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 Faculty Kudos
Edwin A. Locke, professor emeritus
of management and organization, has won
the James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award from
the American Psychological Society. He received
the award at APS 18th Annual Convention,
May 25-28, 2006. Locke is the most published
organizational psychologist in the history
of the field. His pioneering research focused
on work motivation and job satisfaction,
and he is well-known for his publications
on goal-setting theory. His 1976 chapter
on job satisfaction continues to be one
of the most highly-cited pieces of work
in the field.
Violina Rindova, associate professor
of management and organization, and
J. Robert Baum, associate professor
of management and organization, have been
selected as
Dingman Center Research Fellows
in Entrepreneurship for the 2006-2007
Academic Year. This research fellowship
is meant to encourage and recognize research
in entrepreneurship. Rindova will be a guest
editor of a special research forum for the
Academy of Management Review titled:
“Dreaming, Discovering and Creating: The
Visions and Costs of Entrepreneuring.”
Ritu Agarwal, Dean’s Chair of
Information Systems,
Anil Gupta,
Ralph J. Tyser Professor of Strategy and
Organization, and Robert Kraut of Carnegie
Mellon will be guest editing a special issue
of Information Systems Research on
the “Interplay between Digital and Social
Networks.”
Gupta and
Ken Smith, professor
of management and organization, are serving
as guest editors for a special issue of
Academy of Management Journal
focusing on the topic of “Managing Exploration
and Exploitation” with Chris Shalley of
Georgia Tech.
Gupta,
Susan Taylor, professor
of management and organization, and
Paul
Tesluk, associate professor of management
and organization, are serving as guest editors
for a special issue of Organization Science
focusing on the topic of “Innovation at
and across Multiple Levels of Analysis.”
Soeren Hvidkjaer, assistant professor
of finance, will be a distinguished speaker
at the European Financial Management Association,
Milan, Italy.
Wolfgang Jank, assistant professor
of management science and statistics, and
Galit Shmueli, assistant professor
of management science and statistics, have
been named guest editors for a special issue
of the journal Statistical Science
on “Statistical Challenges and Opportunities
in Electronic Commerce Research.”
Janet Wagner, associate professor
of marketing, delivered a seminar on service
marketing to the CIT, Cornell’s Information
Technology Service.
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