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Professors Receive Distinguished Appointments

Management Professor Pam Perrewe has been appointed as the Haywood and Betty Taylor Eminent Scholar in Business Administration by Florida State University President T.K. Wetherell. Dr. Perrewe received the appointment, established in 1998, because of her exemplary teaching, research, and service.

Dr. Wayne Hochwarter has been named the Jim Moran Professor of Management. Dr. Hochwarter's outstanding record as a teacher and scholar led to the appointment.

Seventeenth in Research among AAU Schools

Florida State's Management Department ranks 17th in research productivity compared to other AAU universities, such as Duke, Emory, and Carnegie-Mellon. This ranking, based on 2003-2006 data, was determined via a system developed by the University of Florida and Texas A&M.

Top 10% Ranking in Research

Academic Analytics has ranked Florida State University's Management Department in the top 10% in the country in terms of journal publications per faculty member. This research-oriented accolade, based on 2005 data, shows the faculty's strong standing amongst comparable universities.

Department Chairperson Invited to AMR Editorial Board

The new Chairperson of the Management Department, Annette Ranft, has been invited to serve on the Academy of Management Review Editorial Review Board. AMR is the leading publication for management theory in the world.

Recent Doctoral Graduate Wins Award

Robyn Brouer, a recent doctoral graduate of the Management Department, won the Kenneth E. Clark Research Award from the Center for Creative Leadership for her dissertation. Francis Eppes Professor of Management Gerald R. Ferris directed Dr. Brouer's project.

Management Professor Tapped as Poet Laureate

Dr. Mary Jane Ryals, Research Associate in Business Communication, is the new and first Poet Laureate of the Big Bend region. She was selected by a committee composed of faculty members from area universities and north Florida writers.

Professor Receives "Best Paper" Accolade

Tim Holcomb, Assistant Professor in Management, received the Irene M. McCarthy Award for the Best Paper on the Topic of High Technology at the 2007 Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference in Madrid, Spain for his work titled "Resources, Industry Membership, and Firm Performance: The Role of Capability Configurations in Value Creation for IPO Stage New Ventures."

Professor Wins Research Award

Dr. Ceasar Douglas, Associate Professor of Management, won the Association of Business Communication's "2006 Award for Distinguished Publication on Business Communication" for his article "Communication in the Transition to Self-Directed Work Teams." The article, coauthored by Dr. Martin and Dr. Krapels of the University of Mississippi, was noted for its excellent research design, literature review, and careful presentation and analysis.

Prestigious Faculty Appointments

Annette Ranft was recently elected as the Associate Program Chair for the Strategy Process Track for the Strategic Management Society. Dr. Ranft will assume the duties of Program Chair in 2008 and Chairperson in 2009.

Jim Combs was recent appointed to the Editorial Review Board for the Academy of Management Journal, the premier empirical journal for management research worldwide.

SMA 2007 Outstanding Paper Award

Dr. Jim Combs, Associate Professor of Management, and Dr. Bill Gillis, a recent graduate of F.S.U.'s Ph.D. program in Management, received the SMA 2007 Outstanding Paper Award for their work titled "Beyond agency theory: Resource-based and relational explanations for franchising." Their paper was selected from over 300 submissions.

New Editorship

Professor Jack Fiorito was recently selected as the Associate Editor of the Industrial and Labor Relations Review, the top labor journal.  Jack Fiorito is the J. Frank Dame Professor of Management.

Professor Mark Martinko was also selected as the new Associate Editor for the Journal of Organizational Behavior. Professor Martinko is the Bank of America Professor of Management.