Weekly Announcements – November 15, 2010

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

Journal of Investment Consulting Joins FEN Partners in Publishing Journals

We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Investment Consulting has joined our Financial Economics Network (FEN) Partners in Publishing Journals.

JOURNAL OF INVESTMENT CONSULTING
View Papers: http://www.ssrn.com/link/Journal-Investment-Consulting.html

The Journal of Investment Consulting keeps investment management consultants and investment advisors abreast of new research findings in investments and private wealth management.

A distinguished editorial advisory board consisting of acknowledged authorities and leaders in the fields of consulting, capital markets, investment management, fiduciary practice, and financial planning reviews all submittals. Articles are selected based on relevancy, content, and the Journal’s editorial mix. The editorial mix of each Journal issue includes the following:

  • behavioral finance
  • empirical research
  • ethics
  • legal and regulatory issues
  • practice management
  • wealth management

Announcing the CELS 2010: 5th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Online Proceedings

In cooperation with the Society for Empirical Legal Studies, the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN) is pleased to announce the CELS 2010: 5th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies online proceedings. The proceedings are available to all users at no charge and contain abstracts of publicly available papers to be presented at the conference with links to the full text in the SSRN eLibrary.

CELS 2010: 5th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies features original empirical and experimental legal scholarship by leading scholars from a diverse range of fields.

You can browse all abstracts for publicly available papers to be presented at CELS 2010 in the SSRN database at
http://www.ssrn.com/link/CELS-2010.html.

You may also visit the CELS 2010 conference website at
http://www.law.yale.edu/news/cels.htm.

Announcing New MRN Organizational Behavior Research Network

We are pleased to announce the creation of the Organizational Behavior Research Network (ORG) within the Management Research Network. It will provide a worldwide, online community for research in all areas of organizational behavior studies, following the model of other subject matter networks within SSRN.

We expect ORG to become a comprehensive online resource for research in organizational behavior studies, providing scholars with access to current work in their field and facilitating research and scholarship.

ORG’s founding director is:

David C. Logan, Lecturer, University of Southern California – Marshall School of Business and Senior Partner, CultureSync

See below for a complete list of ORG Advisory Board members.

The following Subject Matter eJournals are available within ORG. Initially, subscriptions will be free during the start-up phase until June 2011.

CHANGE MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR eJOURNAL
View Papers: http://www.ssrn.com/link/Change-Management-Org-Behavior.html
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Editor: David C. Logan (University of Southern California – Marshall School of Business, and CultureSync)

Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts focused on the various impacts of change management on organizational behavior. The research in the eJournal includes both historical and contemporary research pertaining to change management within firms.

CONFLICT, NEGOTIATION, & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR eJOURNAL
View Papers: http://www.ssrn.com/link/Conflict-Negotiation-Org-Behavior.html
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Editor: David C. Logan (University of Southern California – Marshall School of Business, and CultureSync)

Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts focused on the various impacts of conflict and negotiation on organizational behavior. The research in the eJournal includes both historical and contemporary research pertaining to power and politics within firms.

CULTURAL DIMENSIONS & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR eJOURNAL
View Papers: http://www.ssrn.com/link/Cultural-Dimensions-Org-Behavior.html
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Editor: David C. Logan (University of Southern California – Marshall School of Business, and CultureSync)

Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts focused on the various impacts of a firm’s culture on organizational behavior. The research in the eJournal includes both historical and contemporary research pertaining to organizational culture.

DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR & PERFORMANCE eJOURNAL
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Editor: Richard Callahan (University of Southern California – School of Policy Planning and Development)

Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts focused on the various impacts of organizational decision making on organizational behavior and performance. The research in the eJournal includes both historical and contemporary research pertaining to decision making at the organizational level.

