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Call for Papers: DCDC Best Student Papers
Organization: DCDC (Deans, Chairs, and Directors Council)
Deadline: January 15

DCDC (formerly UCIRHRP) is sponsoring a student paper competition at the LERA Annual Meeting. New developments in employment relations, organizational behavior, and social movements call for a closer look at emergent processes, outcomes and organizational forms. The motivation for this special call for papers is to reflect the diversity of theoretical and methodological approaches to researching emergent phenomena in the field. Examples include, but are by no means restricted to new forms of labor market institutions; diversity in organizations; social movements; and international/transnational actors and organizations. A monetary award of $300 will be given to the author of the top paper chosen. Papers should be submitted by January 15. Only completed papers, not abstracts or letters of intent, may be considered. All paper submissions must comply with the following submission criteria:

  • To be considered for this competition, the lead author must be a student. Papers must reflect original work or major developments on previously reported work. Papers are not eligible if they have been presented at LERA or other professional meetings in the past or have or will be published prior to the meeting.
  • Papers are limited to 20 double-spaced pages doubled spaced and in a 12-pt font (converted to a PDF file), including footnotes, tables and bibliographies.
  • Papers must include a title, abstract (up to 200 words) and preferred keywords.

Submission Form

PAST WINNERS:

2024
Cherise Regier
"Digital Overconnectivity and Employee Wellbeing:
An Empirical Evaluation of the Right-to-Disconnect Legislation in Europe"
Cherise Regier, University of Oxford


2023 - Not awarded

2022
Jianxuan Lei
Jianxuan Lei, University of Minnesota
The Importance of Legal Strength for Trade Unions:
Theory and Evidence in the Chinese Context

 

2021
 Hyesook Chung
Hyesook Chung
Cornell University

 

2020
Yao Yao
Yao Yao
University of Toronto

 

2019 - Award not conferred 

 

2018
Sean O'Brady 
 Sean O'Brady
University of Montréal

 

 2017 - Award not conferred 


*We changed how our awards are dated - they will now be dated the year in which the award is presented. This change makes it look as though no awards were given in 2016

2015

  • Qianyun Xie, University of Minnesota 

2014

  • Mark Gough, Cornell University

2013

  • Burcu Bölükbaşı and Eric Young, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2012

  • Alan Benson, MIT

2011

  • Sunanda Nayak, Management Development Institute

2010

  • Erik Young, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Eun Kyung Lee, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign