Calls and Announcements
The Walter F. Ulmer, Jr. Applied Research Award
The Center for Creative Leadership is sponsoring this award to stimulate
outstanding field research and its creative application to the practice of
leadership. The award is named in honor of Walter F. Ulmer, Jr., retired
President and CEO, Center for Creative Leadership. First prize will include
$1,500 and a trip to the Center to present research in a colloquium.
Additionally, a prize of $750 will be awarded for a paper judged as deserving
honorable mention status.
Research Requirements
1. The study must be in the domain of leadership, or leadership development,
and should be innovative in its approach to the problem addressed.
2. The research must be the author's own original work, must have been
conducted in the last 2 years, and not have been previously published.
3. The study must have an applied focus, that is, it was undertaken to
diagnose issues, solve problems, or improve practice in an organizational
system.
4. Methodologies considered will include action research and case/field
studies.
5. Only one submission per project or person will be accepted.
Judging Criteria
1. Appropriateness of topic (fit with research award focus; relevance to
needs faced by practitioners.)
2. Quality of research (consideration of relevant literature; soundness of
method and analysis; innovativeness of research.)
3. Application value (clarity and significance of research application and
conclusions; implications to practice in terms of "So what?" and
"Who cares?")
Paper Guidelines
1. Papers should be prepared according to the current Publication Manual of
the APA and should not exceed 30 typed, doubled-spaced pages (including title
page, abstract, tables, figures, notes, and synopsis). Four copies should
be submitted.
2. Papers should include: summary of the problem addressed by the study;
overview of the relevant literature; synopsis of the methodology used and the
findings; how the findings of the study were applied, and, importantly,
statement of implications for research and practice.
3. A signed letter should accompany submission, stating that the paper meets
the research requirements.
4. The Center reserves the right to withhold the award if no paper clearly
meets the research requirements.
Submission
Entries should be submitted to Cynthia McCauley, Ph.D., Center for
Creative Leadership, One Leadership Place, P.O. Box 26300, Greensboro, NC
27438-6300. All entries must be received by March 31, 2000.
The winning papers will be announced by June 2, 2000.
Call for Submissions:
Jepson Award for Outstanding Dissertations in Leadership Studies
The Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond seeks
submissions for the 2000 Jepson Award for Outstanding Dissertations in
Leadership Studies. Each finalist in this first award competition will receive a
cash stipend and will be invited to discuss his or her dissertation research at
a colloquium to be held in Richmond, Virginia on April 1_2, 2000. In order to be
eligible for the award competition, a dissertation must be completed between August
1, 1998 and March 1, 2000. Winning submissions will be published in a
collection on new developments in leadership studies. The Jepson School of
Leadership Studies is the nation's first undergraduate school of leadership
studies. Made possible by a gift from Robert and Alice Jepson in 1988, the
school offers a multidisciplinary course of study around the single theme of
leadership.
Submissions can be on any topic with substantial implications for
understanding leadership. The selection committee welcomes submissions from
those completing dissertations in the Humanities (e.g., English, History,
Philosophy, Religion,), Social Sciences (e.g., Anthropology, Communication,
Political Science, Psychology, Sociology), and Business (e.g.,
Management, MIS), among other fields. Both theoretical and empirical studies
will be considered. Dissertations will receive a blind review by a panel of
judges, and they will be evaluated in terms of their (1) scholarly excellence
and (2) potential impact for advancing leadership theory, research, and
practice. A small number of finalists will each receive a $1,000 stipend (plus
all travel expenses) to be awarded upon the presentation of their dissertation
research at the colloquium in April.
