Kenneth E. Clark Student Research Award - 2010 Call for Papers

The International Leadership Association (ILA) and the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) are pleased to announce a new partnership on the annual Kenneth E. Clark Student Research Award to recognize outstanding unpublished papers by undergraduate and graduate students. The award is named in honor of the distinguished scholar and former Chief Executive Officer of the Center. The winner of this year's award will receive:

$1,000 cash prize
Travel, Lodging, and Complimentary Registration to ILA's 12th annual conference, Leadership 2.0: Time for Action taking place October 27-30 in Boston, MA
Complimentary 1-year membership in the ILA
Recognition at the ILA conference and in various multi-media ILA publications

Previous first place papers are available online.

Submissions may be either empirically or conceptually based. Multi-disciplinary approaches to research are welcomed. The paper should focus on some aspect of leadership or leadership development.

Submissions will be judged by the following criteria:

The degree to which the paper addresses issues and trends that are significant to the study of leadership;
The extent to which the paper shows consideration of the relevant theoretical and empirical literature;
The extent to which the paper makes a conceptual or empirical contribution;
The implications of the research for application to leadership identification and development.

Papers must be authored and submitted by graduate or undergraduate students only. All authors must currently be students or must have graduated within 1-year prior to the submission deadline of July 15, 2010. CCL staff and papers submitted to other CCL awards are ineligible. Entrants must provide a letter from a faculty member certifying that a student wrote the paper. Entrants should submit four copies of an article-length paper. Electronic submissions will not be accepted. The name of the author(s) should appear only on the title page of the paper. The title page should also show the authors' affiliations, mailing addresses, email, and telephone numbers.

Papers will be reviewed anonymously by a panel of researchers associated with CCL. Papers are limited to 30 double-spaced pages, excluding title page, abstract, figures, tables, and references. Papers above this limit that are not completely doubled spaced may not be eligible for the Award and may be returned to authors unreviewed. Papers should be prepared according to current edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.

In the absence of papers deemed deserving of the award, the award may be withheld. Entries (accompanied by faculty letters) must be received by Thursday, July 15, 2010. The winning paper will be announced at the ILA Conference October 27-30. Entries should be submitted to:

David Altman, Ph.D.
Executive Vice President
Research, Innovation and Product Development
Center for Creative Leadership
One Leadership Place
P.O. Box 26300
Greensboro, N.C. 27438 6300

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Kenneth E. Clark Student Research Award - 2010 Call for Papers