The workshop will be part of the 33rd EGOS Colloquium in Copenhagen, Denmark, and take place on Wednesday, July 5, 2017, 09:00 –13:00.
Wed, Jul 5, 2017
Both AMR and Organization Studies aim to publish well crafted theory papers that galvanize our field. Such papers are crucially important within our academic “ecosystem” of management and organization journals, where they foster new ways of thinking, open up areas for research and (re)direct lines of research. However, developing and writing such conceptual papers is far from easy. Oftentimes, prospective authors perceive writing theory as much more difficult than writing empirical, methods-driven papers. This is partly the case as they often also have had little training in developing and writing theory, and lacking such practice consider writing theory as risky.
The purpose of this professional development workshop is therefore to help participants understand (1) the specific expectations regarding a theoretical contribution for AMR and OS, and building on those expectations, (2) help them gain a good grasp of the different ways in which theory papers for these two journals can be developed and written up.
The first part of the workshop (9:00-10:15) features a plenary session on both journals and a short roundtable discussion of common issues and expectations regarding theory. We will then in the second part of the workshop (10:30-13:00) divide into roundtable groups where participants will get feedback on their own paper from an associate or senior editor of both journals.
Application guidelines
We invite authors to submit their theory papers to be considered for this workshop. As part of selecting papers for the workshop, we will give preference to conceptual or theory papers, but depending on demand may also be able to place a number of empirical papers and essays that are strongly theory driven.
The workshop mainly targets early career researchers and doctoral students, but is also open to more experienced scholars. We particularly encourage scholars who have not yet written theory papers for AMR and OS to apply.
Everyone interested in this workshop is invited to apply; however, priority will be given to scholars in earlier stages of their careers.
Please submit before April 3, 2017, 23:59:59 CET via the EGOS website:
https://www.egosnet.org/jart/
a single PDF file that contains the following information: On the cover page, a short letter of application containing full details of name, contact (i.e., postal address, phone, and email), affiliation, date of PhD completion (if applicable, stage in the doctoral studies otherwise), a statement of why the applicant considers it valuable to attend the PDW, and an indication of what journal(s) the paper is likely to be submitted to, and a full paper (20 to 25 pages, double-spaced, not including references or tables) that you wish to further develop to a publishable stage and that you will bring to the PDW.
Please note that the PDW is part of the EGOS colloquium; this means that participants, regardless of whether they will present a paper in one of the conference tracks, must register for the entire EGOS conference in order to be eligible to attend our PDW.
We hope to see you in Copenhagen!
Joep Cornelissen (associate editor, Academy of Management Review, cornelissen@rsm.nl) and Trish Reay (editor-in-chief, Organization Studies, oseditorreay@gmail.com)
