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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Innovation and Change
in Chinese Organizations
中国组织中的创新与变革
June 16-20, 2010,
Huating Hotel, Shanghai, China
Submission Deadline:
Midnight October 18, 2009, U.S. Eastern Standard Time
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Important Reminders to All Submitters
- Academic Ethics
- Languages of Presentation
- Submission Limitation
- Submission Procedures
- Acknowledgement of Receipt
- Review and Notification
The Scholarly Program
- Papers
- Paper Submission Guidelines
- Confirmation Statement
- Symposia
- Symposium Submission Guidelines
Professional Development Workshop and Caucuses
- Professional Development Workshop
- Caucuses
Other Important Information
- Conference Proceedings
- Best Paper Awards
- Meeting Venue and Registration
- Student Scholarship
- Inquiries
Call for Reviewers Signup
2010 Conference Organizers
2010 Conference English Program
Committee
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Ever since the launch
of the economic reform in the late 1970s, change has been a normal state
of affairs in China and in Chinese organizations. The changes that have
been occurring in China dazzled the world with astonishing speed and
scale, which continue to this very day. As China moves beyond its
initial economic success, Chinese organizations are no longer satisfied
with being the cheap imitator of reputable brands and innovative
products. Recently, both the government and the Chinese business
community explicitly set forth innovation as one of the most important
national and organizational strategies that will transform Chinese
organizations into competitive and responsible participants in the
global marketplace. This signals a shift of developmental focus for both
the government and the organizations to prioritize innovation as the
true driver for sustainable growth and change.
As the world’s largest academic community for Chinese management
research, we welcome such a shift in direction and believe that this
opens a new chapter for Chinese and non-Chinese organizations that
operate in China and/or interact with Chinese organizations. In order to
further our understanding of innovation as the key to the next stage of
success for Chinese organizations and those working with them and,
subsequently, to build a knowledge base for such strategic shifts, we
chose “Innovation and Change in Chinese Organizations” as the theme for
the upcoming 2010 IACMR biennial conference.
Innovation and change is a timely theme for the 2010 IACMR conference.
It aligns with China’s societal and organizational priorities. It builds
on pioneering research on innovation and change in Chinese organizations
and promises to elevate our understanding and knowledge in this crucial
area of management and organization. We also consider Shanghai and 2010
to be the perfect place and time for a meeting to showcase innovative
ideas and practices. Shanghai is internationally renowned for its
entrepreneurial spirit, vibrant business community, and cultural
diversity. Its status as the host city for the 2010 World Expo shall
turn Shanghai into the global gathering place for innovation.
Organizational innovation is broadly defined as the production of new
technology, products, services, and operational and managerial
processes. Research on innovation includes antecedents and outcomes of
the innovation process at the (macro) national, industrial, and
organizational levels, as well as the (micro) group and individual
levels. Innovation occurs not only in technology and production, but
also in administration and customer service. It takes place not only in
for-profit business enterprises, but also in public and non-profit
organizations such as government and educational institutions.
We welcome a variety of important and interesting research questions on
the theme of innovation and change, including those related to all
aspects and phases of the innovation process. Some examples include:
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What
transformational and evolutionary changes have occurred or are
occurring in China and Chinese organizations and what are their
positive and/or negative effects on the economic, social, and
psychological lives of organizational members?
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While innovation
almost always involves or brings about change, it may not
necessarily occur in the context of organizational change. If most
innovation initiatives occur in a general context of change and
uncertainty in China, how does this context affect the process and
outcome of innovation and how does innovation, in turn, affect the
direction and nature of organizational change? Innovation in China
can be top down (e.g., the mandate from the Chinese government) or
bottom up (e.g., family entrepreneurship) or a confluence of both.
Which direction seems to be more prevalent and efficacious and how
is innovation initiated, carried out, and sustained in Chinese
organizations?
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What are the major
facilitators or barriers of innovation: technology, social
structures and networks, culture, leadership, the competence and
commitment of the workforce, and/or other factors?
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In the midst of
change and innovation, how do Chinese organizations, groups, and
individuals deal with tensions between change and stability and
between innovation and continuity? What role do integrity, fairness
and moral leadership play?
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For innovation to
avoid being just another fad, it must have real evidence of impact.