EMERGING RESEARCH WITHIN ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR eJOURNAL
View Papers: http://www.ssrn.com/link/Emerging-Research-within-Org-Behavior.html
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Editor: David C. Logan (University of Southern California – Marshall School of Business, and CultureSync)

Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts which examine three emerging research lines within organizational behavior, as well as new methodological issues within the research itself.

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR eJOURNAL
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Editor: David C. Logan (University of Southern California – Marshall School of Business, and CultureSync)

Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts focused on the various impacts of human resource management on organizational behavior. The research in the eJournal includes both historical and contemporary research pertaining to human resource management.

INDIVIDUAL ISSUES & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR eJOURNAL
View Papers: http://www.ssrn.com/link/Individual-Issues-Org-Behavior.html
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Editor: David C. Logan (University of Southern California – Marshall School of Business, and CultureSync)

Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts focused on the nuances and impacts of the individual as they relate to organizational behavior. The research in the eJournal includes both historical and contemporary research that addresses psychological, sociological, spiritual, and socio-economic issues specific to individuals and their influence on an organization’s behavior.

INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR eJOURNAL
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Editor: David C. Logan (University of Southern California – Marshall School of Business, and CultureSync)

Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts focused on the various impacts of an organization’s internal communications. The research in the eJournal includes both historical and contemporary research pertaining to communications issues at all levels within the organizational structure.

LEADERSHIP & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR eJOURNAL
View Papers: http://www.ssrn.com/link/Leadership-Org-Behavior.html
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Editor: David C. Logan (University of Southern California – Marshall School of Business, and CultureSync)

Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts focused on the development and evolution of the numerous leadership theories and their impacts on organization trust, performance, and behavior. The research in the eJournal includes both historical and contemporary research pertaining to the relationship between leadership, trust, and organizational behavior within firms.

MOTIVATION, INFLUENCE & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR eJOURNAL
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Editor: David C. Logan (University of Southern California – Marshall School of Business, and CultureSync)

Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts focused on how various motivation techniques and philosophies have influenced organizational behavior. The research in the eJournal includes both historical and contemporary research pertaining to motivation techniques and philosophies intended to positively impact both organizational behavior and performance.

ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR & KEY STAKEHOLDERS eJOURNAL
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Editor: David C. Logan (University of Southern California – Marshall School of Business, and CultureSync)

Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts focused on how key stakeholders effect, and are effected by, organizational behavior.

POWER, POLITICS, & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR eJOURNAL
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Editor: Richard Callahan (University of Southern California – School of Policy Planning and Development )

Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts focused on the nuances of power and politics and their influence and impact on organizational behavior. The research in the eJournal includes both historical and contemporary research pertaining to power and politics within firms.

STRUCTURAL DIMENSIONS & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR eJOURNAL
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Editor: David C. Logan (University of Southern California – Marshall School of Business, and CultureSync)

Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts focused on the various types of organizational structures and their impacts on organizational behavior. The research in the eJournal includes both historical and contemporary research pertaining to organizational structures.

TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR eJOURNAL
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Editor: David C. Logan (University of Southern California – Marshall School of Business, and CultureSync)

Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts focused on how organizational behavior is unique to specific types of organizations. The research in the eJournal includes both historical and contemporary research pertaining to different types of organizations.

ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR RESEARCH NETWORK ADVISORY BOARD
The members of the Organizational Behavior Research Network (ORG) Advisory Board are:

Richard Callahan
Associate Dean, Director, State Capital and Leadership Programs, USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development

Jennifer Chatman
Paul J. Cortese Distinguished Professor of Management, Chair – Haas Management of Organizations Group, University of California, Berkeley – Haas School of Business, Organizational Behavior & Industrial Relations Group

G. Ronald Gilbert
Clinical Professor, Florida International University – Chapman Graduate School of Business Administration, Department of Management & International Business

Samuel M. Lam
President, Linkage-Asia

Dave Ulrich
Professor of Business Administration and Director, Human Resource Executive Program, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor – Stephen M. Ross School of Business