AMERICAN SOCIETY OF BUSINESS AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
TENTH ANNUAL MEETING, FEBRUARY 20-24, 2003
http://www.asbbs.org
WALI I. MONDAL, CONFERENCE CHAIR
P. O. Box 10367, San Bernardino, CA 92423-0367; Tel. 909-748-6287; Fax 909-335-9279; email:
University of Redlands, 1200 East Colton Avenue, Redlands, CA 92373-0999
Paul C. Thistlethwaite, PROGRAM CHAIR
Western Illinois University; email:
PANI CHAKRAPANI, PROCEEDINGS EDITOR
University of Redlands; email:
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CALL FOR PAPER
The 10h Annual Meeting of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences will be held at the Boardwalk Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada from February 20 to 24, 2003. The theme of the Meeting is Academic Freedom in Higher Education. Sessions will be scheduled from Friday to Monday. Individual presentation will be scheduled for either the Friday-Saturday or the Sunday-Monday block. A Job Market and a Book Exhibit will be organized from Friday to Sunday. Proposals for paper presentation and session chairs are invited from all areas of Business and Behavioral Sciences in any of the Tracks listed below. The deadline for submission of proposals is October 31, 2002.
Information about ASBBS including its publications is available at http://www.asbbs.org. Our meetings emphasize interaction and collegiality in cordial environment. Although paper proposals are accepted on their merits, we welcome empirical papers and papers with policy implications. All accepted papers are published in the Conference Proceedings if guidelines are met. The deadline for Proceedings submission is December 1, 2002. Submit your Proceedings article to with a copy to . Only electronic submissions are accepted. ASBBS also publishes a refereed journal titled Journal of Business and Behavioral Sciences. All articles presented at the 10th Annual Conference will qualify for review and publication in the Journal. Guidelines for submission to the Journal will be published in the Conference Program in November 2002. A sample journal is available at http://www.asbbs.org/publications.html.
To submit a proposal, provide a completed paper or the title of your paper and an abstract with at least 250 words with name(s), addresses, telephone numbers, fax numbers, and email address to an appropriate Track Chair with a copy to the Conference Chair.
A “Best Paper” will be selected from each track and will be recognized in the Conference Proceedings and Annual Banquet. To qualify, you must submit a complete paper. Emails of Track Chairs have been linked; they may be reached directly through our Web-based Call for Paper. If your proposal does not fit into any listed track, send it directly to the Program Chair or to the Conference Chair. All proposals will be reviewed. Additional Session Chairs will be drawn from presenters once all proposals have been received.
Authors of accepted proposals will be required to register by December 10, 2002. The registration fee for each participant is $200 if paid by December 10, 2002 and $250 thereafter. If accepted, there will be an Additional Paper Fee of $100.00 for a second paper (to be presented by the same author). The registration fee includes one Conference Proceedings, one refereed journal, admission to all conference sessions and activities, continental breakfasts for two days, and receptions. A block of hotel rooms will be available at a special rate of $85 per night. Participants may call 1-800-635-4581 to reserve their rooms by January 20, 2003. American Airlines will offer discounted tickets for the 10th Annual Meeting. Call American at 1-800-433-1790 and mention Star File Number A1522AE for discounted tickets.
Thematic Paper and Keynote Speaker Competition: Separate proposals are invited on the conference theme Academic Freedom in Higher Education. Submit your complete paper to Program Chair by the deadline of October 31, 2002. The author of the best paper will be selected as the Keynote Speaker for the Tenth Annual Banquet of ASBBS with a special recognition.
