The Eastern Academy of Management

ÓGreater Hartford Convention Center and Visitors Bureau, Photographer Jeff Yardis

Program Chair: John R. Ogilvie, University of Hartford (ogilvie@hartford.edu) Website: www.eaom.org

Much of management research has focused on rational thought, analysis and actions.  While these remain important considerations in management research, scholars have focused increased attention on emotional issues in the workplace.  The conference theme acknowledges the traditional roots of management research but also adds emotion-based components as we move ahead.  The Heart focus also encompasses the priorities and values related to ethics, social responsibility, and sustainability.  Managing with both heart and mind also explores the relationship between the traditional rational views and alternative or critical perspectives that validate emotion.  Papers addressing either heart or head issues are encouraged but those that can incorporate both are central to the theme of the conference. What role do emotions play in decision making?  In what situations does either tend to play a stronger role?  How can managers make their organizations more effective by using both heart and head?

Doctoral students, part-time faculty and practitioners are particularly encouraged to submit proposals for workshops and symposia and other papers relevant to the conference theme in any of the tracks.

PAPER SUBMISSION TRACKS

1. Business Strategy Chair: Joao S. Neves, The College of New Jersey (neves@tcnj.edu)  The Business Strategy track welcomes theoretical and empirical papers which focus on addressing a wide range of management and organizational issues related to the formulation, implementation and execution of business policy & strategy.  Topics include, but are not limited to, strategy as a means of enhancing firm performance, the relationship between the firm and its environment, resource/capability development and exploitation, inter-firm and cooperative strategies, governance and control mechanisms, top management teams, as they occur within the context of large, established  multi-business firms as well as SMEs.

2. Careers Chair: Carol Carnevale, Empire State College (Carol.Carnevale@esc.edu)  Encouraged are topics that focus on all forms of career development, human advances through work and education, life cycle and work decisions, and cross-cultural issues. Careers papers are eligible for the Regional Best Paper Award and the winner of this award competes for the prestigious National Cason Hall Award at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting.

3. Critical Management Studies Co-Chairs Joel P. Rudin, Rowan University (rudin@rowan.edu) and Diana Sharpe, Regents College London and Webster Graduate School, St. Louis (sharped@regents.ac.uk). We welcome papers, symposia and other innovative sessions that express views critical of established management practices and the established social order. Topics of interests may include (but are not limited to) power and privilege in organizations, exploitative work practices, critiques of imperialistic practices by multinational firms, critical analysis of issues of race, class and gender in organizations and society, and critical approaches to organizational theory.

3. Entrepreneurship Chair: David Desplaces, College of Charleston (desplacesd@cofc.edu)  Major entrepreneurship topics include but are not limited to new venture creation and failure, new and small firm financing strategies, new and small firm management practices, corporate venturing and innovation, and women-, minority-, and family-owned business.  Submissions with international, public policy, and/or educational perspectives are encouraged.  All case studies should be submitted to the CASE track.

4. Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability.  Chair: Gina L.S. Pines, University of Hartford, (gipines@hartford.edu) We welcome papers, both conceptual and empirical, qualitative and quantitative which focus on topics which include but are not limited to: codes of conduct and labeling programs, supply chain management, offshoring/outsourcing, issue management, reputation and brands, business and government relations, corporate governance, the provision of global public goods, and international stakeholder management, and headquarter-subsidiary relationships.

4. Gender and Diversity Chair: Priscilla Elsass, Clark University (pelsass@clarku.edu)   We welcome papers, symposia, and experiential exercises or interactive sessions that explore gender, race, sexual orientation, class, ability, and other dimensions of difference among people in organizations. We are especially interested in work of conceptual, empirical, and practical import that addresses how gender and diversity intersect with organizational policies and practices, including institutionalized systems of power.

5. Human Resources Management  Chair: Ted Peters, Hartwick College (peterst@hartwick.edu)  In today's knowledge economy, Human Resource Management serves a critical role in managing and developing human capital to meet strategic goals of increasingly global organizations.  HRM has been a building block for merging the hearts and minds to achieve organizational effectiveness.  This track seeks papers covering all aspects of human resource management: strategic planning, acquisition, socialization, compensation, performance appraisal, training and all other aspects dealing with human resources in organizations.

6. International Management  Chair: Kathleen Dechant, University of Connecticut (kathleen.dechant@business.uconn.edu)  The International Management Track invites empirical and conceptual papers, panels, cases, or experiential learning exercises that address cross-functional, cross-cultural or cross-border issues in managing business.  Evolving organizational forms or management practices in cross-border business operation are of particular interest in potential submissions as is the impact of cultural, social, and institutional forces on doing business in various country settings.

7. Management Education & Development Chair: Joy Beatty, University of Michigan - Dearborn (jebeatty@umd.umich.edu) We invite conceptual and empirical work addressing teaching and learning at the classroom, program, or institutional level; workplace and organizational learning; and innovation and technology in the classroom. Especially welcome are contributions that highlight the conference themes on the role of emotions and values in the management classroom, and what constitutes "the Heart" of our teaching practice.

8. Organizational Behavior & Theory Co-Chairs: Jeanie Forray, Western New England College (jforray@wnec.edu) and Debbie Noble, Empire State College (deborah.noble@esc.edu)  We are interested in conceptual and empirical papers that study individuals and groups in organizations as well as the dynamics of organizations in terms of practice, growth, and change. Areas of interest include knowledge management, group effectiveness, communication, organizational design, and transformation.

