Saurabh Gupta University of North Florida Director of Conf. Promotion Reinhard Wurttemberg University Ravensburg, Germany QRBD Associate Editor Kaye McKinzie University of Central Arkansas IJBR Associate Editor Charles Lubbers University of Dakota Proceedings Editor John Fisher Utah Valley University Proceedings Liaison E. Weber St. Cloud State University TRACK CHAIRS Accounting Theory Rodney A. Oglesby Drury University Advertising & Marketing Communication Louis K. Falk Univ. of Texas at Brownsville Applied Management Science & Decision Support Systems Zahid Y. Khairullah St. Bonaventure University Communication and Technology John C. Tedesco Virginia Tech University Cross-Cultural Communication Raquel Casino Istanbul, Turkey Marketing Ziad Swaidan University of Houston - Victoria Cross-Cultural Psychology Dominik Guess University of North Florida Economics Dale Steinreich University Emotional Intelligence & Mindfulness Chulguen (Charlie) Yang S. Connecticut State Univ. Entrepreneurship & Business Mattare Frostburg State University Ethical and Social Issues Kellye Jones Clark Atlanta University Finance Phillip Fuller Jackson State University Global Corporate PR, Responsibility and Culture Enric Ordeix-Rigo Ramon Llull University Barcelona, Spain Health Communication & Public Policy J. Gregory Payne Emerson College Human Resources Management Kaushik Chaudhuri SME, Shiv Nadar University Information Systems and E-Learning Saurabh Gupta University of North Florida Interdisciplinary Studies Nada Farhat Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard University Instructional & Pedagogical Studies Amiso M. George Texas Christian University International Business Philemon Oyewole Howard University poyewole@howard.edu Leadership Robert Bennett Georgia Southwestern State Univ Managerial Accounting Majidul Islam Concordia University Montreal, Canada Management of Diversity Chynette Nealy University of Houston-Downtown Manufacturing and Service Mohammad Z. Bsat National University Marketing Abeson Coppin State University
Marketing Research D. Harcar Penn State Beaver Operations Management Shakil Rahman Frostburg State University Organizational Behavior & Theory Kayong Holston Ottawa University Organizational Behavior & Theory (Co-Chair) Carol Stewart Southern Connecticut State Univ. Organizational Communication & Crisis Management Reza Eftekharzadeh St. John’s University Political Communication & Public Affairs John Mark King East Tennessee State University Project & Knowledge Management (Co-Chair) Michael Baechle Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Ravensburg, Germany Project and Knowledge Management (Co-Chair) Arthur Kolb Univ. of Applied Sciences – Kempten Kempten, Germany Public Relations & Corporate Communications Bonita Dostal Neff Indiana University - NW Service Marketing Paloma Bernal Turnes Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain Social Media (Co-Chair) Karin Reinhard Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Ravensburg, Germany Social Media (Co-Chair) Kaye McKinzie University of Central Arkansas Sport Business Brian V. Larson Widener University Strategic Management (Co-Chair) Crystal L. Owen University of North Florida Strategic Management (Co-Chair) Pingying Zhang University of Florida Strategic Marketing Harold W. Lucius Rowan University Student Papers Marty Mattare Frostburg State University Sustainability Gregory Robbins Southern Connecticut State Univ. Tourism, Travel, & Hospitality Nathan K. Austin Morgan State University IABD Submission Guidelines General Information The International Academy of Business Disciplines (IABD) invites abstracts & papers in all business, social and communication disciplines as well as research on interdisciplinary topics. Submission Policies and Procedures Submission deadline is November 24th, 2014. You may submit an abstract or full manuscript. Abstracts must be between 150 to 250 Submitted manuscripts must be between 16 and 20 pages single-spaced including figures, tables, & references. Only full manuscripts are eligible for the best paper award. To submit your abstract or manuscript, please use the website, . If you have any issues with submission contact Program Chair, Cindi Smatt at . Submissions must be entirely original: not under concurrent consideration, scheduled for presentation elsewhere, or previously published.