A call for papers for Israeli 'Organizational Behavior' Conference

Dear Dr Castagnera,

Human Relations will serve as a co-sponsor (together with the OB Division of the Academy of Management and the Recanati School of Business Administration of Tel Aviv University) of the First Israel Organizational Behavior Conference (IOBC).

In order to provide the readers of Human Relations with an opportunity to take part in the conference, the organisers have decided to extend the submission deadline to July 1st, 2011.
Acceptance notices to authors will be sent in August, 2011

To submit your paper or symposia abstract, please click on the following link:
http://recanati.tau.ac.il/Eng/CategoryID=673&ArticleID=1499

You will be required to complete an online form and upload your proposal in WORD or PDF format.

Please review the call and submission guidelines (below) and on the conference website http://recanati.tau.ac.il/eng/iobc for further details or contact the conference coordinator at: iobc@post.tau.ac.il.

Again, the deadline for submissions has been extended to July, 1st, 2011

The Organizing Committee is looking forward to your submission!


Call for Papers and Symposia

Although relational concerns have been at the heart of management research for decades, the recent global crisis has made the power of relationships even more salient both for individuals and organizations. Individuals who lost their jobs resorted to close relationships and trusted others with the hope of assisting them in finding new jobs. Organizations on the verge of Chapter 11 leveraged relationships with their employees, key institutional stake-holders and even competitors with the hope of gaining their assistance and support. Indeed, the recent crisis demonstrates the need for research to go beyond basic models of social exchange and extra-role behaviors to understand the mechanisms underlying the formation and nature of interpersonal relations in organizations, and the power they can unleash.


Accordingly, we invite individuals to submit proposals for presentations addressing, but not limited to, such issues as:

· What is an "effective" or a "valuable" relationship at work, what underlies relational efficacy and upon what contextual factors does it depend?

· How do organization members build effective relationships at work?

· How does the process of relationship emergence differ when the targets are internal (versus external) to the organization? What is the nature of this process in virtual relationships?

· How might peer relations in organizations serve as mechanisms of control and what are the means that managers use to gain control over such relations?

· What is the role of social categorization and other interpersonal processes, such as perspective-taking, on the emergence of relationships within and across teams and organizations?

· How do employees use their relationships with others in the workplace to influence their self-identity and the meaning of their jobs?

· How do relational networks within and between organizations change over time, and what are the key drivers of such change.

We also invite individuals to submit research symposia (comprising no more than 4 papers) relating to these and other relationship matters. Preference will be given to those symposia involving international collaboration and comprising presenters from different countries



Submission Guidelines

IOBC will consider unpublished original paper and symposia relating to any matter associated with relational issues in management. Proposals (a 2 - 3 page abstract for a paper, 9-10 page proposal for a symposium) can be conceptual or empirical, quantitative or qualitative. International and global perspectives are encouraged. Published papers or papers accepted for publication prior to the submission deadline will NOT be considered. Submissions will go through a double blind review process and will be evaluated on the basis of academic rigor, relevance, and contribution to the field of organizational behavior. Paper proposals, written in English, should clearly identify the theoretical contribution, research questions and methodology. If available, the main results and implications should also be discussed. Paper proposals are limited to 3 pages of text and 1 additional page of references. Double spacing with 1-inch margins all around and font size no smaller than 12pt is advised. The title of your paper must be included in the header of the proposal and should exactly match the title provided in the online submission form. Please do not include any author identifying information in the paper proposals.

Presenting authors must be available to present their papers any time during the conference. An author may be designated as the presenter of only one paper, but can be listed as co-author of up to 3 papers.

The Submission section of the IOBC website will be open for submissions in until JULY 1, 2011.

Acceptance notices to authors will be sent in August, 2011, indicating whether the proposed paper or symposium has been selected, and whether the paper was accepted to a paper session or to an interactive paper session. Authors of accepted papers (whether part of a symposium or individually submitted) will be required to submit a full-length paper by October 1, 2011.

Presenting authors must register to the conference by November 1st, 2011.