9. Potpourri/Edge/Knowledge Management  Chair: Iris Reychav, Holon Institute of Technology, Israel (irisr@hit.ac.il)  We invite submissions focus of the management of knowledge in organizations and the enabling role of information systems. This track focuses of the creation, capture, transfer and utilization of knowledge capital at the individual, group, organizational and societal levels. Submissions on “the edge” research topics, paradigm breaking methodologies, and ground-breaking organizational ‘Best Practices’ are also encouraged. This track is also for papers that do not fit any of the other listed tracks.

10. Professional Development Workshops Chair: Jennifer Leigh, Nazareth College (jleigh4@naz.edu)  Professional Development entries represent an opportunity to submit proposals for workshops that provide development to your colleagues who are conference attendees. They focus on developing skills and competencies needed by faculty in the classroom, research and career management. These submissions should be in proposal format rather than paper format, describing the activities, learning goals, and time/equipment requirements for the session.

12. Works in Progress  Chair: Vicki Fairbanks Taylor , Shippensburg University (vltaylor@ship.edu) This is an excellent opportunity for doctoral students to become involved in EAM. Research articles in early stages of development are welcome. Papers should, at a minimum, possess a literature review leading to a research question, development of the theoretical bases for quantitative/qualitative empirical study, and appropriate referencing.  Accepted papers will only be abstracted in the proceedings, and presented in a developmental session for feedback & decision. Participants are expected to read and provide constructive feedback on other papers at their assigned table.

Conference Theme:  For papers and panels that cut across tracks and pertain to the conference theme of Heart and Mind authors may contact the Program Chair: John Ogilvie, University of Hartford (ogilvie@hartford.edu).  Submissions will be directed to the most appropriate track.

EAM AFFILIATE ORGANIZATION TRACKS

CASE Chair: Herb Sherman, Long Island University (Herbert.Sherman@liu.edu) We are interested in: a) cases in an advanced developmental stage, b) manuscripts dealing with case writing & teaching, and c) ‘embryo’ cases in the idea stage of development. These cases will be discussed in a roundtable pre-conference workshop where experienced case writers will provide hands-on advisement to participants.

Experiential Learning Association (ELA) Co-chairs: Don Gibson, Fairfield University (dgibson@mail.fairfield.edu) and Catherine Giapponi, Fairfield University, (cgiapponi@mail.fairfield.edu). ELA welcomes new exercises (not previously published) or substantial modifications of existing exercises. Exercises include games, simulations, role plays, and other forms of interactive experiences which center on the teaching of management.

ACADEMIC CONSORTIA

Held concurrently as pre-conference activities there is no additional fee for participation, however conference registration is required. 

Doctoral Consortium Chair: Theo Peridis (tperidis@schulich.yorku.ca)  This consortium is designed to provide doctoral students with ideas, tools and strategies to successfully complete the many parts of the doctoral program, including writing their dissertation. It will draw on the experience of senior and junior faculty and guide doctoral students on how to get published, prepare for the job market and find the job that fits their career goals.

Junior Faculty Consortium Chair: Theo Peridis (tperidis@schulich.yorku.ca). The path to successful negotiation of the early years of a career is often confusing and at times difficult. This workshop is designed to enhance the capacity of faculty members to not simply make it through these “junior years” but actually enjoy them. It will draw on the experience of senior faculty to explore issues and develop strategies for success. The workshop will focus on the three pillars of the academic profession -- teaching, research and service – with attention to how to excel in each.

Mid-Career / Senior Faculty Consortium  Chair: Joan Weiner, Drexel University (weinerjl@drexel.edu)  Challenges and opportunities in the later years of an academic career will be addressed by a cohort of distinguished senior faculty. Please join us for a session discussing issues and challenges for mid-career and senior faculty. Just as the Junior Faculty consortium focuses on helping our newest colleagues juggle multiple demands as they make the transition into the academic world, there are many similar challenges facing those at mid-career and as senior faculty. Whether it is effectively continuing streams of research, taking on new roles, assessing opportunities for different paths in academic life, or making transitions to do other things perhaps outside of academia, this consortium is a beginning step in helping mid-career and senior faculty develop their own "six year plans" for the future. The end isn't a tenure decision but perhaps a new way of looking at and answering "what next?"

PAPER SUBMISSION INFORMATION

Submissions are due no later than December 8, 2008 via the conference’s Internet interface posted at: http://eaom.org/AnnualMeetings/Hartford2009.   Once your submission is accepted, at least one author (for symposia, each panelist) must register and present their work at the conference. Authors are requested to assist in the review process.  We will publish all accepted papers and a list of reviewers in the CD-ROM proceedings.

For submission guidelines, click here: (to be provided later)

CONFERENCE LOCATION

The conference will be held at the Hilton Hartford Hotel (www.Hartford.Hilton.com), a modern, upscale hotel in the heart of the central business district, close to numerous restaurants.  Conveniently located directly off Interstates 91 & 84, the Hartford Hilton is just 12 miles south from Bradley International Airport and three blocks from Union Station featuring Amtrak service from. Boston and New York City which are also just a convenient two-hour drive away.

For more information about Hartford, check this site:  http://www.enjoyhartford.com/index.cfm

If you would like to help with academic sponsorship of events or have questions about local arrangements, please contact VP for Local Arrangements, Gene Baten, Central Connecticut State University, doctorb2us@yahoo.com.

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

December 8, 2008 - Deadline for submission

February 20, 2009 – Paper decisions to authors

May 13-16, 2009 - Conference