2020 SERVSIG Doctoral Consortium​
The Service Special Interest Group (SERVSIG) of the American Marketing Association (AMA) is pleased to announce the 27th SERVSIG Doctoral Consortium, preceding the Frontiers in Service Conference, hosted by Babson College in Wellesley, MA (located 30 minutes from Boston).
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The consortium will begin with a welcome reception on Wednesday, June 24th, and will continue with full day sessions on Thursday, June 25 at Babson College. The consortium is designed to help doctoral students and new faculty succeed in their careers. By promoting an intimate and collegial atmosphere, the consortium provides a special opportunity for participants to interact with leading service scholars.
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We invite PhD students at all levels and early career stage faculty to register for the consortium. We highly encourage all attendees to participate in the Research Breakout Sessions to discuss his or her research projects with international scholars who share complimentary interests.We look forward to seeing you in Boston!
About Nicole
Nicole Hartley is a research academic with the UQ Business School. Nicole’s career as an academic has spanned 14 years at institutions in both Sydney and Queensland. Her teaching expertise is in advertising, marketing strategy, digital media and consumer behavior. Her specific research interests include service technology, virtualized services, customer-brand relationships, message framing, new media and service innovation. Nicole’s current research agenda focuses upon exploring customer perceptions of the advent of technology and various forms of disruption in the delivery of services. This research is currently focused within the education, tourism and health industries.
About Stacey
Dr. Stacey G. Robinson's research focuses on innovating and understanding the consumer, and frontline employee experience, in retail and service exchanges. Her research has been published in the Journal of Marketing, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, International Journal of Research in Marketing, Journal of Service Research, Journal of Business Research, among others, and has been presented at a number of international and national conferences. In addition to a receiving a grant from the Marketing Science Institute, she was recently awarded best service paper of the year by AMA's ServSig. Dr. Robinson serves on the editorial review boards for the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, the Journal of Service Research and the Journal of Business Research.
Registration & Important Dates
Doctoral Consortium participants must first register for the Frontiers in Services Conference in order to participate in this event. To register, please clearly indicate on the registration form that you plan to participate in the Doctoral Consortium. Importantly, if you would like to participate in the breakout sessions at the Consortium, you will have to submit a short summary (2-4 pages) of your research before April 1st, 2020. Indicate on the registration form that you would like to participate in the Doctoral Consortium. Deadline for submitting the 2-4 page abstract for the breakout session to Nicole Hartley.
In your submission please share the following information (to the extent that you can): PhD topic, why is it important to study, theories used or plan to use, details on data analyzed or that you plan to collect, methodological approach, a rough time line for your planned studies. Depending on your stage of your doctoral you can choose to share information on a paper, an overview of your whole thesis, or both.
The Liam Glynn Travel Scholarship
The Frontiers in Service Conference is the world’s leading annual conference on service research. Every year doctoral students and new faculty are invited to participate in the AMA SERVSIG Doctoral Consortium, which precedes the conference. This year’s consortium will take place on June 24-25, 2020 and is designed to offer a valuable opportunity to doctoral students and new faculty to engage with the leading service scholars, get feedback on research ideas, network and learn from peers. SERVSIG and the Arizona State University’s Center for Services Leadership give emerging service scholars the opportunity to attend the Services Doctoral Consortium and the Frontiers in Services Conference with financial assistance. A committee of AMA SERVSIG members will select the award recipients.
Participants can apply for the Liam Glynn Travel Scholarship. All submissions should be submitted via email by May 1, 2020, and it should include the following information:
1. Curriculum vita;
2. Statement as to why attending the Frontiers in Services Conference would be beneficial to the applicant at this stage in his/her career;
3. Statement confirming that applicant has a strong interest in the field of service research with supporting information (e.g. area of research).
Please submit applications via email to Nicole Harley n.hartley@business.uq.edu.au
Doctoral Consortium Sponsor
