Reports for SIM Events at AOM Meeting

2022 SIM-ONE Junior Faculty Consortium

How SIM-ONE Scholarship Can Contribute to the Creation of Better World

Susana Esper & Jason Pattit

IESEG School of Management --- University of St. Thomas

This year’s SIM-ONE Junior Faculty Consortium was organized by Susana Esper (SIM), Jason Pattit (SIM), Amanda Williams (ONE), and Ju Young Lee (ONE). The 2022 Annual Meeting’s theme “Creating a better world together” invited us to rethink how our research and teaching are called on to shape the role of business organizations in the midst of grand societal challenges, such as COVID-19, poverty, social unrest, and climate change. The 2022’s consortium became a great opportunity to reflect on SIM-ONE’s scholarly profile vis-à-vis the new normal. Under the subject ‘How SIM-ONE scholarship can contribute to the creation of a better world’, and echoing the annual meeting theme, we delved into the discussion of our potential for contributing to meaningful and impactful research, in a context in which business organizations will have to address world problems at a pace and scale that was unpredicted.

The PDW was a hybrid event (F2F and online) consisting of a 3-hour synchronous program as well as an asynchronous component. While a few adjustments were made to the original program to adapt it to the hybrid format, the core of the JFC formula and its spirit of knowledge sharing and support within an expanding community of junior and senior faculty was preserved.

We had twelve participants from Europe, four from North America, one from Asia, and one from Latin America. Overall, we looked for participants who represented diverse countries and institutions. We also recruited senior faculty to participate in the event as panel members or mentors. We were very careful in seeking gender balance and geographic diversity in our selection of senior faculty. Lists of Junior and Senior Faculty are shown below.

We asked participants to record a short introduction video and we uploaded these videos to the AoM platform ahead of the consortium. The synchronous component then took place on August 5th, 2022. We kicked off the program with an icebreaker activity to help the participants get to know more about each other’s research topics. We then proceeded to the highlight of the consortium, a panel discussion on how SIM-ONE scholarship can contribute to the creation of a better world, featuring Judith Walls (University of St Gallen), Kathy Rehbein (Marquette University), David Wasieleski (Duquesne University), Mike Russo (University of Oregon), and Jill Brown (Bentley University). We also invited one of the finalists of the SIM/ONE Outreach Award (Mark Desjardine, Dartmouth) to participate in the panel and talk about his outreach activities. The subsequent section was a facilitated networking activity, where participants and senior faculty brainstormed together in groups. They brainstormed on issues such as: (1) the post-covid career/job market (2) publishing SIM-ONE research (3) wellness, resilience, and purpose in academia. We concluded the consortium by sharing insights and deriving some key takeaways. We also asked them to reflect on how SIM and ONE can continue to support their members, which we will forward to the divisions.

Overall, the JFC was an inspiring event and both senior and junior faculty enjoyed it very much.

The Junior Faculty who participated in the SIM-ONE Junior Faculty Consortium were:

Emamdeen Fohim (University of Bern)
Lauren Kaufmann (University of Virginia – Darden School of Business)
Suwen Chen (ESADE Business School)
Haitao Yu (EM Lyon)
Ben Leffel (University of Michigan)
Lucas Amaral Lauriano (IESEG School of Management)
Leandro S. Pongeluppe (University of Toronto)
Lucrezia Nava (University of Cambridge – Judge Business School)
Moritz Gruban (University of Cambridge – Judge Business School)
Sarah Stephen (University of St. Gallen)
Alice Mascena (Ivey Business School)
Anna Jasinenko (University of Lausanne)
Oyikansola Ige (City University of London)
Johanna Jarvela (Copenhagen Business School)
Esther Hennchen (University College Dublin)
Chintan Kella (Tilburg University)
Kihyon Kim (Korea University School of Business)
Andrea Marquez (University of Texas-San Antonio)
Felippe Symmes (EGADE Business School)

The esteemed Senior Faculty who participated in the SIM-ONE Junior Faculty Consortium were:

Bobby Banerjee (Bayes Business School)
Tima Bansal (Ivey Business School)
Hari Bapuji (University of Melbourne)
Stephanie Bertels (Simon Fraser University)
Flore Bridoux (Rotterdam School of Management)
Jill Brown (Bentley University)
Maoling Bu (Nanjing University, Ivey Business School)
Caroline Flammer (Columbia University)
Joel Gehman (George Washington University)
Michelle Greenwood (Monash University)
Patrick Haack (HEC Lausanne)
Gazi Islam (Grenoble Ecole de Management)
Nien-hê Hsieh (Harvard Business School)
Jonatan Pinske (Alliance Manchester Business School)
Kathleen Rehbein (Marquette University)
Mike Russo (University of Oregon)
Sandra Waddock (Boston College)
Judith Walls (University of St. Gallen)
David Wasieleski (Duquesne University)