Apart from creating something new, are there tangible performance
effects, such as increasing operation efficiency, market share, or
labor productivity? What are the broader, perhaps less tangible
effects, such as opening up new ways of thinking, enhancing
self-worthiness, and strengthening social bonds, all geared toward a
greater sense of community, fairness, and humaneness?
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How can studies
combine qualitative and quantitative research designs on topics that
have not been thoroughly investigated in Chinese management? How
should researchers integrate Western and Chinese perspectives?
Apart from exploring
the above questions, research papers submitted to the conference could
also include any topic related to organization and management in the
Chinese context (including mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore,
etc.) or to Chinese organizations operating globally. We welcome papers
and symposia in the disciplinary areas of Organizational Behavior, Human
Resource Management, Strategy, Organization Theory, as well as
International and Cross-Cultural Management. Sample topics could
include, but are not limited to, innovation and creativity,
organizational change, entrepreneurship, guanxi and networks, knowledge
management and knowledge transfer, governance, corporate strategies,
leadership, organizational culture, quality management, teams,
multinational management, expatriation, foreign direct investment,
globalization, and cross-cultural management. We welcome studies on all
types of organizations: state-owned, public-listed, private, foreign
wholly owned, international joint ventures, government,
public-non-profit, and those organizations undergoing ownership
transitions. We accept studies conducted with various methodologies,
including survey research, use of archival data, experimental studies,
case studies, qualitative methods, and other creative methods for
Chinese management research.
Important
Reminders to All Submitters
Academic Ethics. The IACMR is a voluntary association whose
operation, growth, and pursuit of excellence depend on cooperation,
involvement, and dedication from all of its members. It prohibits all
forms of academic dishonesty, including plagiarism and impropriety with
data collection or analyses. Academic ethics also include
professionalism in conference participation. Members should honor all
professional commitments, including (1) presenting accepted papers in
either oral presentation sessions or interactive poster sessions and (2)
fulfilling scheduled roles as chairs, discussants or panel members at
scholarly programs or the pre- and post-program meetings and workshops.
If absence from a scheduled meeting is unavoidable due to unforeseen
circumstances, one must take the responsibility to contact relevant
individuals in charge and make alternative arrangements. All
responsibilities and obligations should be performed in a timely,
diligent and sensitive manner. Failure to do so violates the general
standard of professionalism and constitutes an act of disrespect toward
the voluntary contribution of the many authors and reviewers as well as
conference organizers, workers, and attendees. We expect all authors to
be committed to upholding the high ethical standards of the IACMR
through professional and ethical conducts when conducting their
research, when writing their papers, and when presenting their work to
colleagues. Please see www.iacmr.org for the full statement on the
“IACMR Commitment to Excellence”.
Languages of Presentation. There are two parallel programs: the
English Program and the China Forum, which have different sets of paper
submissions, symposium proposals, and professional development workshop
proposals. However, the same paper or two papers with major content
overlap should not be submitted as two different papers simply because
they appear in different languages. Authors must make the choice of
submitting a paper to either the English or the Chinese program but not
both. Submissions that violate this rule will NOT be reviewed. This Call
for Papers provides guidance for papers, symposia, and professional
development workshop proposals written in English. A separate Call for
Papers in Chinese for Chinese papers will be posted on www.iacmr.org.cn.
Please use the information presented on that website for submitting
papers or proposals in Chinese.
Submission Limitation. There is a rule of 3+3+2. Each author (as
a single author or as a co-author) is allowed to make a maximum of three
submissions (including papers and symposia) to each of the two programs,
the English Program and the China Forum. The fourth submission to a
single program will be returned to the corresponding author without
review. Each person (as a presenter or organizer) can participate in NO
more than two Professional Development Workshops.
Submission Procedures. We only accept electronic submissions.
Detailed information on the electronic submission process will be posted
on the website at www.iacmr.org by August 15, 2009. The website will be
open for paper and symposium submissions on September 15, 2009, and will
be closed at midnight October 18, 2009, U.S. Eastern Standard Time.
Submissions for Professional Development Workshop and Caucus proposals
must be received by November 15, 2009. To ensure that your submissions
are received and reviewed, please read the following guidelines and the
online submission procedures carefully and please submit as EARLY as
possible. Last-minute submissions often result in more mistakes, and
their authors tend to miss important information regarding the process.
