ANNOUNCING MSR
"MOST PROMISING DISSERTATION AWARDS"
DEADLINE - APRIL 30TH
Management, Spirituality and Religion (MSR) announces the Most Promising
Dissertation Awards available to doctoral students. At least one, $1000
Scholarship Award will be given with the desire to award several
scholarships up to $2000 depending upon number and quality of
applications.
Submission Deadline: An electronic copy of a four page overview of
one's doctoral research must be sent to Arthur Jue,
ajue@sbcglobal.net,
by April 30, 2008.
Submission Requirements: No more than four double-spaced pages
providing an overview ("executive summary") setting forth the topic of
interest or study, its relevance to MSR, links to interesting
theoretical concerns, preliminary or current methodological approaches,
and connection to managerial actions or practice.
Purpose: The vision of the Most Promising Dissertation Awards is to
capture early ideation or research of significant promise and to provide
subsequent assistance in the refinement of quality scholarly efforts.
Submissions should generally align with the MSR domain statement: "The
study of the relationship and relevance of spirituality and religion in
management and organizations. Major topics include: theoretical advances
or empirical evidence about the effectiveness of spiritual or religious
principles and practices in management, from approaches represented in
the literature including religious ethics, spirituality and work, and
spiritual leadership, as well as applications of particular religions,
and secular spiritualities to work, management/leadership, organization,
and the business system; and evaluation studies of the effectiveness of
management approaches that nurture the human spirit in private,
non-public or public institutions."
Objectives: Most Promising Dissertation Awards provides doctoral
candidates with assistance by:
(1) Acknowledging the value of intended or current dissertation work
as competitively reviewed by an international panel of scholars.
(2) Helping to establish contacts with MSR researchers who share
common interests in the proposed or current area of study and who can
afford valuable coaching.
(3) Providing an opportunity (at the MSR Doctoral Student and New
Faculty Consortium) to interact with scholars and other doctoral
candidates in refining the theoretical and methodological foundations of
theses, and to explore action implications.
(4) Providing funding if/when deemed appropriate and necessary to
help offset costs associated with refining and/or implementing research
projects.
Expectations of Finalists:
(1) Attend the 2008 Doctoral Student and New Faculty Consortium,
including the Friday evening banquet where Most Promising Dissertation
Awards will be presented (finalists should register via the Consortium
registration website at
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=UMjmgUT_2bb37BMvBcc8dgog_3d_3d ).
(2) Provide a brief overview of the dissertation conceptualization
and/or progress at the MSR Doctoral Student and New Faculty Consortium.
This is intended to provide the award finalist with an opportunity for
feedback and creative sharing.
(3) Submit a paper reporting on research findings to MSR when the
thesis is completed.
Finalists will be notified approximately two months in advance of the
Academy of Management Annual Meeting in order to allow them to make
appropriate travel plans for attendance. Additional information on the
conference may be found at the Academy of Management website,
http://meetings.aomonline.org/2008.