Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Engaged Management Scholarship

Abstract

The Engaged Management Scholarship (EMS) conference is organized annually by the Executive Doctorate in Business Administration Council (EDBAC), which has broad international representation of executive doctoral providers. The purpose of this council is to promote the value of Engaged Management Scholarship and to raise its profile internationally. The 2014 conference was hosted by the Ph.D. in Business for Executives program at the Watson Graduate School of Management in the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University in the U.S. The 4th International Conference on Engaged Management Scholarship was held in Tulsa, Oklahoma from September 11 to 14, 2014. The theme of this conference was “bridging academic knowledge with business needs”. The focus of the agenda was on research that leads to the creation and dissemination of new business knowledge that is of benefit to both practitioners and scholars. Papers presented at the 2014 EMS conference were selected through a peer review process based on the requirement that papers were scientifically rigorous, timely, and possessed clear actions for practice. The conference consisted of research paper presentations, poster sessions, panels, invited talks, and a doctoral consortium. Conference participants were scholars who are actively involved in practicing engaged management scholarship or investigating different forms of it. There is a broad interest in the area of engaged management scholarship which is highlighted by the participation of attendees from almost 30 universities from Asia, Europe, and North America. For the first time the conference added a track for alumni participants and practitioner sessions for administrators and scholars, along with the traditional research tracks. The doctoral consortium was highlighted by a special presentation titled “Research Methods in an Applied World” by Dr. Leslie Dinauer, Research Methods Program Director at University of Maryland University College. The Alumni Consortium was a successful new initiative dedicated to discussing the particular challenges and opportunities experienced by graduates from executive doctorate programs. Dr. Denise Rousseau, the H.J. Heinz II Chair in Organizational Behavior and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University opened the conference with a keynote presentation, on the topic of “Evidence-based Management”. Dr. John Scott, Chief Operating Officer and co-founder of APTMetrics, gave a keynote talk on “Emerging Trends in Leadership Assessment”. Drs. Blaine Gaddis and Darin Nei of Hogan Assessments presented the second general session on “Individual Differences in Leadership: The Impact of Personality on Judgment and Organizational Performance”. There were two Best Paper Sessions held, one for macro-level business research and another for micro-level business research. The macro oriented session best papers included: “Dynamic and Improvisational Capabilities in Small Service-Oriented Firms: An Investigation into the Role of IT-Enabled Innovation” by Gabriel Beltran; “Release Cycle Management: A Contextualist Inquiry Into Recurrent Software Development” by Kamran Syed and Lars Mathiassen; and “The Criticality of C-Suite Team Intelligence (TQ) in Economic Value Creation” by Solange Charas. The micro oriented session best papers included: “Discovering the Impact of Place Attachment of Underprivileged Student Loan Defaults: An Engaged Research Journey” by Katherine Napier and Richard Baskerville; “The Impact of Regulatory Focus on Employee Engagement: The Importance of Job Crafting and Facilitation of Job Resources” by Mark Mitchell and Tracy Suter; and “Myopic Investor Myth Debunked: The Long-term Efficacy of Hedge Fund Activism in the Boardroom” by Shane Goodwin, Akshay Singh, Walter Slipetz and Ramesh Rao. Topic-based paper presentation sessions were held during the three day conference and were grouped into discipline specific topics including leadership and strategy, marketing, organizational behavior, international business, and information technology management. The 22 papers published in these proceedings represent samples of all these areas. We would like to acknowledge the contributions of the EDBAC Executive Board members and specifically thank Drs. Lars Mathiassen of Georgia State University, Jean-Denis Budin of Paris-Dauphine University, and Thomas Mierzwa of University of Maryland University College, for their assistance and leadership in the conference organization efforts.2 Altounian and Sagarnaga EMS 2014 Conference Proceedings Preface Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Engaged Management Scholarship, Tulsa, OK, September 10-14, 2014. We would also like to thank Drs. Ramesh Sharda and Craig Wallace of Oklahoma State University for their efforts as Organizing Committee and Program Committee Chairs. Also, our acknowledgement to the authors of the papers submitted for the conference and a large group of anonymous referees who agreed to assist with reviewing the large number of submissions that were received. The papers in these proceedings represent a subset of the topics and research concepts presented at the conference. Finally, we would like to acknowledge Dr. Julie Weathers, Director, Ms. Donna Lamson, Program Coordinator, and their administrative staff of the Center for Executive and Professional Development.at Oklahoma State University for their tireless efforts in making this conference a success.