Organizational Perspectives

March 23: Discussion on e-books and libraries

Janet Salmons — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:21:46 +0000

Join in a panel discussion on e-book benefits and features from the perspective of five e-book publishers for libraries. The conference on e-books is organized by Lyrasis, the nation’s largest regional membership organization serving libraries and information professionals (www.lyrasis.org) and will take place at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) and will be available virtually. Current topics on digital books will be discussed, including best practices from libraries just being their electronic collections, to examples from universities with large e-book holdings. Digital rights management, preservation options, functionality, licenses, and marketing electronic resources will also be covered. Interaction from online participants, via microphone or typing questions, is encouraged and there will be a question and answer session at the end of the panel.

Mar 23, 2010 at 9 am EST
Register online here.

Call for Papers: Hispanics @ Work

Janet Salmons — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:08:35 +0000

Hispanics @ Work: A Collection of Research, Theory and Application, edited by Donna Maria Blancero, Bentley University, dblancero@bentley.edu , Waltham, Massachusetts and Robert G. DelCampo, University of New Mexico, delcampo@mgt.unm.edu , Albuquerque, New Mexico.

This volume will include chapters focusing on the experiences of Hispanic Professionals in today’s workforce. Proposals for chapters are invited that focus on a broad view of employment issues on topics such as:

Current Trends in the Hispanic Workforce
Hispanics, Work-Family Conflict and Changing Roles
Perceived Organizational Support and the Hispanic Professional
Trust and Collectivism: Maximizing the impact of Hispanic Business Professionals
Work values and Retention of Hispanic Business Professionals

Chapter length may vary, though chapters of roughly 6,000 to 12,000 words in length are expected.

Chapter proposals should be between 500-1000 words (2-4 pages). They should be accompanied by brief biographies for EACH of the chapter authors, which should include: current institutional affiliation and position, contact information (email/phone). Included in your brief bio should be a listing of your related publications. Doctoral Students and junior faculty are encouraged to submit proposals to gain experience and knowledge as the review process will be performed in a developmental manner. Prospective authors are encouraged to email or write the editors to discuss the chapter idea.

Schedule of due dates:
April 30, 2010: Proposals/bios sent to dblancero@bentley.edu and delcampo@mgt.unm.edu
May 15, 2010: Proposals selected for inclusion
August 31, 2010: first drafts
January 2011: publication anticipated

Human Relations Journal Podcast – The context of Leadership

Janet Salmons — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:43:55 +0000

A podcast that Human Relations journal recently published to accompany A special issue on the Context of Leadership with special Guest Editors: Robert C. Liden, John Antonakis, and Gail T. Fairhurst is now online.

Click here to download the free podcast.

Journal of Personnel Psychology

Janet Salmons — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:37:32 +0000

The first issue of Journal of Personnel Psychology is available online free of charge.

The issue covers a variety of topics such as the demand control model (Bakker et al., The Netherlands), employee identification (Edwards and Peccei, United Kingdom), effects of social desirability on hiring judgments (Christiansen and Burns, United States), autonomy and workload in relation to temporary and permanent workers’ job involvement (De Cuyper et al., Belgium and Finland), and goal adaptation (König et al., Switzerland and The Netherlands).

Contact the editor regarding submissions in all areas of personnel and organizational psychology.

Manage Online Communities? Here’s how.

Janet Salmons — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:10:32 +0000

The State of Community Management is structured around the competencies in the Community Maturity Model – a management framework that articulates the competencies required to effectively manage communities – and links high level analysis to very specific tactical lessons learned about how to execute social programs.

Read more about it here and share your thoughts.

Methodspace: New E-Community for Researchers

Janet Salmons — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:58:43 +0000

Find a group or start a group! At this point more than 60 groups offer online conversations about grounded theory, visual research and qualitative e-research to mixed methods and survey research. Author interviews and other resources are also posted. Check it out here.

“Guide to Good Business” for Social Entrepreneurs

Janet Salmons — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:48:33 +0000

The BBC series on social entrepreneurs, Alvin’s Guide to Good Business, is now available online. Through interviews with social entrepreneurs from around the world, the series looks at business models, impact, and the challenges of scaling.

Feature Story Discussion Section

April Boyington Wall — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:44:06 +0000

Read the new Feature Story: Leadership Development with a Measurable Impact on the Bottom Line – The Cheap and Cheerful Version, and use this area to discuss these questions:

What is your experience with measuring outcomes of training and/or leadership development programs?
How do you know that what you’re doing is making a difference?

Two Journals new to SAGE – Free Access until April!

Janet Salmons — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:57:37 +0000

Interested in an international view? See these two journals from SAGE: The Australian Journal of Management and Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research. For more information about these and other SAGE management and organization journals please visit: http://www.sagepub.com/managementjournals or, if you are at Capella, look in the library.

The Sergeant Major Syndrome: HRM and Career Management

Janet Salmons — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:12:59 +0000

The authors have made the book available online as a free download. Read a sample of what’s inside.

In the glory days of the British Empire, commissioned officers in the military were children of the aristocracy. A commoner entering the ranks might hope to rise to the rank of Sergeant Major (Master Sergeant), but there was no chance of crossing the glass ceiling separating the enlisted men from the commissioned officers, Lieutenant and above. It was widely known that the British Army was run by its Sergeant Majors, but, no matter how much a Sergeant Major was valued, the reward for performing well was no more than another seniority stripe on his sleeve and another, more impossible assignment. Those who lived to retire ended their careers with Her Majesty’s sincerest gratitude – and little
else.

I have served as a corporate Sergeant Major and, if you are reading this book with interest, then probably so have you. Unlike our military predecessor, today’s organizational Sergeant Major is not held down by tradition or policy, but by a variety of factors which, if understood, can be changed.

Part One of this book will help you to understand what a Sergeant Major is and how these limiting factors
operate. In Part Two, we outline a plan for strategizing what you will choose to do about being – or not being – a Sergeant Major.