Dear colleagues:
The deadline for submissions of paper and symposia abstracts to the First
Israel Organizational Behavior Conference (IOBC) to be held at Tel-Aviv
University on 21-22 December, 2011 is next week Thursday- May 5th, 2011.
To submit your paper or symposia abstract, please click on the following
link:
http://recanati.tau.ac.il/Eng/?CategoryID=673&ArticleID=1499
You will be required to complete an online form and upload your proposal
in WORD or PDF format. Please review the call and submission guidelines
(below) and on the conference website:
http://recanati.tau.ac.il/eng/iobc
for further details or contact the conference coordinator at:
iobc@post.tau.ac.il
Again, the deadline for submissions is May 5, 2011
Looking forward to your submission,
Hilla and the rest of the organizing committee.
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Call for Papers and Symposia
Although relational concerns have been at the heart of management research
for decades, the recent global crisis has made the power of relationships
even more salient both for individuals and organizations. Individuals who
lost their jobs resorted to close relationships and trusted others with the
hope of assisting them in finding new jobs. Organizations on the verge of
Chapter 11 leveraged relationships with their employees, key institutional
stake-holders and even competitors with the hope of gaining their
assistance and support. Indeed, the recent crisis demonstrates the need
for research to go beyond basic models of social exchange and extra-role
behaviors to understand the mechanisms underlying the formation and nature
of interpersonal relations in organizations, and the power they can
unleash.
Accordingly, we invite individuals to submit proposals for presentations
addressing, but not limited to, such issues as:
. What is an "effective" or a "valuable" relationship at work, what
underlies relational efficacy and upon what contextual factors does it
depend?
. How do organization members build effective relationships at work?
. How does the process of relationship emergence differ when the
targets are internal (versus external) to the organization? What is the
nature of this process in virtual relationships?
. How might peer relations in organizations serve as mechanisms of
control and what are the means that managers use to gain control over such
relations?
. What is the role of social categorization and other interpersonal
processes, such as perspective-taking, on the emergence of relationships
within and across teams and organizations?
. How do employees use their relationships with others in the
workplace to influence their self-identity and the meaning of their jobs?
. How do relational networks within and between organizations change
over time, and what are the key drivers of such change.
We also invite individuals to submit research symposia (comprising no more
than 4 papers) relating to these and other relationship matters.
Preference will be given to those symposia involving international
collaboration and comprising presenters from different countries.
Submission Guidelines
IOBC will consider unpublished original paper and symposia relating to any
matter associated with relational issues in management. Proposals (a 2 - 3
page abstract for a paper, 9-10 page proposal for a symposium) can be
conceptual or empirical, quantitative or qualitative. International and
global perspectives are encouraged. Published papers or papers accepted for
publication prior to the submission deadline will NOT be considered.
Submissions will go through a double blind review process and will be
evaluated on the basis of academic rigor, relevance, and contribution to
the field of organizational behavior. Paper proposals, written in English,
should clearly identify the theoretical contribution, research questions
and methodology. If available, the main results and implications should
also be discussed. Paper proposals are limited to 3 pages of text and 1
additional page of references. Double spacing with 1-inch margins all
around and font size no smaller than 12pt is advised. The title of your
paper must be included in the header of the proposal and should exactly
match the title provided in the online submission form. Please do not
include any author identifying information in the proposal.
Presenting authors must be available to present their papers any time
during the conference. An author may be designated as the presenter of
only one paper, but can be listed as co-author of up to 3 papers.
The Submission section of the IOBC website will be open for submissions in
until May 5, 2011.
Acceptance notices to authors will be sent in June, 2011, indicating
whether the proposed paper or symposium has been selected, and whether the
paper was accepted to a paper session or to an interactive paper session.
Authors of accepted papers (whether part of a symposium or individually
submitted) will be required to submit a full-length paper by October 1,
2011.
Presenting authors must register to the conference by November 1st, 2011.
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Dr. Hilla Dotan
Department of Organizational Behavior - Faculty of Management
Recanati Graduate School of Management
Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv
Tel: +9723-6406310; Fax: +972-3-6407739
Email:
hdotan@post.tau.ac.il
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