[AISWorld] AOM OCIS Doctoral Consortium 2015 - Call for Applications

[Emmanuelle Vaast, Dr]

The OCIS division of the Academy of Management is pleased to announce the 2015 Doctoral Consortium, to be held in Vancouver, BC on August 7, 2015. The consortium will provide an opportunity for doctoral students to network, receive feedback on their research and discuss career issues. All interested PhD students working on research in the areas of Organizational Communications, Information Science or Information Systems are invited to apply.
Confirmed Faculty advisers include:

-       Andrew Burton-Jones, University of Queensland
-       Ola Henfridsson, Warwick Business School
-       Likoebe Maruping, Georgia State University
-       Wanda Orlikowski, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
-       Emmanuelle Vaast, McGill University

Travel support will be provided for many of the students admitted to the consortium.
 Acceptance to the consortium will be based on a review of the application materials.
Preference for attendance and funding will be given to students who will have defended their dissertation proposals but not their dissertations by the date of the consortium, to those who have not previously participated in the OCIS consortium, and to those whose institutions or fields would not otherwise be represented.

The application includes:
1) A 5-page, double-spaced, 12-point abstract of the proposed dissertation research
2) A letter of recommendation from dissertation chair/advisor supporting the student’s participation in the Doctoral Consortium.
3) A 1-page informational document with: Name of applicant; PhD program university /school affiliation; Dissertation title; Expected completion date; Educational background; Professional background / prior work experience; Future career aspirations.

The due date for applications and letters of recommendation is April 15, 2015.

Please email all application materials as attachments in one email to: emmanuelle.vaast at mgcgill.ca
For questions, please contact Emmanuelle Vaast (emmanuelle.vaast at mcgill.ca), this year’s OCIS Doctoral Consortium chair.

Thank you for circulating this call to all doctoral students you know who might be interested.
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