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Dear international management researchers,

You have until Feb 1^st to nominate a paper for this year's International Human Resource Management (IHRM) scholarly research award. We are looking for the paper that did the most to advance scholarship in IHRM and its implications for domestic HR and IM.  Click here to submit your favorite IHRM paper published in 2014. In support of the HR Division's goal of increasing member involvement and its international reach, we strongly encourage nominations from as diverse a population as possible. The award winner will be announced at the Academy meeting during the HR Division Awards Ceremony and receive a plaque and a $500 honorarium.

Please feel free to email me if you have questions about the nomination process. The process and eligibility criteria are below.

Looking forward to reading your nominated papers,

Stacey

Stacey R. Fitzsimmons

Assistant Professor of International Business

Peter B. Gustavson School of Business

University of Victoria

sfitzsim@uvic.ca

Nominations and Selection Process:

1. A committee of HR Division members from multiple regions of the world will oversee the selection process.
2. Nominated articles can be peer-nominated, self-nominated, or nominated by the Committee provided the nominated article meets the eligibility criteria.
3. Selection will be based on the extent to which the article has advanced scholarship in IHRM and its implications for domestic HR and IM. At the discretion of the Committee, articles that are explicitly cross-national may be preferred.
4. Those interested in nominating an article for the award should send their nominations via the 'Nominate' button located above.  Please include all information as an attachment.
5. The nomination should include:
   • Full names of all the authors
   • Title of the article
   • Journal in which the article appeared, including year of publication, volume, issue, and page numbers.
   • A copy of the full article, including references, tables, and appendices.

Eligibility:

1. Eligible articles should have advanced any area of IHRM in a significant way.
2. Eligible articles can cover a wide range of topics including (but not limited to) comparative human resources, cross-cultural management, global mobility of human talent, work, or careers, HR's role in international joint ventures, talent management in global expansion or outsourcing, international HR strategy, HR topics related to emerging markets, HR in developing versus developed nations, convergence versus divergence, HR's role in global ethical practices, HR use of technology in global management, expatriate management, international and immigrant diversity management practices, global employment and labor legislation, cross-cultural competencies, universal applicability of HR systems or practices, global standardization of HRM, international compensation practices, HR global performance management, etc.
3. Eligible articles can be theoretical, qualitative, or quantitative.
4. Eligible articles may come from any scholarly HR, IM, or management outlet in the year prior to the award. If deemed exceptional by the nominator, they also may have been published as chapters in books. Practitioner articles are not eligible.
5. Eligible articles must have been published in English in 2014.

Nominations must be received by February 1, 2015 using our nomination system. (click here)