The 2011 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards

International recognition and cash awards for the best doctoral research

The results!

This year there were 12 subject categories, sponsored by a selection of Emerald journals. The Awards were open to those who had completed examination requirements for a doctoral award between 1 October 2008 and 1 October 2011.

As the quality of submissions was again exceptionally high in all categories, the judges have had a difficult task deciding whom should be awarded these prestigious accolades. In addition to the overall winner, a number of Highly Commended Awards have been bestowed across all of the various categories. Details of all award winners, listed by category, can be found below.

A cash prize of €1,500 (or currency equivalent) is awarded to the winner of each category, as well as a certificate and the prospect of an offer of publication in the sponsoring journal, either as a full paper or an executive summary, at the Editor’s discretion. All Highly Commended Award winners will receive certificates.

Both Emerald and the EFMD are exceedingly proud to support and reward such high-quality research. We wish the winners, and indeed all the applicants, success in their future academic careers. Further updates, including presentation photos and publication details, will appear here as information becomes available.

 

Interdisciplinary accounting research

Category sponsored by Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal

Winner
Professor Paul Gillis
“The Big Four in China: Hegemony and Counter-hegemony in the Development of the Accounting Profession in China”
Peking University, China

Highly Commended
Dr Bertrand Malsch
“Three Essays On Contemporary Forms Of Political, Social And Economical Power Of Expertise”
HEC Montreal, Canada

Highly Commended
Dr Diane-Laure Arjaliès
“Institutional Change in the Making - The Case of Socially Responsible Investment”
HEC Paris, France

Marketing research

Category sponsored by European Journal of Marketing

Winner
Dr Christian Schlereth
“Optimal Pricing of Internet based Services”
Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

Highly Commended
Dr Luke Greenacre
“Understanding Important Information in Word-of-Mouth Communication”
University of Technology Sydney, Australia

Highly Commended
Dr Monireh Hosseini
“Customer Value Optimization Using Value Network Analysis Approach”
K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Iran

Highly Commended
Dr Matti Mäntymäki
“Continuous use and purchasing behaviour in social virtual worlds”
Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, Finland

Highly Commended
Dr Sebastian Berger
“The Spotlight Viewer: Measuring Advertising Effectiveness by Recording Goal-Directed Behavior”
University of Vienna, Austria

Highly Commended
Dr Mubbsher Munawar Khan
“Conceptualizing Consumer Animosity: In-Group Reactions to Out-Group Focused Endorsements”
University of the Punjab, Pakistan

Hospitality management

Category sponsored by International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Winner
Dr Richard N.S. Robinson
“Investigating Creativity as an Alternative Explicator of the Mobility of Chefs”
The University of Queensland, Australia

Highly Commended
Dr Xin Jin
“Exhibition Brand Preference in Mainland China: The Role of Relationship Quality and Destination Attractiveness”
Griffith University, Australia

Highly Commended
Dr Florian Zach
“Partners as suppliers for innovation: the development of new services by American Destination Marketing Organizations”
Temple University, USA

Highly Commended
Dr Rose Kisia-Omondi
“Romantic Entertainers’ in Kenya’s Coastal Tourism: Hope, Deceit and Risks”
Moi University, Kenya

Operations and production management

Category sponsored by International Journal of Operations & Production Management

Winner
Dr Lisa Brodie
“The Nature of Complex Manufacturing System Innovation: The Invention and Adoption of New Forms of Aircraft Wing Manufacture”
University of the West of England, England

Highly Commended
Dr Ahmad Beltagui
“The role of design in product-service organisations”
Nottingham University Business School, United Kingdom

Logistics and supply chain management

Category sponsored by International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management

Winner
Dr Imoh Antai
“Operationalizing Supply Chain Vs. Suply Chain Competition”
Hanken School of Economics, Finland

Highly Commended
Dr Alexander Trautrims
“Management of In-Store Replenishment Systems: An exploratory study of European retailers”
University of Hull, United Kingdom

Highly Commended
Dr Christian Buhrmann
“Supplier Selection Decisions – Reducing the vulnerability to Judgment and Decision Biases and the Implications for Supplier Performance”
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Germany

Highly Commended
Dr Daniel Ekwall
“Managing the Risk for Antagonistic Threats against the Transport Network”
University of Borås, Sweden

Highly Commended
Dr Massimo Tizzi
“Engineering And Deployment Of An Rfid Pilot In The Apparel Supply Chain”
University of Parma, Italy

Information science

Category sponsored by Journal of Documentation

Winner
Dr Yuxian Liu
“The diffusion of scientific ideas in time and indicators for the description of this process”
Tongji University, China

Highly Commended
Dr Eva Hornung
“The current state and perceptions of one-person librarians in Ireland of continuing professional development”
The University of Sheffield, UK

Highly Commended
Dr Nasrine Olson
“Taken for Granted – The Construction of Order in the Process of Library Management System Decision Making”
University of Borås, Sweden, Sweden

Educational leadership and strategy

Category sponsored by Journal of Educational Administration

Winner
Dr Rachel McNae
“Young women and leadership development: Co-constructing leadership learning in a New Zealand secondary school”
University of Waikato, Faculty of Education, New Zealand

