänemark einen Kooperationsvertrag über ein Netzwerk in der Doktorandenausbildung. Ziel dieses Netzwerkes ist es, die Ausbildung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuches weiter zu verbessern, in dem jede beiteiligte Institution Ausbildungskurse für Doktoranden der anderen Institutionen öffnet und gemeinsam ein Fortbildungsangebot geschaffen wird, namentlich der International Research Workshop für Doktoranden in Sankelmark bei Flensburg. Das renommierte GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften ist nun ein weiterer Kooperationspartner.

“Die Doktoranden der beteiligten Institutionen erhalten die Möglichkeit, Kurse und Seminare der beteiligten Institutionen wahrzunehmen und ihr Know-how zu vermehren. Gleichzeitig schont diese Form der Zusammenarbeit Ressourcen, was gerade kleineren Institutionen und Universitäten zu Gute kommt”, sagt Wenzel Matiaske, Professor für Betriebswirtschaftslehre an der HSU und Koordinator des Netzwerkes.

Der neue Kooperationspartner, das GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, forscht zu methodischen Fragen der empirischen Sozialforschung, archiviert Umfragedaten und stellt diese interessierten Forschern zur Verfügung, unter anderem Allbus, ISSP und Eurobarometer, bietet Informationen zu Daten, Literatur und Forschungsprojekten, berät Universitäten und Non-Profit-Unternehmen bei der Planung und Durchführung von Umfragen und widmet sich der Lehre und der Fortbildung des akademischen Mittelbaus. Das GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften besitzt mit Niederlassungen in Mannheim, Köln, Bonn und Berlin vier Standorte in Deutschland. In den Workshops und Seminaren, die hauptsächlich in Mannheim und Köln angeboten werden, geht es um methodische Fragestellungen der Umfrageforschung wie: Fragenbogenentwicklung, Skalenanalyse und –konstruktion, Datenerhebungsmethoden, Stichproben, Datenerfassung, Datenmanagement, Verfahren der Datenanalyse, Datenarchivierungskonzepte und –verfahren, sowie Fragen des internationalen Vergleichs von Umfragen. Damit ist das GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften ein idealer Partner des Netzwerkes.

Beteiligt am Netzwerk sind neben dem neuen Partner GESIS: die sozial- und wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultäten der Universität Universität Hamburg und der Helmut-Schmidt-Universität/Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg (HSU), das Institut für Grenzregionsforschung der Syddansk Universitet, die Universität Flensburg, die wirtschafts-, verhaltens- und rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg sowie die Fakultät für Erziehungswissenschaft, Psychologie und Bewegungswissenschaft der Hamburger Universität. Neben den Hochschulen sind zusätzlich folgende außeruniversitäre Forschungseinrichtungen beteiligt: das Hamburger Weltwirtschaftsinstitut gGmbH, das Institut für Arbeitsmarkt und Berufsforschung Nürnberg mit dem Regionalforschungszentrum Kiel und das Sozio-ökonomische Panel am Deutschen Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Berlin.

Das Netzwerk organisiert vom 3. bis 8. Oktober in der Akademie Sankelmark und an der Syddansk Universitet den International Research Workshop für Doktoranden, in dem Doktoranden ihr Wissen um wissenschaftliche Methoden und Werkzeuge vertiefen und ausbauen können. Nähere Informationen und Anmeldung unter: www.phd-network.eu.

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (m/w) an der Helmut-Schmidt-Universität

An der Fakultät Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften der Helmut-Schmidt-Universität Hamburg, Institut für Personalwesen und Internationales Management (Leitung: Prof. Dr. Wenzel Matiaske), ist voraussichtlich ab September 2010 die Stelle

eines/einer Wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeiters/Mitarbeiterin
(Umfang: 50 %, befristet auf drei Jahre, Entgeltgruppe 13)

für die Mitarbeit in dem BMBF-Drittmittelprojekt “Fachlaufbahnen” (Projektleitung: Prof. Dr. Michel Domsch) zu besetzen.

Bewerbungen können bis 31. Juli 2010 an Prof. Dr. Michel Domsch (HSU, Holstenhofweg 85, 22043 Hamburg) geschickt werden.

Academic Journal Writing Workshop for PhD students

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Academic Journal Writing Workshop for PhD students
Finland, 19-23 July 2010

Publishing journal articles in peer reviewed journals in English has been an increasing trend in the academia, and is nowadays a requirement for anyone wishing to have a serious career in Sociology. The skill of article writing is however not always a part of the PhD training, furthermore, there are diverse myths on what makes a good manuscript, and how to internationalize one’s research in a meaningful way. This ESA Summer School wishes to provide a platform for both learning about this specific form of writing, and a creative and supportive environment to finalize a manuscript during the course.

The Summer School is aimed to work as an aid for PhD students struggling with an article manuscript in progress. You are welcome to apply if you currently work with a manuscript. The text can be a manuscript in the finalizing stage before initial submission, or after a review process, working with the final editing. The requirement is that you have a full text in English to work on, a draft that can be circulated among participants by June 28th 2010.

The Summer School is co-organized by the Sociology Departments of University of Turku and University of Helsinki, and the ESA. The Summer School takes place in a beautiful setting in the archipelago of Finland, the Archipelago Research Institute of University of Turku in Seili, Nauvo. The venue provides a peaceful historic environment for writing and discussions, with sea, nature, and the midnight sun.

http://www.seili.utu.fi/en/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sj%C3%A4l%C3%B6.

ESA covers all costs for the course, the accommodation and all meals. Students will need to cover their own travel to Turku. There are low budget flights to Turku (SAS, AirBaltic, WizzAir) and Helsinki (all major companies, 2 hours by train or bus from Turku), and a ferry connection from Stockholm. Students must bring their own computers.

Further Information about the ESA Summer School 2010

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