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Track Chairs
Accounting I: Managerial Accounting
Gisele Moss
Department of Accounting and B. Law
Lamar University
P.O. Box 10069
Beaumont, TX 77710
Tel 409-880-8616; Fax 409-880-8611
Accounting II: Audit
D. J. Parker
University of Washington, Tacoma
1900 Commerce St., Box 358420
Tacoma, WA 98402-3100
Tel 253-692-5682; Fax 253-692-4424
Accounting III: Tax
Joseph DiBenedetto
Pace University
861 Bedford Rd
Pleasantville, NY 10570
Tel 914-773--3488; Fax 914-773-3908
Accounting IV: Accounting Education
Roxanne Johnson
University of Scranton
Dept. of Accounting
Scranton, PA 18510-4602
Tel 570-941-6179; Fax 570-941-4342
Accounting V: International Accounting
David Lavin
School of Accounting
Florida International University
University Park
Miami, FL 33199
Tel 305-348-3265; Fax 305-348-2914
Accounting VI: Financial Accounting
Linda K. Whitten
Chair, Accounting Department
Skyline College, 3300 College Drive
San Bruno, CA 94066
Tel 650-738-4372; Fax 650-738-4205
Accounting VII: Not-For-Profit
Treba Marsh
Stephen F. Austin State University
Department of Accounting
P.O.Box 13005-SFA Station
Nacogdoches, TX 75962-3005
Tel 409-468-1744; Fax 409-468-1482
Accounting VIII: Ethics & CPE Credit
Alan B. Deck
Bellarmine College
2001 Newburn Road
Louisville, KY 40205
Tel 502-452-8246; Fax 502-452-8013
Accounting IX: Accounting History
Darwin King
St. Bonaventure Univerity
Department of Accounting
St. Bonaventure, NY 14778
Tel 716-375-2138; Fax 716-375-2191
Accounting X: All Other Areas
Robyn Lawrence
University of Scranton
Department of Accounting
Scranton, PA 18510-4602
Tel 570-941-7786; Fax 570-941-4342
Marketing I: Strategy
Ray Comish
McNeese State University
Dept. of General Business
Box 92982
Lake Charles, LA 70609-2135
Tel 337-475-5540; Fax 337-475-5010
Marketing II: E-Commerce and Technology
Craig Conrad
Department of Marketing & Finance
Stipes Hall 430
Western Illinois University
Macomb, IL 61455
Tel 309-298-1198; Fax 309-298-2198
Marketing III: Marketing Education
Musa Pinar
Pittsburg State University
1701 South Broadway
Pittsburg, KS 66762
Tel 620-235-4585; Fax 620-235-4513
Marketing IV: Int. Marketing
John P. Camey
University of Central Oklahoma
100 N. University Drrive
Edmond, OK 73034-5209
Tel 405-974-5339 Fax 405-974-3821
Marketing V: Research and Development
Robert Pellegrino
Florida Memorial College
15800 Northwest 42nd Avenue
Miami, FL 33054
Tel 305-626-3630
Marketing V1: Health Care and Health Administration
J. R. Minifie
Southwest Texas State University
Dept. of Management/Marketing
San Marcos, TX 78666
Tel. 512-245-3187; Fax 512-245-3089
Marketing VII: Service Marketing
Chinna Natesan
Southwest Texas State University
Department of Marketing
San Marcos, TX 78666
Tel 512-245-2191; Fax 512-292-3392
Marketing VIII: Entertainment Industry
Clyde Rolston
The Mike Curb Program
Belmont University
1900 Belmont Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37212
Tel. 615-460-5436; Fax 615-460-5516
Marketing IX: New Product Planning
Ira Teich
Yeshiva University
500 West 185th Street
New York, NY 10033
Tel 212-960-0845; Fax 212-960-0824
Marketing X: All Other Areas
Gary H. Kritz
Seton Hall University
Stillman School of Business
400 South Orange Avenue
South Orange, NJ 07079
Tel 973-761-9277; Fax 973-761-9217
Management I: Human Resource
M. Suzanne Clinton
Cameron University
Dept. of Business
2800 W. Gore Blvd.
Lawton, OK 73505-6377
Tel 580-581-2372; Fax 580-581-2253
Management II: Strategic Mgmt.