Because the program track chairs have a very short period of time to
complete the reviews of all the submissions, any submission that does
not follow the proper procedure or does not finalize the submission will
automatically NOT be reviewed.
Acknowledgement of Receipt. An acknowledgement of the receipt of
submissions will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author.
Review and Notification. Papers submitted to the Scholarly
Program will be blind reviewed. Reviewers will evaluate each paper on
the basis of research quality, contribution to the field of Chinese
management, and interest of the topic to IACMR members in general.
Notification of acceptances or rejections will be made by February 15,
2010.
The Scholarly
Program
The scholarly program of the conference occurs during June 17 to 19,
2010, which consists of presentations of papers, symposia, and keynote
panels.
Papers
We seek original papers that address the main theme of the
conference and topics from the disciplinary areas of organization and
management listed above. Originality means that the paper has not
been presented at any other conferences or published in any academic
journals or books, even if these other outlets are in different
languages. Once accepted, the content of any paper should NOT be changed
or revised for the conference presentation.
Accepted papers will be presented at the conference in either one of two
formats: paper presentations or interactive poster sessions. Each paper
presentation lasts roughly 20 minutes with 15 minutes for the
presentation of the paper and 5 minutes for Q&A. In the poster sessions,
authors will present their papers on poster boards and will have 1 hour
and 30 minutes for informal discussion and interaction with
participants.
Paper Submission Guidelines
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The entire paper
MUST be in one (1) Word document file (.doc) (PDF files will NOT be
accepted and please don't use the .docx format) and contain the following:
- Abstract page
- Main text
- Figures (if any)
- Tables (if any)
- References
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The abstract page
must include (NO author information should appear on this page):
- Title of the paper
- Abstract (75-100 words)
- Key words: use no more than five words to identify the content
area
- Methodological Area: qualitative or quantitative, or both
- If it is a submission with a solo student author, indicate on the upper right hand corner with the words “Student Paper”
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Name the file with
the 5-digit electronic submission ID number (e.g., 12345.doc) that
will be assigned to you when you log in
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Record the 5-digit
electronic submission ID number as the header on all of the
manuscript pages
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Number all of the
pages of the paper starting from the abstract page
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The maximum length
of the paper is 35 pages, including all tables, figures, notes, and
references
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Use Times New Roman
12-point font, double spaced, with 1-inch (2.5cm) margins all around
for the text, including headers and footnotes
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Papers must be
written in English and follow the current style, including
references format, of the official journal of IACMR, Management and
Organization Review
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To facilitate the
blind review process, remove ALL author-identifying information from
the text, including acknowledgements
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Check that the
paper prints correctly (i.e., all imported figures and tables appear
properly) and ensure that the file is virus-free
Confirmation
Statement
All submitters will be asked to sign a Confirmation Statement
included in the online submission system that pledges: (a) the paper has
not been published or presented elsewhere, (b) there is not another
version in a different language being submitted to the IACMR conference,
and (c) at least one author will attend the conference to present the
paper in either the oral presentation or the interactive poster
sessions. Submissions will NOT be reviewed unless the
Confirmation Statement is signed.
Symposia
The goal for symposium presentations is to provide a forum for effective
exchange and collective learning that will further our professional
knowledge and enhance our skills. With this in mind, we invite
submissions of new, creative, and exciting proposals for symposium
presentations. We particularly welcome symposia that are related to the
conference theme of innovation and change. A symposium consists of
presentations from three to four presenters. Each symposium will have a
total of 90 minutes for presentations, discussions, and Q&A.
Symposium Submission Guidelines
Symposium submissions must include:
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A title page that
has:
- The Conference-assigned submission number
- Title of the symposium
- Complete full name, affiliation, address, phone number, fax
number, and email address of all presenters, discussant(s) and
chair. Add an asterisk (*) next to the name of the corresponding
(contact) presenter
- No more than five words to identify the content area
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A 5-page overview
of the symposium (i.e., the objectives, the content, the synergy
among the presentations provided by the different presenters, and
the significance of the symposium to Chinese management research)
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A 2-3 page synopsis
of each presentation, including references
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The symposium
proposal should not exceed 20 double-spaced pages in total length.
