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Greetings!

We are pleased to invite people to attend or present at our PDW called 

Our time is Friday, August 109, from 11:45 AM to 2:45 PM. 

Our place is the Kane Room at the Marriott. 

To quickly add us to your custom online program, we are Session #92. 

For the curious, details on the session are appended.

We hope to see you in Chicago!

Organizers: 

David Deephouse, U. of Alberta 

Scott Graffin, U. of Georgia 

Michael Pfarrer, U. of Georgia 

Presenters: 

Michael L. Barnett, Rutgers U. 

Jonathan Nicholas Bundy, Arizona State U. 

Naomi A. Gardberg, City U. of New York, Baruch College 

Kisha Lashley, U. of Virginia 

Eric Y. Lee, U. of Georgia

Christi Lockwood, U. of Virginia - McIntire School of Commerce 

Anastasiya A. Zavyalova, Rice U. 

Discussant: 

Marvin Washington, U. of Alberta 

Social Evaluations:

Research on social evaluations has expanded rapidly in the last five years. Social evaluations are assessments of organizations and their components made by stakeholders, such as customers, investors, current and potential employees, and communities. Many evaluations appeared in past research, including legitimacy, reputation, celebrity, status, stigma, rankings, and certifications. Social evaluations are prominent component of many media publications, such as Fortune's Most Admired Companies and Business Week's and Financial Times' rankings of business schools and MBA programs, respectively. Social evaluations have been linked to many antecedents and consequences, such as performance, CEO pay, stock market risk, job attractiveness, etc. 

Our Pecha Kucha Session:

PK3 builds on the success of the first two Pecha Kuchas held in 2012 and 2015 which drew over 175 people. The goal of this PDW is the same as the first two: To provide a forum where people and ideas can meet and new ideas and relationships can be developed. 

The PDW will continue to use the Pecha Kucha format, an innovation from Japan used in design settings for showcasing new ideas. One summary of Pecha Kucha was given in the title of Daniel Pink's (2007) article in Wired Magazine: "Pecha Kucha: Get to the PowerPoint in 20 Slides Then Sit the Hell Down." He has a useful and entertaining example as a YouTube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NZOt6BkhUg . In this PDW, each person will present for five minutes with 10 slides – 30 seconds per slide. There are 23 spaces for presenting new work – 13 of these are reserved for junior scholars. New work could include theoretical puzzles, definitional debate, measurement innovations, rich descriptions of practice, ethnographic observations, photographs, video or audio clips, etc. – please use your imagination and creativity. Thirteen of the twenty-three spaces are reserved for assistant professors and doctoral students in order to provide them opportunities to join the conversation. Three scholars will serve as raconteurs and present integrative and provocative commentary at the end. 

Two breaks and a reception will provide opportunity for discussion and community building. The reception will be an OMT Café' tentatively scheduled from 3:30 – 5:30. We deeply appreciate the sponsorship by the Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation. 

Pre-registration for attendees is not required. Those wishing to present should email Mike Pfarrer at mpfarrer@uga.edu by Friday, June 29. Include your name, position, provisional title, and a 250 word abstract. Submissions will be stratified by position, and then a random draw will be used to select presenters. We will get back to you by July 11.

Thank you very much for considering this PDW among the many good choices you have for Friday, August 10.

PS: It is OK if you can't attend the entire session because of scheduling conflicts – half of the people recruited for submission have them, including two of three organizers.