Dear Doctoral Student Colleagues,
On behalf of the Managerial and Organizational Cognition (MOC) Division, I would like to invite
you to participate in the OMT-ODC-MOC Doctoral Student Consortium (August 11-13, 2006) at
this year's Academy of Management meeting in Atlanta.
One highlight of this year's Consortium is a Research Roundtable--modeled after MOC's popular
"Cognition in the Rough" professional development workshop. In this roundtable workshop, you
and 3 other doctoral students will work with 2 distinguished faculty to develop and refine your
individual research projects. We have several other dynamic and interactive sessions planned.
To learn more, please read the Call, appended below.
Best wishes,
Cindy Emrich
OMT/ODC/MOC DOCTORAL STUDENT CONSORTIUM
August 11 - 13, 2006
Atlanta, GA
Please join us for an exciting and energetic mix of presentations, roundtable discussions, and
research dialogues that are designed to address many of the concerns common among advanced
doctoral students:
"How do I conduct high-impact research that generates a 'buzz?' How do I manage work-life
balance? How do I manage research collaborations?"
The Consortium is organized by:
Cynthia Emrich (College of William & Mary, MOC), Ram Tenkasi (Benedictine University, ODC), Mary
Tripsas (Harvard University, OMT), Pablo Martin de Holan (Instituto de Empresa)
We have a terrific group of panelists who have committed to sharing their insights over the course
of 4 sessions that will be held on Friday evening (5:00 to 8:00) and Saturday (8:00 to 5:00):
Jackie Coyle-Shapiro (London School of Economics), Tom Cummings, University of Southern
California; Marlena Fiol, University of Colorado, Denver; Gerard Hodgkinson, University of Leeds;
George Huber, McCombs School of Management, UT Austin; Karen Jansen, University of Virginia;
Michael Lounsbury, University of Alberta; Sharon Matusik, University of Colorado, Boulder; Elaine
Romanelli, Georgetown; George Roth, MIT Sloan School; Toby Stuart, Columbia / Harvard Business
School; Dick Woodman, Texas A&M
On Sunday morning, from 8:00 to 9:50, editors from many of leading journals will share their
advice for crafting top-notch submissions and navigating the review process.
One highlight of the Consortium will be a Research Roundtable, to be held from
10:30 to 12:30 on Saturday. This session is modeled after the MOC Divisions popular Cognition
in the Rough Professional Development Workshop. Roundtable participants4 students and 2
faculty panelists per tablewill devote 20 minutes to providing feedback, advice, and ideas
regarding each students research project.
We encourage schools to nominate students for the Consortium. To keep the faculty-participant
ratio to an optimal size, the number of participants will be limited. This has been a very popular
program, so apply early!
The deadline for receipt of nominations is June 1, 2006.
To apply, interested students must be nominated by their schools. No university can nominate
more than two students, and each doctoral program is limited to one nomination. Universities with
multiple departments seeking to send students need to coordinate their nominations. In making
the decision to accept students, preference is given to those who have made the most progress
toward completing their Ph.D. program. The Consortium is not open to those who have already
completed their Ph.D., as it is designed for students. New faculty will find the Junior Faculty
Workshop appropriate for their interests.
Applications should be sent by the department representative who nominates the student and
should include in the body of the email the nominees name, address, e-mail address, phone and
fax numbers, and name of affiliated school and university and a statement by department
certifying nominees completion of doctoral coursework and comprehensive exams by August 1,
2006. We request that you attach the following three items in your e-mail:
1) 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; and
2) one-page bio summarizing the nominees contact information, research and teaching interests,
and publications. This one-page bio will be distributed among consortium participants.
3) 3 - 5 page (typed and double-spaced) summary of students research project. This summary
should include: research question, rationale, hypotheses / propositions, (proposed) methods (if
applicable), and results (if applicable). Once roundtable assignments are made, the Consortium
organizers will distribute research summaries to members of each roundtable.
Please send nominations and supporting materials by electronic mail to ONLY one of the following
conference organizers by June 1, 2006. The conference organizers are:
MOC: Cynthia Emrich (
cindy.emrich@mason.wm.edu)
ODC: Ram Tenkasi (
RTenkasi@ben.edu)
OMT: Mary Tripsas (c/o Debra Kendall:
dkendall@hbs.edu)
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