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The Center for Leadership at Florida International University announces the
Alvah H. Chapman Jr. Outstanding Dissertation Award
in partnership with the Network of Leadership Scholars
The Center for Leadership (CFL) at Florida International University is
pleased to sponsor the Alvah H. Chapman Jr. Outstanding Dissertation Award
in partnership with the Network of Leadership Scholars (NLS). This award
honors an individual whose dissertation makes an outstanding contribution to
the field of leadership. The recipient of the award will receive a $3,000
cash prize, be honored at the Network of Leadership Scholars meeting at the
Academy of Management Annual Conference, and be supported to deliver an
invited presentation at the FIU Center for Leadership.
Criteria for Submissions
To be considered for this award:
-The paper must be based on a doctoral dissertation successfully defended
within the past two years (after January 1, 2012).
-The student must be first author and will be the recipient of the award.
To be considered outstanding, the paper should:
-Make an interesting contribution to advancing new ideas or new frameworks
of thinking in the field of leadership.
-Strongly incorporate relevant theoretical and empirical literature.
-Demonstrate appropriate analysis and interpretation of the research
results.
-Offer interesting (and warranted) inferences regarding the theoretical and
applied implications of the findings and suggest promising directions for
future research.
-Logically, succinctly, and clearly present the ideas.
The following guidelines will be used to ensure consistent submissions by
candidates:
-All documents submitted (title page, abstract, main text, figures, tables,
references, etc.) must be in Portable Document Format (.PDF).
-The maximum length is 20 pages inclusive of title page, abstract, and text.
Tables, figures, appendices, and references are excluded from this count.
-Submissions should be prepared in accordance with the guidelines provided
in the sixth edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological
Association.
-To facilitate the blind review process, the name of the candidate,
institutional affiliation, current mailing address, and phone number should
only appear on the title page.
-The candidate must provide a letter from his or her dissertation chair
endorsing the submission. This letter should also specify the date of
acceptance of the dissertation by the graduate school and that the
submission adequately represents the completed dissertation.
-The candidate must submit a copy of his/her curriculum vitae (CV).
-Candidates should submit all materials online at:
http://lead.fiu.edu/research/award by April 29, 2014. Do not submit the
dissertation. The winner will be notified by June 27, 2014.
In the absence of a paper deemed deserving of the award, the award may be
withheld.
For further information and full application details, please visit
http://lead.fiu.edu/research/award or email Candace Atamanik at
catamani@fiu.edu
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