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CALL FOR PAPERS
41st Annual Conference SOUTHWEST ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT
(In conjunction with the Federation of Business Disciplines)
March 11-15, 2014, Dallas, TX.
Management for a Sustainable Future
The Southwest Academy of Management is pleased to announce a call for papers for the 41st annual conference in the "Big D" - Dallas, Texas. The theme of the conference is "Management for a Sustainable Future". We invite your scholarly contributions in the form of papers, symposia, panels and workshops to advance our understanding of the role of management in building a sustainable future.
The greatest challenge of our times is to enable a sustainable future where the quality of life is enhanced, where harmony and equity exists among all stakeholders, where the relationship between business, society and the planet is mutually reinforcing, and where business value does not exist at the cost of societal or environmental well-being. What can management scholarship do to arrive at such a sustainable future? What theoretical insights can we leverage to design better operations, products, and services? Can we envision a different purpose that looks beyond financial profit to include social value and environmental performance? What theories and practices serve or hinder our striving toward this goal? How can we overcome current shortcomings in management thought and action? What (if any) are the possible limitations of such an approach? What fundamental tensions or conflicts may likely arise and why? How can management educators, entrepreneurs and practitioners contribute towards a sustainable future? Submissions on these and other related topics in management are invited.
Innovative Workshops, Panels and Symposia related to management theory, empirics, practice or teaching are also invited. Submissions are double blind reviewed, and accepted papers are published in the proceedings. Work in progress may be submitted to the Research Pipeline where authors will get individual attention from assigned mentors to develop their papers. A Doctoral Student Consortium is held and we offer limited financial support to select participants who have accepted papers in the conference.
The Southwest Academy of Management is affiliated with the Academy of Management as well as the Journal of Business Strategies, which publishes papers from all business-related fields.
The Irwin/McGraw-Hill Distinguished Paper Award given to the overall best paper in the conference will allow these authors to work with special reviewers to prepare the paper for publication in the Journal of Business Strategies. Awards are also given for Best Papers and Outstanding Reviewers in each track.
Submission Deadline: September 30, 2013 at www.swamfbd.org. The site is now ready for submissions.
Papers may be submitted in the following tracks:
Entrepreneurship, Small Business and Innovation
Organizational Theory, Strategy and International Business
Organizational Behavior and Leadership
Human Resources, Careers and Diversity
Hospitality, Health Care and Operations Management
Social Issues, Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
Organizational Development and Conflict Management
Management Education and General Management
Innovative Teaching Workshops
Professional Development Workshops
Research Pipeline
For more information, questions, or to volunteer please contact:
Manjula Salimath
Program Chair
Southwest Academy of Management
Email: Manjula.Salimath@unt.edu
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