2022 Doctoral Student Consortium

Inspiring New SIMians

Jo-Ellen Pozner & Julia Roloff

Santa Clara University --- Rennes School of Business

We held the 2022 SIM Doctoral Student Consortium on Sunday, August 7. Fifty late-stage doctoral students from around the world had the opportunity to connect with esteemed SIM scholars and ask questions about completing their dissertations, navigating the job market, and managing their early careers. They heard from editors of some of our top journals, including Business & Society, Journal of Business Ethics, Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal, and Business and Society Review. A panel of scholars discussed teaching SIM-related content, both in discrete courses and in general management and strategy classes. After a presentation from the AOM Ethics Education Committee, participants were treated to a fireside chat, where Michael Johnson-Cramer interviewed Shawn Berman, the 2021 recipient of the division’s Sumner Marcus Award. As in years past, each student participant was paired with a faculty mentor to meet with during the conference, either in person or virtually. Though it was a virtual event, many students were in Seattle and had the opportunity to connect over lunch.

Panelists and presenters included:

Amanda Cowen, University of Virginia

Anna Roberts, University of Bath

Colin Higgins, Deakin University

David Wasieleski, Duquesne University

Deborah Mullen, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga

Jegoo Lee, University of Rhode Island

Jim Weber, Duquesne University

Jon Bundy, Arizona State University

Kam Phung, Simon Fraser University

Michael Johnson-Cramer, Ithaca College

Miguel Alzola, Fordham University

Naomi Gardberg, CUNY, Baruch College

Pushpika Vishwanathan, University of Amsterdam

Rebecca Frankelm, SAGE Publishing

Shawn Berman, University of New Mexico

Of the record-high 58 applicants, we selected 50 students to participate (also a record); those who were too early in their PhD journeys were encouraged to apply as they neared completion of their programs. 64% of participants were women, while 57% were from European universities, 30% from North America, 9% from Asia and 4% from Australia – statistics we could only achieve due to the virtual nature of the event.

We thank all the student participants and presenters who made this a successful event! The doctoral students (mentees) and SIMian professors (mentors) who participated in the SIM Doctoral Student Consortium are:

Mentors:

Andy Wicks, University of Virginia

Annie Snelson-Powell, University of Bath

Brad Agle, Brigham Young University

Colin Higgins, Deakin University

David Wasieleski, Duquesne University

Erica Steckler, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Greg Molecke, Exeter University

Jared Peifer, CUNY, Baruch College

Jason Pattit, University of St. Thomas

Jegoo Lee, University of Rhode Island

Jill Brown, Bentley University

Jim Weber, Duquesne University

Jo-Ellen Pozner, Santa Clara University

Judith Schrempf-Stirling, Universite de Geneve

Julia Grimm, Stockholm University

Julia Roloff, Rennes School of Business

Kathleen Rehbein, Marquette University

Lori Verstegen Ryan, San Diego State University

Michelle Greenwood, Monash University

Michelle Westermann-Behaylo, University of Amsterdam

Miguel Alzoa, Fordham University

Naomi Gardberg, CUNY, Baruch College

Pushpika Vishwanathan, University of Amsterdam

Sarah Stephen, University of St. Gallen

Shawn Berman, University of New Mexico

Tara Ceranic Salinas, University of San Diego

Tricia Olson, University of Denver

Mentees (in order of mentor pairing above):

