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Emerald Group Publishing Limited, publisher of the largest collection of business and management journals, and the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), a global membership organization with more than 700 institutional members from academia, business and public services, seek to celebrate excellence in research by sponsoring the 2011 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards.

Award-winning entries will receive a cash prize of €1,500 (or currency equivalent), a certificate, a winners' logo to attach to correspondence and the prospect of an offer of publication in the sponsoring journal - either as a full paper or an executive summary - at the discretion of the Editor(s). In addition, a number of Highly Commended Awards will be bestowed. This year there are 12 categories:

1 Educational leadership and strategy

Category sponsored by Journal of Educational Administration

2 Hospitality management

Category sponsored by International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

3 Human resource management

Category sponsored by Personnel Review

4 Information science

Category sponsored by Journal of Documentation

5 Interdisciplinary accounting research

Category sponsored by Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal

6 Knowledge management

Category sponsored by Journal of Knowledge Management

7 Leadership and organization development

Category sponsored by Leadership & Organization Development Journal

8 Logistics and supply chain management

Category sponsored by International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management

9 Management and governance

Category sponsored by Management Decision

10 Marketing research

Category sponsored by European Journal of Marketing

11 Operations and production management

Category sponsored by International Journal of Operations & Production Management

12 Property investment and finance

Category sponsored by Journal of Property Investment and Finance

If you are unsure of which category to submit to please feel free to contact us, and after consultation with our Editorial team, we can suggest that which is most appropriate.

Eligibility

To be eligible for the Awards, the research must address an issue that is of importance to one of the various subject areas listed above. The Awards are open to those who have completed and satisfied examination requirements for a Doctoral award, or will do so, between 1 October 2008 and 1 October 2011, and have not applied previously for one of these Awards.

Submission requirements

1. Researchers must apply online using the application form at:
http://ww2.emeraldinsight.com/awards/odra.htm

2. The following documents will be required electronically:
• Covering letter – as part of this please state whether or not your doctoral research has been published and/or will be published in any form (conference paper, article, peer reviewed journal, etc)
• Executive Summary – paper that summarises the Doctoral research. The Executive Summary should not exceed 1,000 words (reference lists and presentation of data, as either Tables or Figures, do not count towards this total).
• Letter of recommendation/reference from a supervisor/senior faculty member. For short-listed applicants, further contact may be made with the referee.
• Contact details of external examiner(s).

3. Applicants must only submit to one category.

Judging criteria

The entries are judged by the Editor(s) and at least one Editorial Advisory Board member of the sponsoring journal. Entries are judged on the following criteria:

1. 1 Significance/implications for theory and practice
2. 2 Originality and innovation
3. 3 Appropriateness and application of the methodology
4. 4 Analysis and presentation of the data
5. 5 Quality of the literature review

Short-listed applicants may be required to answer further questions as appropriate from the judging panel. Winners will be required to submit an unpublished paper, sole- or joint-authored, derived from the research, within six months of winning the Award. The Editors reserve the right not to select a winning paper if, in their judgment, none of the entries is considered satisfactory.

Please note that the decision of the judges is final. Due to the large number of submissions, applicants will not receive any feedback.

Key dates

The closing date for applications is 1 October 2011.

Winners will be announced in January 2012.

Contact details

For further information or if you have any queries, please contact:

Emma Stevenson
External Relations Executive

Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Howard House
Wagon Lane
Bingley BD16 1WA
United Kingdom

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