(with apologies for cross-listings)Greetings from CARMA (Center for the Advancement of Research Methods and Analysis at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business), and we hope that the start of the new academic year is going well for you. This email contains information about one of our programs, through which we make recorded lectures available to all faculty and students (at no charge to them as individuals) from universities that join our program. Last year 129 universities from throughout the United States and abroad participated, and we already have over 119 member schools for the 2008-2009 program. If you think that the graduate students and/or faculty at your university would be interested in unlimited access to 46 hours of recorded and live lectures on research methods and statistical analysis delivered by methodologists that include editors of major organizational journals, this email is relevant to you. These lectures can be used as part of coursework assignments (like readings), as preparation for comprehensive examinations, or as part of a department or school colloquium series.With this as an introduction, we would like to let you know or remind you (if you are already aware) that registration is open for your school to join the 2008-2009 CARMA Consortium Webcast Program. This program can give faculty and students at your school access via the internet to the latest developments in research methods used in organizational and social science disciplines, as well as a 50% discount on 2009 CARMA Short Courses offered at Virginia Commonwealth University in May. You can find a list of our presenters for the 2008-2009 Consortium Webcast Program, their topics, and tentative dates for their talks in the information below. As with last year, faculty and students from Consortium Schools will have access to live and recorded versions of these 10 lectures, as well as 36 lectures in our Video Library (a list of lectures in our Video Library is also included below). Additional information about CARMA can be found on our website. http://www.carma.vcu.edu/, or you can email us at carma@vcu.edu.I would like to encourage you to initiate discussions with your program, department, or school administrators, or your library administrators, about having your school join our program. Registration for our Consortium Webcast Program is $975 per school (with no fees for individual faculty or students).Please let us know if you have any questions, and we hope your school will be joining the 2008-2009 CARMA Consortium Webcast Program.Thanks and best wishes for a great year. LarryDr. Larry J. WilliamsCARMA DirectorUniversity Professor of ManagementVirginia Commonwealth University
2008-2009 CARMA Consortium Webcast Program
The main purpose of this program is to allow faculty and students the opportunity to hear the latest methodological developments relevant to their research. For many faculty and students, learning about research methods is challenging, and watching and listening to an expert who can present current information in an understandable form is a valuable learning aid. Our Webcasts emphasize the substantive application of methodological developments and can supplement the education that occurs in traditional courses. Membership in the CARMA Consortium Webcast Program occurs at the institutional level, and viewing the live Webcasts as a group can be an important community building activity for department faculty and/or graduate students.The 2008-2009 Consortium Webcast Program will include 10 one-hour lectures on advanced topics delivered live (with video and audio components) by leading methodological scholars from organizational studies (see list below). It will also include a special CARMA 10th Year Celebration Webcast on September 12. The live Webcasts are available for group viewing by an unlimited number of participants from each member institution. Also, the Webcast Program will allow viewers to ask questions, will be supported with relevant PowerPoint slides and background references, and will make available recorded versions of each lecture for unlimited individual later viewing throughout the year. Membership will also allow unlimited individual viewing of 36 additional recorded lectures from the CARMA Video Library (see full list below). 2008-2009 CARMA Consortium Webcast Program Schedule* September 12, 2008
12:00-1:00 | CARMA 10th Year Celebration Webcast
Dr. Larry J. Williams
Virginia Commonwealth University
Measurement Models for Linking Latent Variables and Indicators: A Review of Alternatives for Organizational Researchers |
September 26, 2008
12:00-1:30 | Dr. Herman Aguinis
University of Colorado-Denver
Review of Research Methods in Organizational Studies |
October 24, 2008
12:00-4:30 | Dr. Daniel Ganster
University of Arkansas
Measurement Issues in Stress Research |
| | Dr. Howard Weiss
Purdue University
Measurement of Affect and Episodic Events |
| | Dr. Adam Meade
North Carolina State University
Question and Context Effects in Organizational Survey Data |