David Skandera, Prami Sengupta

Alysha Shivji, Eriselda Danaj

Wen Xu, Bram van der Kroft

Arobindu Dash, Kyoko Sasaki

Magdalena Plesa, Kimberly McGinnis

Molly Weinstein, Ramesh Krishnan

Jake Telkamp, Janet Su

Louisa Bloedorn, Christina Kannegiesser

Julia Croce, Christian Kroll

Jay Bates, Sung Hun (Brian) Chung

Saveena Patara, Fangyuan Teng

Wei Xia

Vivek Mishra

Yanina Rashkova, Medina Williams

Elise Lobbedez, Sarah Gordon

Priya

Sadek Showkat, Julia Herzum

Tatjana Minulla, Rossella Rocchino

Pardeep Singh Attri, Melissa Gutberlet

Tomé Salgueiro, Jana Coenen

Leonie Decrinis, Shazeb Abdali

Claudia Rossetti

Pablo Sanz, Katharina Scheer

Aynur Nabiyeva, Zulay Patricia Buchs

Chiara Andreoli, Marieshka Barton

Jeff Augugliaro

Neal Jha

2022 SIM Research Development PDW

Tricia Olsen & Mark Sharfman

University of Denver --- University of Oklahoma

Virtual format. As per 2021, the Research Committee delivered a simplified version of the research development PDW for 2022, to focus on the Manuscript Development Workshop (MDW) component of the workshop and provide one-to-one individually matched pairings.

We had a great response from mentees (SIM members preparing a manuscript for submission to a top-quality journal) and an even better response from mentors (senior SIM members with experience publishing in top quality journals.) This yielded 16 matched mentors and mentees who have arranged to meet in asynchronous virtual sessions during the period of the academy conference.

Thank you, mentors! The MDW was a success, and much gratitude was expressed to mentors:

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"I just wanted to say thank you. This was the most valuable experience for me from all the AOM conference events for sure. I really enjoyed my conversation with [my mentor]. I have been looking for this type of critique for years. I appreciated [their] thoughtfulness, directness, and clear ideas for change for how I could get this paper published."

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The work of mentees. Key themes in the manuscripts submitted are include questions of corporate social responsibility, climate change, sustainability, and other grand challenges.

Looking Ahead to 2023. A new member who is yet to be recruited will join the Research Committee for 2022/2023. We’d like to make better use of social media going forward to better connect with the SIM community and to communicate more broadly about the Research Committee and its activities. Closer collaborations with the SIM Communications Committee, chaired by Jae Hwan Lee, are thus a possibility for the Research Committee over the next year. A possible in-person gathering would also be exciting to consider for 2023.

The SIMians who participated in the Manuscript Development Workshop are as follows:

Mentors:

Anak Agung Gde Satia Utama, Airlangga University

Andy Wicks, University of Virginia

Arun Kumar, University of California, San Diego

David Wasieleski, Duquesne University

Duane Windsor, Rice University

Erica Steckler, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Irene Henriques, York University

Jared Peifer, CUNY, Baruch College

Jegoo Lee, University of Rhode Island

Kareem Shabana, Central Connecticut State University

Kathleen Rehbein, Marquette University

Mark Sharfman, University of Oklahoma

Michelle Westermann-Behaylo, University of Amsterdam

Punit Arora, CUNY

Tricia Olsen, University of Denver

Mentees (in order of mentor pairing above):

Andres Velez-Calle

Bram van der Kroft

Catherine McDonald

Christian Busch

Esther Hennchen

Isabel Neuberger

Janet Su

Juan Francisco Chavez R.

Kihyon Kim

Lucas Amaral Lauriano

Marissa Kimsey

Michelle Heyn

Monica Nadegger

Ronei Leonel

Vivek Mishra

2022 SIM Curriculum Development PDW

Jae H. Lee

Hamline University

Dear SIMians,

At the 2021 SIM Curriculum Development PDW, the Committee presented a variety of computer-based business simulations to teach business ethics, and sustainability, and social responsibility

Strategic CSR Simulation

Capsim’s Capstone (Strategy Simulations with Add-on Modules)

The major focus of the 2022 SIM Curriculum Development PDW was on flipping the classroom to teach social issues. The flipped classroom approach creates a highly engaging and inclusive learning space. This approach allows students to learn content at their own pace before class and apply the content during class time. At the same time, it allows teachers to focus more on teaching each student individually or in groups, rather than the entire class and thereby meet the needs of individual students more thoroughly. Designing for the flipped classroom usually involves dividing instruction into three phases as follows.

Phase I: Pre-class work. Students complete pre-class assignments, such as quizzes, case questions, pre-recorded lectures, news article search.

Phase II: In-class activities. Students participate in assignments during class, such as role playing, team discussion, class debate, role playing, simulations. By participating in such higher-order activities, students improve collaboration skills as well as analytical and critical thinking skills.

Phase III: Post-class assignments. Students complete post-class assignments – e.g., reflection and research papers, final reports – through which they apply skills and insights they have learned from Phases I and II. Ultimately, they learn to justify a position or even create original work.

If you would like to know more about the flipped classroom approach, please contact me at jlee53@hamline.edu.