Dear Careers Division Members and Friends,
The submission system for the 2015 Academy of Management Meeting in Vancouver has now opened (http://aom.org/annualmeeting/submission/process/). Next to scholarly submissions (papers, symposia), participants are encouraged to submit Professional Development Workshop (PDW) proposals. The Careers Division PDWs will be scheduled from 8 am to 8 pm on both Friday, August 7 and Saturday, August 8, 2015. As the division that represents the AOM's center of career expertise, the CAR Division encourages proposals intended to support the career development and success of Academy members at all career stages, within and outside of the CAR division, and in traditional academic career paths as well as non-traditional career pursuits outside of academia. PDW submissions that focus on building the human and/or social capital of attendees are particularly encouraged.
Suggested topics for PDWs include, but are not limited to the following: Strategies for developing research and getting published; strategies for bridging career research and practice, and for integrating career research with other fields (e.g., OB, HRM); applying career development and coaching concepts; cutting-edge research methodology for studying careers; establishing collaborations with practitioners and industry experts; research incubators; making career changes, navigating international careers, and crafting nontraditional career paths; mentoring and networking; work-life balance and parenthood; success strategies in career transitions.
Submissions that relate to the conference theme "Opening Governance" are especially welcome. For example: To what extent do careers become more permeable when governments and institutions open themselves to diverse participation? How will the shift from top-down, closed government to decentralized, open governance help define or re-define career success? Are 'traditional' career enhancing strategies (e.g., networking) equally effective in an open governance format, or should they be replaced by other strategies (e.g., knowledge sharing)? How will managerial careers be affected by the power shift from top to bottom typical for open governance? These are just some career-related questions that can serve as inspiration for PDW submissions.
While the conference theme and suggestions provided above offer some guidelines, we would like to create a range of PDWs that are innovative, inspirational and provide meaningful connections among workshop participants. Proposals that pioneer new or alternative themes and formats are therefore also welcome.
Looking forward to your submissions, and to seeing you in August 2015!
-Bert
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Bert Schreurs
PDW Chair, CAREERS division, Academy of Management
Associate Professor
School of Business and Economics | Maastricht University
Tongersestraat 53 | Maastricht, LM 6211 | The Netherlands
Phone: +31 43 38 83776 | Email: b.schreurs@maastrichtuniversity.nl
www.bert-schreurs.com