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<div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(8, 27, 75); ">The OCIS (Organizational Communications and Information Systems) division of the Academy of Management is pleased to announce the 2012 Doctoral Consortium, to be held in Boston, MA, 3-4 August 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(8, 27, 75); "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(8, 27, 75); ">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 or Information Systems are invited to apply.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(8, 27, 75); "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(8, 27, 75); ">Confirmed faculty advisors include:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(8, 27, 75); "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(8, 27, 75); ">Youngjin Yoo, Temple University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(8, 27, 75); ">Noshir Contractor, Northwestern University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(8, 27, 75); ">Sirkka Jarvenpaa, University of Texas at Austin and Aalto University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(8, 27, 75); ">Rob Fichman, Boston College<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(8, 27, 75); ">Michael Barrett, University of Cambridge<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(8, 27, 75); "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(8, 27, 75); "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(8, 27, 75); ">We have received generous funding from the US National Science Foundation (NSF grant </span><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Helvetica; ">IIS-1214862<span style="color: rgb(8, 27, 75); ">) to support travel and attendance for students, with some support available also for non-US-based attendees.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(8, 27, 75); "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(8, 27, 75); ">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(8, 27, 75); "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(8, 27, 75); ">To apply, please submit an application online at </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times; "><a href="https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aomocisdc2012" style="color: rgb(0, 106, 227); "><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(238, 255, 238); ">https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aomocisdc2012</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(8, 27, 75); ">. The application includes 1) a 5-page, double-spaced, 12 point abstract of the proposed dissertation research and 2) a letter of recommendation from dissertation chair/advisor supporting the student's participation in the Doctoral Consortium.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(8, 27, 75); "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(8, 27, 75); ">The due date for applications and letters of recommendation is 10 May 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(8, 27, 75); "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(8, 27, 75); ">For questions, please contact the OCIS Doctoral Consortium chair, Youngjin Yoo (<a href="mailto:youngjin.yoo@temple.edu" style="color: rgb(0, 106, 227); ">youngjin.yoo@temple.edu</a>). And please pass this note on to any doctoral students you know who might be interested.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div></div>
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