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Greetings,

Would you be so kind to post this to the list serve?

Appreciatively yours

David L. Deephouse, Ph.D.

University of Alberta

Doctoral Student Pre-Conference Consortium

16^th International Conference on Corporate Reputation, Brand, Identity and Competitiveness:

"Going Global in the Reputation Economy"

Tuesday, 29 May 2012, 1200-1800 (12pm-6pm)

Milan Marriott, Milan, Italy

We welcome doctoral students to apply to the pre-conference consortium of the 16^th International Conference on Corporate Reputation, Brand, Identity, and Competitiveness. The consortium aims to provide doctoral students with an opportunity to discuss their research on these topics with senior academics and to build relationships with other students from around the world. Since the consortium was first offered in Copenhagen in 2000, we have offered a high student-faculty ratio of 3:1. We encourage participants to present original material in its developmental stages. In particular, we especially seek to help doctoral candidates develop their dissertation research in this forum. That is, we want to help you refine your research questions, strengthen your theoretical arguments, and improve your research design in a discussion format. If you wish to present completed research, then please apply to the regular conference. All pertinent perspectives, topics and methodological approaches are welcome. Junior faculty candidates interested in this research domain are also welcome to participate, space permitting.

Consortium Application Procedure: To pre-register, contact the Consortium Committee via email (conference@reputationinstitute.com) and include a provisional title for your abstract and your University affiliation. We will accommodate pre-registrants on a first-come, first-serve basis. The consortium is limited to 16 participants to ensure everyone of quality participation. To be fair, a person can only participate in the consortium once, so you should use your best judgment in choosing which year to participate.

Pre-registrants are required to submit a full research abstract by 15 March 2012, or your reserved space will be released. The abstract should present the research question you are asking, the theories and methods (research design) you plan to use to address the research question, and the contribution you expect your findings to make to knowledge in the field. Your abstract must be no longer than 1500 words, excluding front matter (title, author, contact info), references, and figures. Insert your word count at the beginning of the document. Please use the template provided on page 2 of this announcement for your convenience. Please save your abstract in an MS Word compatible format with a file name that starts with your surname followed by DoctCons for example, "Smith DoctCons metatheory reputation.doc."

The Consortium Committee will review submitted abstracts, provide developmental suggestions, and make acceptance decisions by 31 March 2012. Those who are accepted can revise their abstract for resubmission by 30 April 2012. Final abstracts will be circulated to all participants in early May. Each participant will be asked to prepare a written critique of two abstracts before the conference.

Panelists: Each year, Reputation Institute's Doctoral Consortium is guided by experienced mentors from the field of Reputation with extensive academic backgrounds. This year's esteemed panelists include: Professor David Deephouse (University of Alberta), and Professor Naomi Gardberg (Baruch College), and Professor Davide Ravasi (Bocconi University).

SPONSORSHIP: Thanks to generous sponsorship, Reputation Institute will cover the cost of registration for the conference for all consortium participants, which includes meals, materials, and a special dinner event. Participants are responsible for booking their travel and hotel room. For more information, please see the conference website: http://www.reputationinstitute.com/milan2012. 

We look forward to seeing you in Milan!

SAMPLE RESEARCH ABSTRACT:

A meta-theory of reputation, identity, and competitiveness

David L. Deephouse

3-23 Business Building

University of Alberta

Edmonton AB Canada T6G 2R6

780.492.5419

david.deephouse@ualberta.ca

Word count = 53

Introduction

This paper seeks to develop a meta-theory of reputation, identity, and competitiveness (Fombrun & van Riel, 1997). It does so by focusing on two key points that have been overlooked in past research. The first is...

Theoretical context

My theory draws from research on organizational identity and corporate reputation (Albert & Whetten, 1985; Ravasi & Schultz, 2006).

Research question(s)

(One is best, but please no more than three)

In this dissertation, I seek to answer the following research question: How does organizational identity influence corporate reputation in a way that increases competitive advantage? In answering the question, I develop five propositions.

The first proposition considers the relationship between identity and reputation. Specifically, ...

Proposed research design

I will investigate my five propositions using a mixed-method design (Creswell, 2003).

References

Albert, S., & Whetten, D. 1985. Organizational identity. In L. L. Cummings & B. M. Staw (Eds.), Research in Organizational Behavior (Vol. 7, pp. 263-395). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.

Creswell, J. W. 2003. Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Methods Approaches, (2d ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Fombrun, C., & van Riel, C. 1997. The reputational landscape. Corporate Reputation Review, 1(1&2): 5-13.

Ravasi, D., & Schultz, M. 2006. Responding to organizational identity threats: Exploring the role of organizational culture. Academy of Management Journal, 49(3), 433-458.