Use Times New Roman 12-point font, double spaced, with 1-inch
(2.5cm) margins all around for the text, including headers and
footnotes
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A signed statement
from the organizer declaring: “I have received signed statements
from all intended participates agreeing to participate in the entire
symposium.” Symposium submissions will NOT be reviewed unless
this statement is included.
Professional
Development Workshops and Caucuses
In addition to paper and symposium presentations in the scholarly
program, we also invite proposals for professional development workshops
(PDWs) and caucuses, which will be held on the last day of the
conference, June 20, 2010.
Professional
Development Workshops
PDWs provide a forum for researchers to explore a common topic. Their
goals are educational and informational. PDWs are generally conducted in
an interactive and participative format. PDWs are not a forum where
people should propose to make several standard paper presentations on a
common theme—such sessions are part of the conference’s scholarly paper
program. We especially welcome PDWs that are related to the conference
theme of innovation and change. We are also open to proposal submissions
that focus on contemporary issues relating to Chinese management
research, research methods (e.g., how to conduct quantitative and
qualitative research), and professional development topics (e.g., how to
help junior faculty in conducting and publishing high-impact research or
career development issues). Proposals for workshops dealing with
teaching methods and content are encouraged. Creative and novel
proposals are particularly encouraged.
If you would like to discuss a PDW idea, please contact PDW Chair Carl
Fey of the Stockholm School of Economics at
Carl.Fey@hhs.se. You are encouraged
to initiate informal contact (in advance of the deadline) with Carl via
email about what you want to do prior to developing a full proposal. PDW
organizers need to submit the following proposal items to the conference
website by November 15, 2009.
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Title of the
workshop
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Full name and
contact information of the “Chair” or “Organizer,” indicated with
an asterisk (*) by the Chair/Organizer’s name, and all
presenters, including affiliation, title (e.g., Associate
Professor), address, phone number, fax number, and email
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Goal of the
workshop (i.e., learning objectives)
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Content of the
workshop
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Intended
participants and admission criteria for the participants
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Time requirement of
the workshop
Caucuses
The 2010 IACMR conference also welcomes proposals for caucuses.
Different from paper presentations and symposia, caucuses are roundtable
discussions designed to provide an informal way for IACMR members who
share a mutual topical interest or a professional concern to find one
another and to develop a sense of community. Anyone who would like to
discuss a caucus idea should please contact Caucus Chair Ya-Ru Chen at
yaru.chen@johnson.cornell.edu (in advance of the deadline). Caucus
organizers need to submit the following proposal items on the conference
website by November 15, 2009.
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The title
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Name, affiliation,
address, email address, phone number, and fax number of the caucus
organizer
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A short, one-page
description of the topical interest or concern, including two key
words in bold
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Caucus format and
the expected number of participants, and
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Names of five IACMR
members who support the proposal
Other Important
Information
Conference Proceedings
We will publish a CD of the Conference Proceedings. The papers in the
paper sessions will be published in full, while only the abstracts of
the interactive papers will be included on the Proceedings CD.
Publication in the Proceedings does NOT preclude the authors from
publishing the paper in journals or books. However, authors can choose
not to include their accepted papers in the Proceedings by checking the
relevant box when submitting their papers.
Best Paper Awards
We will give three Best Paper Awards in the following categories:
micro topics (individual and group level analysis), macro topics
(organization level analysis and strategy focus), and best student
paper. To qualify for the Best Student Paper Award, the student must be
the sole author of the paper.
Best Review Awards
We will give four Best Review Awards in the following categories: Chinese reviews of micro topics, Chinese reviews of macro topics, English reviews of micro topics, and English reviews of macro topics.
Meeting Venue and Registration
The conference will be held at Huating Hotel & Towers (five star),
Shanghai, China. We expect the hotel rate to be approximately US $130
per night and the conference registration fee to be about US $350 for
regular members and US $180 for student members. The registration fees
include a two-year membership with the IACMR ($100 regular, $50 student)
and a two-year subscription fee to Management and Organization Review.
PRC member rates are published in the China Forum Call for Papers.
Detailed information on conference registration procedures, fees and
hotel reservations will be available on the Conference Website through
www.iacmr.org in 2009.
Student Scholarships
Conference scholarships will be available to students on a competitive
basis. Please watch for the scholarship announcement on the conference
website in late 2009.
