CALL FOR PAPERS: Southern Management Association 2007 Meeting
November 7-10, 2007 – Sheraton Nashville Downtown Hotel: Nashville,
Tennessee
Submission Deadline: April 13, 2007
Program Chair: Allen C. Amason, University of Georgia
(
aamason@terry.uga.edu)
The Southern Management Association invites submissions for its 2007 Annual
Meeting. All submissions will be reviewed on the basis of originality,
rigor, and overall contribution. Submissions may take the form of papers,
case studies, symposia or workshops. All accepted submissions will be
presented at the meeting and published in the Annual Meetings Proceedings.
SUBMISSION TRACKS & TRACK CHAIRS
1. Organizational Behavior
Chair: Hettie A. Richardson, Louisiana State University (
hricha4@lsu.edu)
2. Strategic Management / Organizational Theory
Chair: Franz W. Kellermanns, Mississippi State University
(
fkellermanns@cobilan.msstate.edu)
3. Human Resources / Careers
Chair: Martha C. Andrews, University of North Carolina Wilmington
(
andrewsm@uncw.edu)
4. Research Methods
Chair: Marcia J. Simmering, Louisiana Tech University (
mjs@cab.latech.edu)
5. Management History/Management Education/International Management
Chair: Patricia A. Lanier, University of Louisiana-Lafayette
(
planier@louisiana.edu)
6. Entrepreneurship / Innovation / Information Technology
Chair: George (Jody) Tompson, University of Tampa (
jtompson@ut.edu)
7. Ethics / Social Issues / Diversity
Chair: Melenie J. Lankau, University of Georgia (
mlankau@terry.uga.edu)
8. Health Care / Hospitality Mgmt / Public Administration
Chair: Michael Collins, Coastal Carolina University (
mcollins@coastal.edu)
OUTSTANDING PAPER AWARDS
Subject to review, Outstanding Paper and Outstanding Doctoral Student Paper
Awards will be given in each track. There will also be overall Outstanding
Paper and Outstanding Doctoral Student Paper Awards. Doctoral student
papers may have multiple authors but the first author must be a doctoral
student at the time of submission. Doctoral students who author an
Outstanding Doctoral Student Paper will have their conference registration
and annual dues waived for one year.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
• All submissions must be made online at
www.southernmanagement.org/meetings/2007/ no later than April 13, 2007.
• SMA fully adheres to the AOM revised Code of Ethics
(www.southernmanagement.org/ethics/). Authors are expected to abide by this
Code when preparing their manuscripts.
• Papers should not have been previously accepted, published,
presented, or be under review for another meeting or journal.
• Subsequent publication, with proper acknowledgement, is encouraged.
• If a paper is accepted, at least one author must register and
present the work at the conference.
• If a symposium is accepted, every author must register and present
the work at the conference. A statement from the organizer declaring: "I
have received signed statements from all proposed participants agreeing to
participate in the symposium" must be submitted along with the proposal.
• No participant is allowed to be included as an author, presenter,
session chair, discussant, etc. in more than three program sessions.
• The maximum length of a submission is 35 pages, including ALL title
pages, tables, figures, references and appendices. The paper format should
follow the Academy of Management Journal’s Style Guide. Non-conforming
submissions will be returned without review.
• Manuscripts should be double spaced, with 1 inch margins on all
four sides. The paper size should be standard U.S. Letter (8.5 X 11
inches). Manuscripts should be in Times New Roman Font, Font size 12.
• The entire paper (title page, abstract, main text, figures, tables,
references, etc.) must be in one, single document, created in Word XP or an
earlier version.
• Submissions will be blind reviewed. Thus, it is very important
that no author names or identifying information appear anywhere in the
manuscript. This does not apply to symposia and workshops, which are not
blind reviewed.
NEED ASSISTANCE? Please email our support team at
support@southernmanagement.org or call us at 1.201.633.3208
Submit papers and volunteer to review at
www.southernmanagement.org/meetings/2007/