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Authors Recognized for ‘Best Papers of 2010’
For release: September 12, 2011
Each year the Fogelman College of Business & Economics presents awards for the best
papers published by its faculty in the preceding year. The Ph.D. Sub-Council for Graduate
Studies and Research evaluates submissions and makes selections for awards in two
categories: Empirical Research and Conceptual/Theoretical Research. The 2010 awards
were given at the fall Faculty and Staff meeting held August 25.
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The first place winner in the Empirical Category was a paper co-authored by Fogelman
faculty members Rabi S. Bhagat (Professor, Management) and Balaji Krishnan (Associate
Professor, Marketing and Supply Chain Management), along with current and former doctoral
students Terry A. Nelson, Karen Moustafa and Tejinder K. Billing. The award-winning
paper, “Organizational Stress, Psychological Strain, and Work Outcomes in Six National
Contexts,” was published in IEEE Engineering Management Review.
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The first place winner in the Conceptual/Theoretical Category was a paper co-authored
by Robin S. Poston (Associate Professor, Management Information Systems) and Judy
Simon (Professor, Management Information Systems) titled “Client Communication Practices
in Managing Relationships with Offshore Vendors of Software Testing Services” in Communications
of the Association for Information Systems.
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Second place in this category went to “Uncertainty, the Demand for Health Care, and
Precautionary Saving, which appeared in The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and
Policy. It was co-authored by William T. Smith (Professor, Economics) and economics
doctoral graduate Diego Nocetti.
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The first place winner in each category receives a plaque and $500; the second place
winner receives a plaque and $250.
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