Description
Peer review volunteers play an important role in supporting Conference Track Chairs in making decisions about the submissions (accept or reject), and helping authors improve their conference paper submissions. A good conference paper reviewer can be at any stage of their career although undertaking peer review processes for a conference such as the BAM conference can provide Early Career Researchers with an opportunity to build confidence and go on to perform peer review processes for scholarly journals.
This participative workshop will discuss the steps involved in the conference paper review process, how to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of papers, and how to build a constructive set of feedback comments. Specialist breakout room opportunities will enable participants to focus on reviewing a specific type of manuscripts: (a) qualitative, (b) quantitative, (d) mixed methods and the newly launched session on (e) literature reviews and theoretical papers, exploring the different ways in which you might write constructive peer review reports for literature reviews/theory papers.
This will include themes such as the evaluation of the paper’s conceptual contribution, coherence of arguments presented, positioning within the literature etc. For literature reviews, we will also examine approaches you might use when evaluating different literature review methods.
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Who Should Attend?
The workshop is focused on the reviewing process and how it may be improved, thus any scholar may benefit from it. We envisage that Early Career Researchers or those newer to the review process (e.g. Doctoral Students at advance stage of studies) to benefit in particular.
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Benefits of Attendance
- Develop peer review skills and clarity about how peer review for a conference paper differs from peer review for a journal article
- Learn how to formulate and communicate constructive peer review feedback
- Learn from, and network with, leading scholars
- receive a certificate of attendace
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Pre- Workshop preparation
There are no specific pre-workshop requirements but at the point of registration, you will be asked to identify which breakout session you would prefer to attend focused on: reviewing a qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods and conceptual paper.
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Event Fee
BAM Members: Free
Non-Members: £25
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Paper Review Facilitators
Quantitative Methods
Dr Marta Fernandez De Arroyabe Arranz
Marta F. Arroyabe is a reader at Essex Business School. She is associate editor of the Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies. Marta is also a member of the Bank of England and HM Treasury’s Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Academic Advisory Group and a member of the Easter Cyber Resilience Centre’s Advisory Group, where she advises on issues around the digitalisation and cybersecurity of UK small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Previously, she held the deputy head, undergraduate programme director and the Q-step lead positions at the Strategy Operations and Entrepreneurship (SOE) Group .
Professor Dermot Breslin
Dermot Breslin is Professor of Organizational Behaviour at Rennes School of Business, France. He has previously held faculty positions at the University of Sheffield, UK, Tor Vergata University, Italy, the University of Saarlandes, Germany and Lincoln Business School, UK. His current research focuses on evolutionary approaches in organization studies, organizational learning and creativity. Dermot has been Co Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Management Reviews since 2017, and he sits on the editorial boards of the Journal of Management Studies, International Small Business Journal and the International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research. His research has been published in leading business and management journals including International Journal of Management Reviews, Organization Studies, Organizational Research Methods, Work Employment and Society, Technological Forecasting & Social Change, European Management Review and Studies in Higher Education. Before entering academia, Dermot worked in the steel, aluminium and paper industries, in engineering design, operations and sales management.
Qualitative methods
Prof Niki Panteli
Professor Panteli's research interests lie in the fields of digital transformation, digital platforms and online communities. Within these areas, she has been researching issues on trust, leadership, identity and power dynamics. She also has an interest in the social and organisational aspects of cybersecurity and a long standing interest in gender dynamics, inclusivity and diversity within the high tech sector.
Prof Natalia Yakovleva
Natalia Yakovleva is a Professor of Strategy and Sustainability at KEDGE Business School. Natalia is the Head of the Centre of Excellence for Sustainability at KEDGE. She has a PhD in Environmental Studies and a BSc in Economics. Prior to KEDGE, Natalia held academic positions at Newcastle University, Surrey University, Winchester University, and Cardiff University in the United Kingdom. Natalia's research interests include sustainable development, circular economy, international business, and corporate social responsibility. Currently, she pursues qualitative research in Brazil, Ghana, India, and Russia, examining sustainability in food, extractives, and waste sectors. Natalia has published in the Journal of World Business; Journal of Business Ethics; International Journal of Production Research; and Environment and Planning C. Natalia is an editor of Routledge Handbook of Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development. Natalia welcomes PhD applications in the areas of plastic waste recycling and upcycling; phasing out single-use plastics; innovation for circular economy; sustainability in the minerals industry/ nickel industry; and other topics in the field of sustainability and international business.
Mixed methods
Literature Review and Theory Papers
Prof Rudolf Sinkovics
Rudolf R. Sinkovics (Dr.rer.soc.oec, WU-Vienna, Austria) is Professor of Strategy and International Business at Durham University, United Kingdom, and Visiting Professor at LUT University, Finland. He previously worked at University of Glasgow (UK), University of Auckland (New Zealand), University of Manchester (UK), and WU-Vienna (Austria). His research covers issues of inter-organizational governance, and the role of advanced technologies, focusing on responsible business. He is included in the Stanford/Elsevier list, highlighting the top 2% of the most cited scientists across the globe in terms of citation impact. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief for Critical Perspectives on International Business and serves on several editorial boards. [email protected], https://www.sinkovics.com/rudolf
Chairs
- Professor Zoe Morrison, Robert Gordon University
- Professor Geoffrey Wood FBAM, Western University, Canada
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Registration
Log into your account and proceed with the registration for the event by pressing the “Book Now” button on the top right side of the webpage.
Contact us via e-mail at eventsandcommunications@bam.ac.uk should you have any queries.
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