EDEN DOCTORAL SEMINAR ON APPLIED METHODS AND METHODOLOGY IN CROSS CULTURAL RESEARCH ON MAY 13-17, 2019

 

European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management organizes together with Kataja (the Finnish doctoral program in business studies) for doctoral students (and early post doc stage persons):

“Eden doctoral seminar on applied methods and methodology in cross cultural research”  on

May 13-17,2019 at the University of Vaasa, Vaasa, Finland.

 

Deadline for registrations:  February 15^th, 2019

 

Learning goal and objectives 

After the course, the participants will be familiar with relevant methodological literature on cross-cultural methods. They will be able to use the literature as a guideline for their own methodological choices. The participants will understand the difficulties but also the opportunities of conducting cross-cultural research. The participants will receive knowledge, understanding and preparedness to independently develop skills in conducing empirical cross-cultural research

 

Course contents

The course provides knowledge in

• designing theory based cross-cultural/ international studies;
• conducting cross-cultural research; quantitative and qualitative cross-cultural comparative methodology;
• doing cross-cultural collaborative research;
• doing research in transitional and developing economies,
• and doing research outside your own home country

 

 

Target audience

Doctoral students and post-doctoral researchers who are conducting or are aiming to conduct comparative cross-national/cultural or international research.
Maximum 25 participants will be accepted to the course.

 

 

Faculty

Professor Hartmut H. Holzmueller, TU Dortmund University, Germany: Culture theory, multi-centric team management, experiences from cross-cultural research, qualitative/ explorative research methodology

Professor Edwin Nijssen, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands: Research designs, use of borrowed scales, experiences from cross-cultural research

Professor Thomas Salzberger, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Austria: Measurement theory, emic and etic methodology, quantitative/ confirmative cross-cultural research

Professor Jorma Larimo,  Doctoral seminar coordinator, University of Vaasa, Vaasa, Finland;  [log in to unmask]

 

Applications
Interested doctoral students should register online (and add the required documents) no later than February 15, 2019. Besides doctoral students, other researchers may participate.  The selection among the applicants will be conducted by the Institute’s Faculty. They will review the following documents which should necessarily complement each application form:

• the applicant’s curriculum vitae demonstrating his/her capabilities of doing research ; Please indicate you on your CV, your degree and stage of  dissertation.
• a letter of recommendation of his/her local faculty supporting the application ;
• a two-page description of his/her doctoral research, indicating the general objectives.

 

For more information about the seminar and application, please click  HERE