Dear ONErs –
If you know of a doctoral student at the end of the dissertation process or someone who recently finished their dissertation in the ONE fields, please make sure they know of this opportunity ... and thank you!!!
2012 ONE DOCTORAL DISSERTATION AWARD
The annual Doctoral Dissertation Award recognizes recent doctoral work in the Organizations and Natural Environment (ONE) area. Eligible dissertations must focus on some aspect of the natural environment and organization/society, however the particular discipline in which the dissertation is written is not a consideration.
Criteria for selection include relevance, methodological appropriateness, scholarly contribution, and practical implications. Applications and dissertations must be in English. The successful applicant will receive a recognition plaque, as well as a cash award, at the annual Academy of Management meeting of the ONE Division meeting in Boston, August 2012.
Dissertation entries for 2012 must have been, or will be, successfully defended between May 1, 2011 and May 1, 2012. For the initial screening of all applicants, an application must include:
- an electronic copy of an abstract of not more than 10 double-spaced pages (the abstract should NOT identify either the author or the university),
- the dissertation committee's signature page, including university name and date of successful defense,
- a separate title page, including author's address, phone numbers (business and home), fax number, and e-mail address.
- If the applicant is not listed as lead author for any section of the dissertation, the submission must also include a certification, signed by the lead author, that the applicant is the primary researcher and author of the section in question.
For those applications that progress to the final screening in this competition an electronic copy (MS Word format) of your dissertation is required.
Since the criteria for this award considers relevance, methodological appropriateness, scholarly contribution, and practical implications, we suggest you include the following information in your abstract to help us evaluate your dissertation:
• Introduction: Describe your research question and your contribution to research and practice.
• Literature Review/Theory Building: Identify the research literatures used to develop your research question and hypotheses.
• Method: Briefly summarize your sample, data collection procedures, variables, and analysis techniques.
• Results: Provide a summary of your results and how they relate to your research question.
• Future Research: Tell us how your research will stimulate the research of others.
To be considered for the award, applicants are to submit their abstract and accompanying required documentation by May 1, 2012, and the finalists will be notified to send the full dissertation via email by June 1, 2012, to the ONE Doctoral Dissertation Award Selection Committee Chair: Jim Weber, Ph.D. at weberj@duq.edu (412-396-5475 if an emergency).
Jim Weber
Jim Weber, Ph.D.
Professor of Business Ethics and Management
Chair, Department of Management
Founding Director and Senior Fellow, Beard Center for Leadership in Ethics
Rockwell Hall 816, Duquesne University
600 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15282 USA
office: 412-396-5475
fax: 412-396-4764
www.business.duq.edu/faculty/Weber