2013 AOM Leadership Forum Research Methods Division, Virtual Consortium for Doctoral Students and Junior Faculty

1. Academy of Management Leadership Forum, 2013
Lake Buena Vista, FL
Virtual Consortium
for Doctoral Students and Junior Faculty
Lisa Schurer Lambert, Georgia State University
RM Division Chair, 2013

2. Virtual Consortium
for Doctoral Students and Junior Faculty
Challenge: Many members do not have opportunities to learn from a
methodologist – essential for learning how to develop and write about
methodological contributions. A Doctoral Consortium would take away
precious PDW hours, and conflict with other Consortia.
Solution: Convene participants and panelists virtually through a
partnership between RMD (content) and CARMA (technology). Focus
on how to Craft a Methodological Contribution.
Consortium Coordinator – Lisa Schurer Lambert
Micro Methods Track Chair – Dan Newman
Macro Methods Track Chair – Todd Alessandri
Qualitative Methods Track Chair – Karen Jansen
Ph.D. Student Coordinators – Ryan Gottfredson, Monica Sharif
CARMA – Larry Williams

3. Virtual Consortium
for Doctoral Students and Junior Faculty
Challenge: Many members do not have opportunities to learn from a
methodologist – essential for learning how to develop and write about
methodological contributions. A Doctoral Consortium would take away
precious PDW hours, and conflict with other Consortia.
Solution: Convene participants and panelists virtually through a
partnership between RMD (content) and CARMA (technology). Focus
on how to Craft a Methodological Contribution.
Consortium Coordinator – Lisa Schurer Lambert
Micro Methods Track Chair – Dan Newman
Macro Methods Track Chair – Todd Alessandri
Qualitative Methods Track Chair – Karen Jansen
Ph.D. Student Coordinators – Ryan Gottfredson, Monica Sharif
CARMA – Larry Williams

4. Format and structure:
•For doctoral students and junior faculty
•Once a week for five weeks, 90 min each session
•Participants and panelists log into WIMBA (managed by CARMA)
•Panelists can be seen by all participants on computer screen
•Participative, interactive – real time questions and answers
•Personal mentoring option on methods for doctoral students
•Some sessions were joint and others by track
Three tracks: 1. Micro Quantitative Methods
2. Macro Quantitative Methods
3. Qualitative Methods

5. RMD/CARMA Consortium 2013
Crafting a Methodological Contribution
Session Topics
–Introduction and Mixed Methods
–Managing the research/dissertation process
–Learning and teaching foundational methods
–Crafting a methodological contribution
–How to have a career as a methodologist
Plus a social event at the AOM meeting for all participants and
panelists

6. RMD/CARMA Consortium 2013
Over 60 participants representing 6 continents, enormous
range in prior experiences and training
Panelists – Etty Jehn, Jose Cortina, Jean Bartunek, John
Hollenbeck, John Mathieu, Bob Wiseman, Jeff Reuer,
Scott Sonenshein, Mike Pratt, Dave Harrison, Herman
Aguinis, Michael Leiblein, Jeff Edwards, James
LeBreton, Rick DeShon, Steve Gove, Chris Shook, Trevis
Certo, Karen Locke, Denny Gioia, Ann Langley, Larry
Williams, Brian Boyd, & Ann Smith

7. Lessons Learned for the Future
•Survey feedback was very positive (84% satisfaction)
•Lots of small ways we manage communication, technology and scheduling
better
Most participants had no idea what a methodological
contribution is. The demand for training in “how to do”
methods is enormous. The demand for “how to do
methodological contributions” is small, but the need is very
great.
RMD is exploring ways to do both:
How to do methods (in addition to PDWs, web & outreach)
How to develop methodological contributions