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WAIB’s 15th Anniversary celebration this summer is kicked off with the announcement of a few award opportunities. Attendance at this summer’s AIB Annual Meeting in New Orleans
is of course encouraged but is not required to win an award.
WAIB Best Paper Award
Purpose: The WAIB Best Paper Award goes to the best paper that increases gender awareness in international business research.
Criteria: To qualify, papers must 1) be complete and finalized papers that have not been accepted for publication, 2) have been presented as a competitive paper at any AIB conference (including regional conferences) in the immediate May 2015-May 2016
year, 3) explicitly analyze women and/or gender as a key topic within the paper, and 4) have at least one author who is a member of WAIB. Neither paper acceptance nor physical presence at the upcoming AIB Annual Meeting is required.
Process: To be considered, authors must submit the full paper and an accompanying 1-page single-spaced executive summary of the key contributions, methods, and findings of the paper. Both of these documents must be sent as attachments to the President
of WAIB, Amanda Bullough at [log in to unmask] by May 15th. A committee will evaluate nominations. The winning author(s) and runners up will be announced at the upcoming AIB Annual Meeting in June and on all
WAIB electronic communications: WAIB-L listserv, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Winners will also receive a paper certificate suitable for framing (in person at the annual meeting in June, or via email).
New WAIB Emerging Scholar Award
Purpose: The WAIB Emerging Scholar Award goes to a female AIB junior scholar for recognition of her high-quality research in any international business discipline. Preference may be given to high-quality research on women and gender in international
business, but this is absolutely not a requirement.
Criteria: To qualify as a junior scholar, the nominee must be either a current doctoral student or have received her Ph.D. within 5 years of the year of the award (e.g. the degree must have been received any time in 2011 or later for the 2016 award).
The awardee must be a member of WAIB. Neither paper acceptance nor physical presence at the upcoming AIB Annual Meeting is required.
Process: To be considered, the female junior scholar must be nominated by another WAIB member. Nominations must include a 1-page single-spaced statement of why the nominee deserves to win the award, including the nominee’s affiliation, email address,
and a list of her publications and scholarly work. Submissions must be sent to the President of WAIB, Amanda Bullough at
[log in to unmask] by May 15th. A committee will evaluate nominations and may contact finalists for their curriculum vitae and a sample research paper. The winner and runners up will be announced at the upcoming
AIB Annual Meeting in June and through all WAIB electronic communications: WAIB-L listserv, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Winners will also receive a paper certificate suitable for framing (in person at the annual meeting, or via email).
New WAIB Woman of the Year Award
Purpose: The WAIB Woman of the Year Award goes to a female WAIB scholar for recognition of her service to WAIB and/or the AIB and/or recognition of her high-quality research in any international business discipline.
Criteria: The awardee must be a woman and a member of WAIB. Neither paper acceptance nor physical presence at the upcoming AIB Annual Meeting is required, and scholarship related to women and gender is not required.
Process: To be considered, the female scholar must be nominated by another WAIB member. Nominations must include a 1-2-page single-spaced statement of why the nominee deserves to win the award. The statement must include details of the nominee’s service
contributions to WAIB and/or the AIB, a list of her most prominent publications and scholarly work in international business, and her affiliation and email address. Submissions must be sent as an attachment to the President of WAIB, Amanda Bullough at
[log in to unmask] by May 15th. A committee will evaluate nominations. The winner and runners up will be announced at the upcoming AIB Annual Meeting in June and through all WAIB electronic communications: WAIB-L
listserv, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Winners will also receive a paper certificate suitable for framing (in person at the annual meeting, or via email).
Dr. Amanda Bullough
Assistant Professor of Management
President of Women in the Academy of International Business
Lerner College of Business & Economics
University of Delaware
Business Administration Department Office 311
Newark, DE 19716
PH: 302-831-1778; Fax: 302-831-4196