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ASQ's Linda Johanson Receives AwardAdministrative Science Quarterly's Linda Johanson Receives
Award for Unique and Distinguished Service September 7, 2004, Ithaca, New York The Johnson Graduate School of Management is pleased to announce that Linda Johanson, the Managing Editor of Administrative Science Quarterly (ASQ), has received a special award from the Academy of Management's Business Policy and Strategy Division and the Organization and Management Theory Division. The award, presented at the Academy of Management last month, marks the first time that the two divisions collaborated in giving such an award. "I am moved and honored to receive such an award from the Academy of Management," commented Johanson, a twenty-five year employee of ASQ. "I take great pleasure in helping our wonderful authors submit and improve their important works and look forward to continuing my efforts in making ASQ the best academic journal in publication." ASQ, known for publishing the best theoretical and empirical papers based on dissertations and on the evolving and new work of more established scholars, focuses on organizational theory papers from a number of disciplines, including organizational behavior and theory, sociology, psychology and social psychology, strategic management, economics, public administration, and industrial relations. Qualitative papers as well as quantitative work and purely theoretical papers are published in ASQ as well and in the past twelve years, six papers published in ASQ have won the Best Paper Award from the Academy of Management's Organizational Behavior Division. Learn more about ASQ. "The award is based on Linda's many contributions, which have gone well beyond administering the journal and copy editing papers to include outreach to encourage young authors to submit papers to the journal and to provide them with outstanding developmental advice about sharpening the presentation and logical structure of their papers. Linda's efforts have significantly elevated the quality of scholarship in the field," said Robert J. Swieringa, The Anne and Elmer Lindseth Dean of the Johnson School and Professor of Accounting. The presenter of the award, Gerald F. Davis, who is the Program Chair of the Organization & Management Theory Division at the Academy of Management, commented, "Linda has trained generations of scholars, including me, to be better writers and better thinkers. Thanks to her work, articles in Administrative Science Quarterly really are better than articles in other academic journals because of her developmental efforts to insure clarity and precision. I have always believed that good writing is good thinking, and her missionary work at ASQ to promote smart and clear writing has positive spillovers as authors carry the lessons they learned to other scholarly domains." Linda, a native Ithacan and graduate of Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences, lives in Ithaca with her partner Bob Dunphy. Her two daughters, Kirsten and Signe Pike, also graduated from Cornell. Following in the family tradition, Kirsten teaches English at the Nobles-Greenough School in Boston, and Signe is an editorial assistant at Random House in New York. The Johnson School at Cornell University, founded in 1946, is Cornell's graduate school of management. The Johnson School combines leading edge intellectual capital with "real time, real world" business practice and is among the top business schools in the world. Opportunities for experiential learning, such as immersion programs and student-run venture capital and mutual funds, distinguish the Johnson School's curricula. Programs include MBA and doctoral degrees, a twelve-month MBA option for students with advanced degrees in science or engineering and an executive MBA. The Johnson School is located at the center of Cornell University-the largest of the Ivy League schools and one of the world's top research institutions. For more about the Johnson School please visit: www.johnson.cornell.edu. For More Information |