Knowledge management

Category sponsored by Journal of Knowledge Management

Winner
Dr Nam Hai Nguyen
“The Impact of Leadership Behaviours and Organisational Culture on Knowledge Management Practices in Small and Medium Enterprises”
Griffith University, Australia

“I feel honored to get the prestigious 2011 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Award in the Knowledge Management category. I would like to thank Emerald for providing me with such a highly motivating and inspirational award. It is a great encouragement for me to do further research into the field of knowledge management” Dr Nam Hai Nguyen

 

Highly Commended
Dr K Gopalakrishnan
“Knowledge Management Practices and R&D Effectiveness – A Study of Public Sector R&D Organizations”
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India

Highly Commended
Dr Linh Chi Vo
“The experience of being knowledge manager: a practice-based view”
ISC Paris, France

Management and governance

Category sponsored by Management Decision

Winner
Dr Claudia Alvarez
“Institutions And Entrepreneurial Activity: A Quantitative Analysis”
Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain

Highly Commended
Dr Judith Burnside-Lawry
“Participatory Communication and Listening: An Exploratory Study of Organisational Listening Competency”
RMIT University, Australia

Highly Commended
Dr Silvia Cantarello
“Analysis Of Ambidexterity In The Search Phase Of Innovation Process: A Practice-Based Approach”
Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy

Highly Commended
Dr Mariedela Rama
“Corporate Governance Reforms In The Philippines: An Ethnographic Approach”
University of Technology Sydney, Australia

Highly Commended
Dr Nikola Denk
“Internationalization of Emerging Market Firms – Grounded Theory-based Evidence of Relational Ambidexterities”
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Germany

Highly Commended
Dr Denise Jackson
“Profiling industry-required non-technical competencies in university business graduates”
Edith Cowan University, Australia

Highly Commended
Dr Priya Nair
“Impact of the Organizational Environment on Unethical Choices: A Moderated Mediating Relationship of Moral Disengagement and Ethical Empowerment”
Indian Institute Of Technology Madras, India

Human resource management

Category sponsored by Personnel Review

Winner
Dr David Cegarra Leiva
“The Role Of The Founder In Smes In The Implementation of a Work Life Balance (Wlb) Culture. Effects On Organizational Results and the Use of Practices by the Employees”
Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Spain

Highly Commended
Dr Alexander Pepper
“Behavioural aspects of senior executive reward systems”
London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

Highly Commended
Dr Alison Thirlwall
“Workplace Bullying in New Zealand Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics: Prominence, processes, and emotions”
The University of Waikato, New Zealand

Highly Commended
Dr Pauline Anderson
“Stuck in the Middle: Problems with Recruitment, Skill and Training in Intermediate Occupations in the Hourglass Economy”
Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland

Highly Commended
Dr Na Fu
“Exploring the Indirect Performance Impact of High Performance Work Systems in Professional Service Firms: A Practices-Resources-Uses-Performance Approach”
Dublin City University, Ireland

Highly Commended
Dr Saima Mahmood
“Efficiency Wages and Non-monetary Motivational Strategies: An Experimental Approach”
Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Pakistan

Highly Commended
Dr Mélanie Hassett (former Raukko)
“Key persons' organisational commitment in cross-border acquisitions”
Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, UK

Highly Commended
Dr Romana Garma
“Customer Citizenship Behaviour and Its Impact on Service Personnel’s Psychological Job Outcomes”
Victoria University, Australia

Highly Commended
Dr Pamela Lirio
“Beyond the Expatriate Model: An Exploration of Global Work and Reconciliation of Work and Family Demands among Global Generation X Managers in Dual-Career Families”
EDHEC Business School, France

Highly Commended
Dr Smriti Anand
“Multi-level Examination of Idiosyncratic Deals: Antecedents and Consequences”
Illinois Institute of Technology, U.S.A

Leadership and organization development

Category sponsored by Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Joint Winner
Dr Dong Liu
"A Follower in Need is a Follower Indeed: Exploring the Joint Effects of TMT Support, Contextual Shocks, and Individual Regulatory Focus on Foreign CEO Self-efficacy and New Venture Performance”
Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

"I am very thrilled and honored to receive the 2011 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Award in the Leadership and Organization Development category because this doctoral research Award has been attracting strong applications worldwide and thus extremely competitive. Winning this award is truly something to be proud of and will tremendously motivate me to contribute to the field. I would like to thank Emerald Group Publishing Limited and European Foundation for Management for Development for jointly establishing this award to support and reward high-quality business research throughout the world." Dr Dong Liu

Joint Winner
Dr Martin Amsteus
"Managerial Foresight and Firm Performance”
Linnaeus University, Sweden

Highly Commended
Dr Sewon Kim
"Managerial Coaching Behavior and Employee Outcomes: A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis”
State University of New York, Empire State, USA

Property investment and finance

Category sponsored by Journal of Property Investment and Finance

No winner was chosen this year, this category will be replaced in 2012.

 

Judging criteria

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

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

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 was 1 October 2011.

The 2012 award will open for submissions in April 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

Tel: +44 (0)1274 785198
Fax: +44 (0)1274 785200
E-mail: estevenson@emeraldinsight.com

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