Dear Colleagues,
You are cordially invited to attend the following event organized by the European Journal of International Management (EJIM) and sponsored by the International Management, Business Policy & Strategy, and Organizational Behavior divisions of the Academy of Management. Preliminary date, times, and location: August 6, 20027, from 2:30PM to 3:50PM in the Franklin 4 room of the <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:place></st1:city> Marriott.
Academy of Management 2007, Panel Symposium
New Directions in International Management Research
Organizer:
Vlad Vaiman, Professor of International Management, Department of International Management, FH JOANNEUM University of Applied Sciences, Eggenberger Allee 11, A-8020 Graz, Austria Europe.
EJIM, Executive Editor
Chair:
Gerhard Fink, Professor, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria, Europa Institut, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Althanstrasse 39-45, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
Panel Discussion Facilitator:
<st1:personname w:st="on">Gerhard Apfelthaler</st1:personname>, Chair, Department of International Management, FH JOANNEUM University of Applied Sciences, Eggenberger Allee 11, A-8020 Graz, Austria.
Panelists:
Joseph L. Cheng, Professor, Department of Business Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1206 South Sixth Street, Champaign, IL 61820, USA.
Randall Schuler, Professor, International and Strategic Human Resource Management, HRM Department, 202 Levin Bldg., 94 Rockafeller Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
Slawomir Magala, Professor and Chair, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Rotterdam School of Management, Department of Organizational Sciences and HRM, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Michael-Jörg Oesterle, Professor and Chair in International Management, University of Bremen/Germany School of Business Administration and Economics, Hochschulring 4, D-29359 Germany.
Nigel Holden, Professor of International Management, <st1:placename w:st="on">Nottingham</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Trent</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">University</st1:placename>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">United Kingdom</st1:country-region>, <st1:placename w:st="on">Nottingham</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Business</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype>, <st1:placename w:st="on">Nottingham</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Trent</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">University</st1:placename>, <st1:place w:st="on">Burton Street, <st1:city w:st="on">Nottingham</st1:city> <st1:postalcode w:st="on">NG1 4BU</st1:postalcode>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place>.
Abstract of Symposium
The overwhelming majority of scholars working in the area of international business management agree that defining and characterizing the field remains a rather challenging task. According to one of the foremost authorities in the area of international business, Professor John Dunning, the field is undergoing major changes thanks to several important factors. Among these factors are the advent and impact of globalization on all the aspects of the business environment, the widening of economic and social objectives of both individuals and organizations, the challenges of an uncertain human environment, etc.
To continue this discourse, the organizers of this symposium invited several leading experts in various areas of international management to reflect on their perspectives pertaining to the development of the field and the challenges that scholars and practitioners alike have to face nowadays. The topics of discussion include prevailing IM research and its critique, integration of multi-disciplinary knowledge and qualitative approaches, globalization trends and their impact on IM in general and international HR management in particular, cross-cultural studies and their political consequences, European perspective on international management research and education, and challenges that are faced by scholars venturing into the field of European international management.
The main objective of this symposium is to discuss latest trends and challenges in the international management research and engage both panelists and the audience in the exciting dialogue about the present and the future of the field.