November 14, 2008
12:00-1:30 | Dr. Peter Westfall
Texas Tech University
Multivariate Categorical Response Models |
January 30, 2009
12:00-1:30 | Dr. Karen Locke
College of William and Mary
The Grounded Theory Approach to Qualitative Data Analysis |
February 27, 2009
12:00-1:30 | Dr. Jonathan Doh
Villanova University
Using Spatial Analysis in Strategy Research |
April 17, 2009
12:00-4:30 | Dr. Laurie Weingart
Carnegie Mellon University
Dynamic Approaches to Analyzing Group Processes |
| | Dr. Jeffrey Reuer
University of North Carolina
Exploring Interdependencies Among Strategic Choices Using Multivariate Probit Analysis |
| | Dr. Michael Burke
Tulane University
Estimating Confidence Intervals for Correlations Corrected for Unreliability and Range Restriction |
*tentative dates, presenters, and titles*
CARMA Video Library (video recordings of past lectures)
Dr. Herman Aguinis, University of Colorado- Denver Estimating Interaction Effects with Multiple RegressionDr. Donald Bergh, University of DenverStrategy and Research Methods DevelopmentDr. Paul Bliese, Walter Reed Army Institute of TechnologyDiscontinuous Growth ModelsDr. Brian Boyd, Arizona State UniversityCurrent Issues with Organizational Level Measurement and Strategy ResearchDr. Dan Brass, University of Kentucky Issues in Social Network AnalysisDr. Gilad Chen, Texas A & M UniversityConceptualization, Measurement, and Validation of Multilevel ConstructsDr. Claudia Cogliser, Texas Tech UniversityCurrent Issues with Individual Level MeasurementDr. Jose Cortina, George Mason University Goodness of Fit and Structural Equation ModelsDr. Dan Dalton, Indiana UniversityMeta-Analysis and Strategy ResearchDr. Jeff Edwards, University of North Carolina - Chapel HillMethods for Integrating Mediation and ModerationDr. Jeff Edwards, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Moderation in Structural Equation ModelingDr. Michele Gelfand, University of Maryland Methodological Issues in Cross-Cultural ResearchDr. Paul Hanges, University of MarylandNonlinear Dynamic ModelsDr. David Harrison, Pennsylvania State University Regression Models for Limited Dependent VariablesDr. David Hofmann, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Hierarchical Linear ModelingDr. John Hollenbeck, Michigan State UniversityContributing to Applied Psychology with Laboratory ResearchDr. Peter Hom, Arizona State UniversityAdvanced Panel Methods for Strategy Research Dr. Larry James, Georgia Institute of Technology Effects of Criterion Reliability on Means/Interactions in Meta-AnalysisDr. Larry James, Georgia Institute of TechnologyConditional Reasoning and Measurement of Implicit PersonalityDr. Katherine Klein, University of Pennsylvania Issues with Group Level MeasurementDr. James LeBreton, Wayne State University Measures of Agreement for Group Level ResearchDr. James LeBreton, Purdue UniversityRelative Importance of Predictors with Regression Models Dr. Jorge Mendoza, University of Oklahoma Repeated Measures ANOVA and MANOVADr. Roger Millsap, Arizona State UniversityMeasurement Invariance and Organizational ResearchDr. Kevin Murphy, Pennsylvania State University Power analysis for Traditional and Modern Hypothesis TestsDr. Robert Ployhart, University of South Carolina Longitudinal Data AnalysisDr. Michael Pratt, University of IllinoisPublishing Criteria for Qualitative ResearchDr. Steven Rogelberg, Univ. of North Carolina Charlotte Non-responses to Organizational SurveysDr. Paul Sackett, University of MinnesotaRestriction of RangeDr. Neal Schmitt, Michigan State University Item Response TheoryDr. J. Myles Shaver, University of Minnesota Concerns, Implications, and Alternative Strategies for Testing MediationDr. Jeff Stanton, Syracuse University Issues with Internet Data CollectionDr. William Starbuck, University of Oregon Robust RegressionDr. Eugene Stone-Romero, University of Central FloridaTesting Mediation Effects with Non-Experimental ResearchDr. Robert Vandenberg, University of Georgia Multi-Level Structural Equation MethodsDr. Robert Vandenberg, University of Georgia Latent Growth Models for Longitudinal Data
About CARMA
The Center for the Advancement of Research Methods and Analysis (CARMA) is a non-profit unit of the School of Business at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), located in Richmond, Virginia, with an enrollment of nearly 30,000 students. It was established in 1997 by Dr. Larry J. Williams, former Chairperson of the Research Methods Division of the Academy of Management and Founding Editor of Organizational Research Methods. Here is some information about the impact and success of CARMA in recent years:Over 4600 CARMA Website Users from 45 countriesOver 160 universities in Webcast Programs since fall 2005Over 1000 faculty/students have made over 6500 requests to view recordingsOver 700 faculty/students have attended 45 Short Courses since summer 2004
Dr. Larry J. Williams, Director
Center for the Advancement of Research Methods and Analysis (CARMA)
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