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Workshop Title: Writing for Publication in Top-Tier Journals

Facilitator: Michael Johnson, University of Washington

The workshop will focus on the high-level writing skills needed to publish successfully in top-tier journals. Topics will include finding your story, writing persuasively, developing your motivation to write, and more. The format of the session will include a mix of instruction and small group discussion. Participants will be asked to bring a project they are currently working on.

PLEASE NOTE: If you plan to also attend afternoon Session C, please select the "Two Workshops: Session A and Session C" option to take advantage of the two workshop discounted price.

Workshop Title: How ‘Real’ Are Team Environments and Processes in Qualitative Research: The Role of Philosophy for Guiding Research Questions, Methodologies, and Analyses

Facilitator: M. Blair Evans, Western University

Qualitative research methods are well-established in certain domains where group dynamics are studied. But for others who study teams, qualitative approaches are only recently gaining traction within their academic outlets. An underlying question for all forms of teams researchers involves reflecting on the following question: To what extent do we adopt qualitative methods that presume the positivist assumption that: (a) There are real ‘things’ in groups that exist separate from our beliefs about them (Ontology), and (b) That we can accurately capture those ‘things’ through our research (Epistemology). How we answer these questions has implications for every step along the qualitative research journey.

This workshop will start by introducing philosophical positions, followed by characterizing programs of qualitative research that adopt varying positions and methodologies. Emphasis will be placed upon a critical realist philosophical position that holds promise for many teams researchers. Participants will, then, share ongoing research and will be guided through steps to consider how they might conduct related qualitative studies while using varying philosophical or methodological.

PLEASE NOTE: If you plan to also attend afternoon Session C, please select the "Two Workshops: Session B and Session C" option to take advantage of the two workshop discounted price.

Workshop Title: Using Team-Centric Approaches and Latent Profile Analysis to Advance Our Understanding of Groups and Teams

Facilitators: Trevor Spoelma, University of New Mexico

Most teams research uses a variable-centric approach wherein scholars examine the independent effects of predictors (e.g., mean values) on outcomes. Yet, in recent years, there has been increasing interest in team-centric approaches in which several properties of teams (e.g., mean, standard deviation, skew, and kurtosis; multiple types of conflict) are considered simultaneously to uncover unique profiles or configurations of team phenomena. In this workshop, attendees will learn the conceptual foundations of this approach and how it provides new ways of studying groups and teams using recent examples. Attendees will also learn how to conduct latent profile analysis in Mplus and R to identify team profiles and examine how they relate to outcomes. The final part of this workshop will involve discussing the implications of a team-centric approach for different topics so attendees can receive feedback and network with others.

The first part of this workshop will cover the conceptual foundations of team-centric approaches and demonstrate how it can enrich our understanding of team phenomena using examples in recent published articles. Following this, the second part of the workshop will be focused on showing attendees how to perform latent profile analysis to examine team-centric research questions. Specifically, attendees will be shown how to conduct latent profile analysis in Mplus and R, and practice doing the analyses using data and scripts. Finally, the workshop will wrap up with some time spent in breakout groups where attendees will discuss team-centric research ideas in their topic areas of interest to receive feedback and network with others.

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Workshop Title: Mentoring and Research Networking

Facilitators: Anita Blanchard, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and Matt Cronin, George Mason University

Discounted prices are offered for those choosing to sign up for and attend a morning and afternoon pre-conference workshop. If you are planning to attend Morning Session A and Afternoon Session C, please only purchase this "Two Workshops: Session A and Session C" ticket.

Pre-conference workshop descriptions can be found above.

Discounted prices are offered for those choosing to sign up for and attend a morning and afternoon pre-conference workshop. If you are planning to attend Morning Session B and Afternoon Session C, please only purchase this "Two Workshops: Session B and Session C" ticket.

Pre-conference workshop descriptions can be found above.

All conference registrants are already ticketed for the Friday Night Event at the NASCAR Hall of Fame. These additional tickets are for conference registrants who would like to bring a guest with them to the Friday Night Event at NASCAR HOF.