Inquiries
For any questions about this Call for Papers or the conference,
please contact Program Chair Chao C. Chen at
cchen.iacmr@business.rutgers.edu. Questions about the IACMR may be
directed to President Shuming Zhao at
zhaosm@nju.edu.cn. General information about the IACMR may be found
on our website: www.iacmr.org.
Call for Reviewers
Signup
The IACMR needs quality reviewers for the 2010 Conference in Shanghai.
We encourage you to sign up as a volunteer reviewer for the track to
which you submit your paper or the track in which you are knowledgeable.
In addition to supporting track chairs in their acceptance decisions and
helping authors improve the quality of submissions, being a reviewer
provides more visibility to you and your institution. Please sign up at
www.iacmr.org, where the Call for
Reviewer Signup will be posted on February 1, 2009, and choose your
areas of expertise (i.e. keywords) for the track for which you want to
review. Once you sign up, you may be asked to review up to 3
submissions. Please be aware that the review period will run from the
end of October to the end of November, 2009. We thank you in advance for
your consideration to be a reviewer.
2010 Conference Organizers
Founding President:
Anne Tsui, Arizona State University
Past President: Xiao-Ping Chen, University of Washington
President: Shuming Zhao, Nanjing University
Senior Vice President: Jia Lin Xie, University of Toronto
Senor Vice President: Jing Zhou, Rice University
Local Arrangement Committee Chair: Xiongwen Lu, Fudan University
Conference Program Chair and English Program Micro Track Chair: Chao C. Chen, Rutgers University
English Program Macro Track Chair, English Program: Anthea Yan Zhang, Rice University
China Forum Program Chair and Micro Track Chair, China Forum: Baiyin Yang, Tsinghua
University
China Forum Micro Track Co-Chair, China Forum: Zhixue Zhang, Peking University
China Forum Macro Track Chair: Neng Liang, China European International
Business School
China Forum Macro Track Co-Chair, China Forum: Liangding Jia, Nanjing
University
Keynote Sessions Chair: Anne Tsui, Arizona State University
PDW Chair: Carl Fey, Stockholm School of Economics
Posters Session Chair: Peter Li, California State University
Caucus Chair: Ya-Ru Chen, Rutgers University
Proceedings Editor: Shengsheng Huang, Rutgers University
Conference Photo Editor: Joshua Wu, University of Miami
Conference Video Editor: Haifeng Yan, East China University of Science and Technology
2010 Conference English Program
Committee
1. Chao C. Chen,
Rutgers University (Program Chair and Micro Papers Track Chair)
2. Anthea Yan Zhang, Rice University (Macro Track Chair)
3. Vishwanath V. Baba, McMaster University
4. Yanjie Bian, University of Minnesota
5. Ingmar Bjorkman, Swedish School of Economics
6. Max Boisot, University of Birmingham
7. Brian Boyd, Arizona State University
8. Adrienne Colella, Tulane University
9. George Zhen Xiong Chen, The Australian National University
10. Shu-Cheng Chi, National Taiwan University
11. Gregory Dess, University of Texas at Dallas
12. Carolyn Egri, Simon Fraser University
13. Raymond Friedman, Vanderbilt University
14. Michael Hui, Chinese University of Hong Kong
15. Yaping Gong, HKUST
16. Hean Tat Keh, Peking University
17. Jean S.K. Lee, China Europe International Business School
18. Thomas Lee, University of Washington
19. Gary Johns, Concordia University
20. Haiyang Li, Rice University
21. Mingfang Li, California State University Northridge
22. Hui Liao, University of Maryland
23. Xiaowei Luo, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
24. Shige Makino, Chinese University of Hong Kong
25. Wei Shen, University of Florida
26. Raymond Sparrowe, Washington University in St. Louis
27. Kan Shi, Chinese Academy of Sciences
28. Justin Tan, York University
29. Lois Tetrick, George Mason University
30. Dean Tjosvold, Lingnan University
31. Eric Tsang, University of Texas at Dallas
32. Wen-pin Tsai, Pennsylvania State University
33. David Whetten, Brigham Young University
34. Joshua Wu, University of Miami
35. Patrick Wright, Cornell University
36. Jia Lin Xie, University of Toronto
37. Michael Young, Hong Kong Baptist University
38. Zhixue Zhang, Peking University
39. Shaker Zahra, University of Minnesota
40. Dean Xu, Hong Kong University
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