Are you a junior faculty member or doctoral student looking to increase your research productivity? If so, you'll want to make plans to attend the following PDW at this year's AOM conference:
The Productivity Process: Research Tips and Strategies from Prolific Junior Faculty
Friday, August 1st
8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Hyatt Regency Hotel Regency Ballroom E,F
Sponsored by the OB Division
Organizers: John Sumanth (Wake Forest Univ.), Beth Campbell (Univ. of Minnesota), and Jaron Harvey (Univ. of Wyoming)
With regard to research, a major challenge facing junior faculty is learning how to be productive. This implies that research productivity is a process that can be improved through learning. The main goal of this Professional Development Workshop (PDW) is to help develop an awareness of the processes used by prolific faculty. Although most PDW's use esteemed senior scholars as panelists, this PDW uses peer junior faculty members who have established track records of productivity. A unique feature of this PDW is the focus on work and research productivity as a process. That is, presenters will discuss their work habits and how they go about their work (e.g., time allocation, co-authorships, writing blocks, and strategies) as well as other "life" factors that influence their productivity (e.g., exercise, work/family balance). This session uses a number of formats including individual presentations, large group Q&A, and small group roundtables.
Presenters & Roundtable Facilitators w/Topics:
- Hajo Adam, Rice University: A German('s) perspective on productivity
- Dolly Chugh, New York University: SoCrazyBusy or productive? One scholar's before and after story
- Katy DeCelles, University of Toronto: Through the muck and mire: Forming a resilient identity in academe
- Keith Leavitt, Oregon State University: This friendly world: How lucky habits and non-adversarial worldview can increase your productivity and happiness
- Huiwen Lian, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology: Self-determination theory in academic life: Satisfying our basic needs in the academic career
- Laura Little, University of Georgia: Work...life...balance? Having it all in academia?
- Celia Moore, London Business School: Grit: Staying in the game (even when it seems completely irrational to do so)
Roundtable Facilitators w/Topics:
- Steve Courtright, Texas A&M University: I was but the learner, now I am the master: Working with doctoral students as new professors
- Michelle Duguid, Washington University-St. Louis: Managing stress
- Ning Li, University of Iowa: When is the right time to quit?
Participants can expect to:
- Hear about specific strategies for improving their productivity
- Ask questions of the panelists (in a large session format as well as in smaller roundtable discussions)
- Make connections with the panelists and other audience members
- Share their own strategies related to the topics discussed in this session
- Leave with a list of resources (e.g., books, articles, courses) from the panelists
Pre-registration:
Due to strong demand for this PDW in the past, pre-registration is REQUIRED this year. However, there is NO COST to attend the PDW. To register go to the PDW registration website (https://secure.aomonline.org/pdwreg/logon.asp) and register for the workshop. Also, we plan on having an audience-driven Q&A session, so if you have questions you would like to hear the panel address, please send an email to Beth Campbell (campbele@umn.edu) by July 30, 2015 with the following information:
- Name
- Position (e.g., Assistant Professor or doctoral candidate)
- University affiliation
- Questions or topics you would like the panel to address
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