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Career planning in the new era, 2019-2020

Semester

Semester 1, 2019-2020

Type of course

Methodological and Practical Courses

Date

November 26, 2019

Location

University of Groningen, room to be announced.


Duration

1 day

Maximum number of participants

20

ECTS

0.5 EC will be appointed for participation in the complete course

Staff

Dr. Chu-Hsiang (Daisy) Chang (Michigan State University), Dr. Russell E. Johnson (Michigan State University), Dr. Anita Keller (RUG).

Career planning in the new era: Identifying academic career opportunities and publishing in top-tier journals.

Content, learning goals, preparation
This workshop is designed to discuss different opportunities for students to develop their academic careers. There will be two major themes covered by this workshop. The first theme focuses on publishing in top-tier journals. We will cover issues related to making theoretical and empirical contributions, from research idea generation to study design and execution. We will also discuss strategies for effective manuscript preparation, submission, and revision, and highlight common mistakes that authors make during the manuscript preparation, submission, and revision process. We will broadly discuss the recent trends in scientific publishing, including issues related to the open science movement, data transparency, and related practices. Finally, students will present their working paper ideas to receive feedback. Students can develop practical knowledge for journal submission and revision. They can also refine their research ideas through discussion. For this purpose, students will be asked to submit their research model (can be early stage idea generation or more advanced project) 1 week before the workshop. Based on their topic, they will be clustered into groups and asked to read the proposals of their group members’ work.

A second theme of the workshop focuses on identifying international career opportunities. We will present various ways to identify potential international opportunities to advance students’ career. We will discuss effective strategies to develop collaboration with scholars internationally. We will also highlight challenges and concerns that students may have when exploring international career opportunities. Students can learn more about various international career opportunities and options. They can also be better prepared to handle the potential setbacks that they may experience as they explore international career opportunities.

For the purpose of this workshop, we invite two internationally renowned scholars with ample experience as writers, editors with top journals, and science foundation directors.

Dr. Chu-Hsiang (Daisy) Chang is an Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology and Department of Management at Michigan State University. She received her PhD from the University of Akron in Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Dr. Chu-Hsiang Chang currently serves as Associate Editor at Journal of Applied Psychology and has received multiple awards for best reviewer (e.g., Journal of Organizational Behavior). She also served a two-year term as Program Director at the National Science Foundation and has acquired funding from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Human Research Program, and National Science Foundation.

Dr. Russell E. Johnson is an Associate Professor at the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University. He earned his PhD in Industrial and Organizational Psychology at the University of Akron. Dr. Russell Johnson served as Associate and Guest Editor at several top tier outlets including Academy of Management Review and has received multiple awards for best reviewer (e.g., Academy of Management Journal) and his scholarly achievements (e.g., Cummings Scholarly Achievement Award, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology’s Early Career Award).

Literature
-Whetten, D. A. (1989).  What constitutes a theoretical contribution? Academy of Management Review, 14, 490-495.
-Sutton, R. I., & Staw, B. M. (1995). What theory is not. Administrative Science Quarterly, 40, 371-384.
-Colquitt, J. A., & George, G. (2011). Publishing in AMJ–Part 1: Topic choice. Academy of Management Journal, 54, 432-435.
-Grant, A. M., & Pollock, T. G. (2011). Publishing in AMJ–Part 3: Setting the hook. Academy of Management Journal, 54, 873-879.
-Shaw, J. D. (2012). Responding to reviewers. Academy of Management Journal, 55, 1261-1263.