All submissions must be received by January 15, 2000. Notifications to
finalists will be made by February 15, 2000. Interested parties should send a
letter of interest, a brief biographical note, one substantive dissertation
chapter (specifically, the chapter that best represents author's dissertation),
and verification of the dissertation defense date (e.g., a letter from the
dissertation advisor) to: Dr. J. Thomas Wren, Chair, Jepson Dissertation
Award Committee, Jepson School of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond,
Virginia 23173. Further materials may be requested at a later date. Please
note that submitted materials will not be returned to authors. Candidates are
welcome, however, to submit their materials on a diskette in Word 97 format
or, alternatively, to make submissions electronically as
attachments to: jepsonaward@richmond.edu.
All related queries related to should be directed to this e-mail address as
well. Further information about the Dissertation Award can be found on the web
site for the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at: http://www.richmond.edu/academics/leadership/
.
Call for Nominations:
Society for General Psychology Awards for 2001
The Society for General Psychology, Division One of the American
Psychological Association, seeks nominations for its 2001 awards: The William
James Book Award given for a book that serves to integrate material across
psychological subfields or provides coherence to the diverse subject matter of
psychology; the Ernest R. Hilgard Award for a Career Contribution to General
Psychology; the George A. Miller Award for an Outstanding Recent Article in
General Psychology; and the Arthur W. Staats Lecture for Unifying Psychology.
For all of these awards, the focus is on the quality of the contribution and
the linkages made between the diverse fields of psychological theory and research.
The Society for General Psychology encourages the integration of knowledge
across the subfields of psychology and the incorporation of contributions
from other disciplines. The Society is looking for creative synthesis,
the building of novel conceptual approaches, and a reach for new, integrated
wholes. A match between the goals of the Society and the nominated work
or person will be an important evaluation criterion.
The Staats Award has a unification theme, recognizing significant
contributions of any kind that go beyond mere efforts at coherence and
serve to develop psychology as a unified science. The Staats Lecture will
deal with how the awardee's work serves to unify psychology. There are no
restrictions on nominees, and self-nominations as well as nominations by
others are encouraged for these awards. For the Hilgard Award and the
Staats Award, nominators are asked to submit the candidate's name and
vitae along with a detailed statement indicating why the nominee is a
worthy candidate for the award and supporting letters from others who endorse
the nomination. For the Miller Award, nominations should include: vitae of the
author(s), four copies of the article being considered (which can be of
any length but must be in print and have a post-1994 publication date),
and a statement detailing the strength of the candidate article as an
outstanding contribution to General Psychology. Nominations for the
William James Award should include three copies of the book (dated
post-1994 and available in print); the vitae of the author(s) and a
one-page statement that explains the strengths of the submission as an integrative
work and how it meets criteria established by the Society. Text books,
analytic reviews, biographies, and examples of applications are generally
discouraged.
Winners will be announced at the Fall convention of the American Psychological
Association the year of submission. Winners will be expected to give an
invited address at the subsequent APA convention and also to provide a
copy of the award address for inclusion in the newsletter of the Society.
All nominations and supporting materials for each award must be received on
or before March 15, 2000. Nominations and materials for all awards
and requests for further information should be directed to General
Psychology Awards, c/o C. Alan Boneau, Department of Psychology, George
Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 22030. Phone: 703-993-4118; Fax:
301-320-2845; E-mail: aboneau@gmu.edu.
Call for Papers:
Consulting Psychology Journal
The Division of Consulting Psychology (13) is seeking manuscripts for its
quarterly publication Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research.
An official APA division journal, CPJ is masked reviewed and publishes
articles in the following areas:
(a) theoretical and conceptual articles with implications for consulting
(b) original research regarding consultation
(c) in-depth reviews of research and literature on consulting practice
(d) case-studies that demonstrate applications or critical issues
(e) articles on consultation practice development
(f) articles that address unique issues of consulting psychologists
Potential authors are encouraged to contact the editor for more information.
Submissions (in triplicate) for review should be sent directly to Richard
Diedrich Ph.D., Editor, The Hay Group, 116 Huntington Avenue, Boston,
Massachusetts, 02116-5712, tel. 617-425-4540, fax: 617-425-0073.
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