MSR ListServe Subscribers,
Please disseminate the attached flyer as you deem appropriate. Please help us to grow this promising new MSR tradition. We awarded 4 scholarships to worthy doctoral students in 2007 from a total of 18 applications.
For those of you for whom the attachment might not be viewable; I will embed the contents of the 1-page flyer within this email message.
Thank you in advance.
David
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David C. Trott Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Human Resource Development
St. Edward's University
Austin, TX 78749
Tel. (512) 448-8736
Fax (512) 448-8767
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ANNOUNCING MSR
“MOST PROMISING DISSERTATION AWARDS”
DEADLINE - MAY 15TH
Management, Spirituality and Religion (MSR) announces the availability of up to three Most Promising Dissertation Awards available to doctoral candidates approaching completion of comprehensive exams, beginning the formulation of dissertation proposals, and/or conducting their actual doctoral research.
Whenever each year’s fund-raising permits, we will distribute the awards as follows:
First Prize: $2000.00, Second Prize: $1000.00, Third Prize: $ 750.00.
Otherwise, as many $1000 level awards as possible will be made.
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. Notification of awards granted with be made June 15, 2007 in order to allow recipients to make their travel plans to attend the Academy of Management in Philadelphia For information on the conference, go to
http://meetings.aomonline.org/2008/
Submission Requirements: No more than four pages providing an overview setting forth the topic of interest, its relevance to the MSR domain, links to interesting theoretical concerns, preliminary methodological approaches, and connection to managerial actions. 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.”
Purpose: MSR is a young and emergent domain for scholarship within the Academy of Management. Therefore, MSR seeks to encourage quality doctoral dissertations as a springboard to continuing contributory research. Most Promising Dissertation Awards will provide doctoral candidates with assistance by:
1. Acknowledging the value of an intended dissertation design that has been competitively reviewed and nominated as promising by an international panel of scholars.
2. Helping a doctoral candidate to establish contact with researchers within MSR who share an interest, experiences, and who can assist with further coaching if called upon.
3. Providing an opportunity (at the MSR Professional Development Workshop within the Annual Academy of Management Conference) to interact with a panel of scholars and other doctoral candidates to refine theoretical and methodological foundations and to explore action implications that can be highlighted in the research.
Expectations of Recipients:
1. Attend the Awards Dinner and Reception for the MSR Doctoral Student Consortium on Friday evening of the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management for Most Promising Dissertation Awards recipients the year the award is received.
2. Provide a briefing on the dissertation conceptualization an MSR Professional Development Workshop (PDW) devoted to "emergent research" within the year the award is received.
3. Submit a paper proposal reporting on the completed research to MSR when the thesis is concluded.
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