Dear MSR Community,
May I take this opportunity to wish each of you a restful holiday break - but not too restful! J As the MSR 2010 program chair, I hope all of us are preparing to submit outstanding papers for our upcoming conference in Montreal. We had a record number of submissions in 2009 (50 total), and I hope we will exceed that number in 2010, particularly given the nature of our conference theme, Dare to Care: Passion and Compassion in Management Practice and Research.
I encourage all of us to consider submitting MSR symposia proposals as well. Whether submitting a symposium proposal or scholarly paper, please remember to do so by January 14 at http://submission.aomonline.org/2010/default.asp?mode=login. Note: submissions this year will be accepted into a number of new categories beyond the traditional paper presentation format, e.g. divisional and inter-divisional roundtables as well as more focused discussion and developmental pipeline sessions.
A special thanks to those of you who have already signed-up to serve as MSR paper reviewers. Reviewers help guarantee the quality of our program - if you have not yet signed-up, please take a moment to do so today. Even if you have reviewed in the past, you'll need to sign-up again by visiting http://review.aomonline.org. The review period is from January 14 to February 12, 2010, and you will only be asked to review up to 3 papers.
I am confident that we will shine as a scholarly community in 2010. Thank you in advance for "daring to care" about our MSR program, and I look forward to connecting with you in Montreal!
Warm regards, Arthur
2010 Management, Spirituality and Religion
CALL FOR SCHOLARLY PAPER SUBMISSIONS
The Management, Spirituality and Religion (MSR) Interest Group cordially invites you to submit scholarly papers for the Academy of Management Annual (AOM) Conference in Montreal, Canada, August 6-10, 2010. The conference theme is "Dare to Care."
Specific Domain: MSR is committed to advancing rigorous, interdisciplinary theoretical and applied research and pedagogy on the nature, influence, and relationship of spirituality and religion in management and organizational life. Major areas of investigation include theoretical and 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.
Research constructs span a wide variety of theistic and non-theistic dimensions, including but not limited to science and spirituality, integration of practical spirituality in life and work, ethical systems in management and organizations, synchronicity and personality, coherence theories, mindfulness, consciousness and transcendent awareness, compassion and love, wisdom traditions, moral and values-based leadership, multiple intelligences, stewardship theory and sustainability, socio-technical systems, and spirituality in human resource and talent management, among others. MSR provides a unique and exciting scholarly forum for those who enjoy pracademic research. We invite intellectually and methodologically innovative submissions that encourage dialog on the holistic development of human potential and the optimization of organizational systems. We also welcome submissions for joint symposia with other Divisions.
Special Instructions: Potential submitters are encouraged to explore connections with the 2010 AOM conference theme, "Dare to Care," examining how the integration of passion and compassion in management assists in ensuring more sustainable socio-organizational futures.
Papers may be submitted through the AOM website: http://submissions.aomonline.org/2010. Only submissions registered, uploaded, and finalized on the website will be evaluated. The submission deadline is January 14, 2009. Contact the program chair, Arthur L. Jue at ajue@sbcglobal.net for questions.
Note: Applicants for the MSR Most Promising Dissertation Award should note it on their entries, submit their papers simultaneously through this process, AND contact Emmett Perry, Doctoral and New Faculty Consortium Chair, Emmett.perry@rockhurst.edu.
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