Managing Africa's Future: Prospects and Challenges
Our 2016 Biennial Conference submission website is ready for your papers and proposals. You have until June 30th to submit your papers or session proposals. Please share widely within your networks. This conference promises to be very invigorating. You will also find more information on the conference website here
Below is some more details about the tracks, full call for papers is located here. Should you have any questions about a specific track, do not hesitate to contact the track chairs listed.
Track 1: Entrepreneurship and Small Business (Chair: Professor Benson Honig - bhonig@me.com)
The entrepreneurship and SME track welcomes both empirical and conceptual papers examining issues relating ! to sustainability in both entrepreneurial and family and small business research in Africa. We are particularly interested in papers with unique contributions related to incubation, nascent entrepreneurship, microcredit, ownership succession, incubation, microenterprise promotion and training, transnational entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, and sustainable entrepreneurial innovations in Africa.
Track 2: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (Chair: Professor Jenny Hoobler - Jenny.Hoobler@up.ac.za)
This combined track welcomes conceptual and empirical papers including all aspects of both organizational behavior and human resources management, preferably in an African context. For organizational behavior, areas of interests include but are not limited to: organizational effectiveness, group dynamics, motivation, leadership, change, decision making, organizational culture, organizational design, organizational justice! , stress management, personality and perception. For human resources management, we seek papers in the areas of: compensation, diversity, performance appraisal, recruitment, selection, staffing, training, labor relations, career development and management of human capital.
Track 3: Public Policy, Administration of Government, and Non-governmental Organizations (Chair: Professor Tarek Hatem - tarekha@aucegypt.edu )
We encourage papers from academics, researchers, and professionals that investigate public and non-governmental organizations. The papers may address topics related to any of the following: Public governance; capacity building; public service quality; public management in complex environments; E-government; workplace democracy and public administration; education and training; public accountability; social enterprise in challenging environments and times; Third Sector or non-governmental organizations; stakeholder engagement; social c! apital; public entrepreneurship; public sector reforms; partnerships wi! th the private sector. Studies of other areas not included here but which relate to management of public organizations and NGO are also encouraged.
Track 4: Strategy and International Management (Chair: Professor Amon Chizema: A.Chizema@bham.ac.uk)
The Strategy and International Management track welcomes conceptual and empirical papers that focus on all areas of strategy and international management in an African context both in the private and public sector; and a comparative analysis of the African context with other contexts of the world. For strategy, areas of interests include but are not limited to: business or competitive strategy formulation and implementation, strategic planning, strategy-structure relationships, strategic leadership, innovation, corporate strategy in general, diversification and portfolio strategies, vertical integration and sourcing relationships, social capital and networking relationships, corporate governance, the resou! rce-based view, knowledge management, industrial organization economics, acquisitions, strategic alliances and interorganizational relationships, technology and innovation management, composition and processes of top management teams, and strategic control and reward systems. Areas of interest for international management should focus on the theory, research, and practice of management with a cross-border or cross-cultural dimension. Topics should include but are not limited to: market entry strategy, cross-border alliances and cooperative strategies, the management of cross-border operations, the differential impact of cultural, social, economic, technological, political, and other institutional forces on cross-border operations, management practices and strategies, the international competitiveness of firms, industries, and nations; and comparative management studies involving two or more countries.
Track 5: General Management (Chair: Professor Akhentoolove Co! rbin - akhen2love@hotmail.com)
The General Management track! welcomes conceptual and empirical papers that focus on general management including but not limited to the following topics: innovation and change management, corporate governance and accountability, sustainable decisions in organizations, and corporate social responsibility. The track welcomes papers with theoretical and practical insights into general management across all types of organizations operating in the African context. We particularly encourage papers that adopt a multi-disciplinary approach, and seek to integrate macro, meso and micro-levels of analysis.
PDW/Caucus (Chair: Professor Constant Beugre cbeugre@desu.edu)
Entries can be either a proposal for a structured discussion on a topic of common interest, or for a workshop. Proposals should be aimed at helping fellow attendees by providing a forum through which they can engage each other. PDW sessions will not appear in the proceedings. Submissions should describe the activities, goals! and time/equipment required and should be submitted to the PDW Chair: Professor Constant Beugre at cbeugre@desu.edu by June 30, 2015.
Doctoral Consortium & Junior Faculty Consortium. (Chair: Professor David Zoogah david.zoogah@morgan.edu). The doctoral and junior faculty consortium is made possible by the generous sponsorship of the Society for the Advancement of Management Studies (SAMS).
These consortia are designed to provide ideas, tools, and strategies to be successful by drawing upon the experiences of senior faculty colleagues. Research in the early stages of development will also be considered to assist members improve their works for publication. Sessions will be structured as roundtable discussions to facilitate additional development and coaching. This is an excellent way for doctoral students to become involved in AFAM. These sessions will not appear in the proceedings.
Presenters can also submit Symposi! um Proposals. A symposium proposal should include an overview of the se! ssion and a summary of the presentations for each presenter. The proposal can also include a discussant. Symposium sessions will be 90 minutes.
We have prepared for you a very detailed website and you will find most of your questions are answered there http://www.africa-aom.org/conference2016/default.asp
Again, due date for submissions is June 30th, 2015. If you do have questions not answered on the website, feel free to contact any of the track chairs named above, or the program chairs Nceku Nyathi nceku.nyathi@gsb.uct.ac.za or Elham Metwally elhamkamal@gmail.com
We look forward to receiving your submissions.
Dr Faith Ngunjiri, Communications Coordinator
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