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<p class="MsoNormal">Could you please send out the following announcement. Thank you!</p>
<div>Regards,</div>
<div>Dina.</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><b>Academy of Management, Operations Management Division</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-size: 14px;">2016 OM Division Joint Junior Faculty and Doctoral Consortium</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The Operations Management Division is proud to announce a joint Junior Faculty and Doctoral Consortium at the annual meeting of the <b>Academy of Management (AoM) in Anaheim, CA, USA</b>. This event will be held from <b>8:00
AM to 4:00 PM on Saturday, August 6<sup>th</sup>, 2016</b>. The AoM Conference is a premier venue for empirically focused OM research.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Building on previous years' format, all participating junior faculty and doctoral students are going to stay together throughout the day. A group of more senior OM scholars will serve as faculty mentors, and the junior
faculty members are also expected to share their experiences with the doctoral students. In addition, we will have an interactive session about recommended conduct in empirical research followed by a panel discussion with editors from top tier journals in
the field.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">The joint consortium is primarily composed of two integrated sessions. After a welcome breakfast, the morning session invites junior faculty and doctoral students to present their research prospectus
describing how they are extending their dissertation research and/or starting new research streams. This session will follow an intensive research incubator format. Each student will give a 15-min presentation about his/her research proposal to a panel of
senior and junior faculty who will provide feedback and guidance on each proposal. We will convene with everybody to have a nice sit-down lunch during which participants and mentors can get to know each other in an informal setting.</span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">In the afternoon session, we will have discussion sessions regarding recommended conduct in empirical research as well as personal dilemmas in a career in academia. After each discussion session, a group of panelists
will provide feedback and answer questions.</span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Doctoral students and junior faculty doing research on any Operations Management topic may participate. However, preference will be given to students and junior faculty employing empirical research techniques. Students
who have attended other conferences’ doctoral consortia find this consortium uniquely beneficial due to its intensive focus on developing research. In our format, junior faculty are put in a unique position of receiving advice from senior faculty as well as
acting as mentors for doctoral students.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The consortium coordinators are <b>Dina</b> Ribbink (<u><span style="color: rgb(56, 110, 255);"><a href="mailto:dribbink@ivey.ca">dribbink@ivey.ca</a></span></u>) for the junior faculty and <b>Finn</b> Wynstra (<u><span style="color: rgb(56, 110, 255);"><a href="mailto:fwynstra@rsm.nl">fwynstra@rsm.nl</a></span></u>)
for the doctoral students. If you are interested in attending the Joint Junior Faculty and Doctoral Consortium, you need to send your application by e-mail to the relevant coordinator by <b>April 15, 2016</b>. Applications will be acknowledged via email by
May 15.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The applications should include: (i) a vita, (ii) full contact information, (iii) advisor's contact information (doctoral students only), (iv) a one-sentence statement on your stage in the doctoral program (doctoral students only), (v)
a one-page summary of your dissertation research (doctoral students only), and (vi) a one-page research prospectus (junior faculty only).</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Doctoral students should also indicate whether they apply for a travel grant from the OM Division Student Assistance Fund. (If interested, please provide a separate cover letter and a reference by your doctoral advisor
addressing financial need.)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">All senior faculty interested in mentoring please contact either coordinator.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">For any questions, please contact Dina Ribbink (<u><span style="color: rgb(56, 110, 255);"><a href="mailto:dribbink@ivey.ca">dribbink@ivey.ca</a></span></u>) or Finn Wynstra (<u><span style="color: rgb(56, 110, 255);"><a href="mailto:fwynstra@rsm.nl">fwynstra@rsm.nl</a></span></u>).</span></p>
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