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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.”
Kathryn Bartol has been selected as the 2006 recipient of the Academy
of Management's Distinguished Service Award. This is one of the highest
honors the Academy of Management bestows on its members. This all-Academy
award recognizes excellence in developing and/or enhancing a field of study; founding
or creatively editing a journal; and building institutions, for example through
creative or unusually effective service to a major professional organization.
J. Robert Baum, associate professor of management and organization, has
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.
Anil 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.”
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.”
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. Locke was also selected
as the 2006 recipient of the Academy of Management's Distinguished Scholarly
Contributions Award. This prestigious award is given annually for significant
scholarly contributions that have advanced management and organizational knowledge
and practice.
Roland Rust, David Bruce Smith Chair in Marketing and chair of the marketing
department, received a Highly Commended Paper Award for his 2005 article, “The Business
Value of e-Government for Small Firms,” with co-authors Debora Thompson, a recent
Smith PhD alumna, and Jeffrey Roda, of IBM. It was one of the top four articles
of the year as chosen by the International Journal of Service Industry Management
review board.
Lemma Senbet, William E. Mayer Chair in Finance and chair of the finance
department, has been selected to be a Fellow of the Financial Management Association
(FMA) by a committee of distinguished scholars. The award recognizes
individuals who have made significant contributions to the profession through scholarship;
recipients include Nobel laureates Merton Miller, Bill Sharpe, and Robert Merton.
It is also a select list: one or two individuals are named FMA Fellow each year.
Lemma will formally receive the award at the October national meeting in Chicago.
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