Ronald Earl
Sam Houston State University
Dept. of Mgt & Marketing
P.O. Box 2056
Huntsville, TX 77341-2056
Tel 409-294-1273; Fax 409-294-3957
Management III: Organizational Behavior
Philip Benson
New Mexico State University
Dept 3 DJ, Box 3001
Las Cruces, NM 88003
Tel 505-646-5695; Fax 505-646-5179
Management IV: Communication
Ted Halatin
Fayetteville State University
Dept. of Mkt. & Bus Education
Fayetteville, NC 28301
Tel. 910-672-1488; Fax 910-672-2122
Management V: Management Education
Anthony F. Chelte
Box 5041
Western New England College
1215 Wilbraham Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Tel 413-782-1553; Fax 413-796-2068
Management VI: Business Ethics
Anita Jose
Hood College
401 Rosement Avenue
Frederick. MD 21701-8575
Tel 301-696-3691 Fax 301-696-3771
Management VII: Quality Management
Rasool Azari
School of Business, Hornby Hall
University of Redlands
Redlands, CA 92373-0999
Tel 909-748-6252; Fax 909-335-5125
Management VIII: Leadership
Gregory Stone
Regent University
School of Business
100 Regent University Drive
Virginia Beach, VA 23464-9850
Tel 757-226-4367; Fax 757-226-4369
Management IX: Emerging Trends: Innovation and Creativity
Asghar Zomorrodian
The Union Institute
6310 San Vicente Blvd., Ste. 107
Los Angeles, CA 90048-5426
Tel 800-486-8328; Fax 213-936-0539
Management X: All Other Areas
Dan Baugher
Pace University
One Pace Plaza, Room W-487
New York, NY 10038
Tel 212-346-1880; Fax 212-346-1573
Economics I: General Economics
Alexander Kondeas
Division of Business
Greensboro College
815 W. Market Street
Greensboro, NC 27401-1875
Tel 366-272-7102; Fax 366-271-6634
Economics II: International Econ
Mina Baliamoune
University of North Florida
Department of Economics
4567 St. Johns Bluff Road, South
Jacksonville, FL 32224-275
Tel 904-620-2640 Fax 904-620-1300
Economics III: Economic Education
Clyde Arnold
Dean, School of Business
Northern State University
1200 South Jay Street
Aberdeen, SD 57401
Tel 605-626-2402; Fax 605-626-2980
Economics IV: Urban & Regional Economics
David L. McKee
College of Business Administration
Kent State University
P.O. Box 5190
Kent, OH 44242-0001
Tel 330-672-1096; Fax 330-672-9808
Economics V: Tourism
Thomas Secrest
Center for Economic Development
Coastal Carolina University
Conway, SC 29528-6054
Tel 803-349-2685; Fax 803-349-2455
Economics VI: Growth and Development
Suresh Desai
Montclair State Univesrity
Department of Economics and Finance
Upper Montclair, NJ 07043
Tel 973-655-4370; Fax 973-655-7629
Economics VII: Transitional Economics
Jack W. Hou
Department of Economics
Cal. State University, Long Beach
1250 Bellflower Bldv.
Long Beach, CA 90840-4607
Tel 562-985-4710; Fax 562-985-5804
Economics VIII: Public Finance
Hung M. Chu
Department of Management
West Chester University
West Chester, PA 19383
Tel 610-436-2649; Fax 610-436-3458
Economics IX: All Other Areas
Anisul Islam
University of Houston-Downtown
One Main St., Suite 1059-N
Houston, TX 77002-1001
Tel 713-221-8914; Fax 713-226-5238
Finance 1: Corporate Finance
Chee Ng
Fairleigh Dickinson University
College of Business Admin., M104A
285 Madison Avenue
Madison, NJ 07940
Tel 973-443-8142; Fax 973-443-8377
Finance II: Investments
Carol Carroll
University of Alabama
Dept. of Finance
Box 870224
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0224
Tel 205-348-9791; Fax 205-348-0590
Finance III: Financial Institutions
Jimmy Moss
Lamar University
P.O. Box 10045
Beaumont, TX 77710
Tel 490-880-8633; Fax 490-880-1752
Finance IV: Real Estate and Insurance
Frank R. Flanegin
Robert Morris University
881 Narrows Run Road
Moon Township, PA 15108
Tel 412-604-2560; Fax 412-656-5836
Finance VI: Personal Finance
Frank Bacon
Professor of Finance
Longwood College
201 High Street
Longwood, VA 23909
Tel 804-395-2131; Fax 804-395-2203
Finance VII: All Other Areas
David Skinner
Mount Vernon Nazarene College
800 Martinsburg Road
Mount Vernon, OH 43050-9500
Tel 740-397-3304; 740-397-2918
CIS: Human-Computer Interface
Ralph Reilly
Dept. of Marketing & Management
University of Hartford
200 Bloomfield Avenue
Hartford, CT 06117
Tel 860-768-4196; Fax 860-768-4226
MIS I: Decision Sciences
Shamsul Chowdhury
Roosevelt University
430 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60605
Tel 847-619-4874; Fax 847-619-4852
MIS II: Information Systems
David Meinert
Southwest Missouri State Univ.
901 S. National Ave.
Springfield, MO 65804
Tel 417-836-4178; Fax 417-836-6907
Legal Studies 1:Employment, Contracts and Technology
Samuel DiLullo
Villanova University
800 Lancaster Ave
Villanova, PA 19085
Tel 610-519-4361; Fax 610-519-5364
Legal Studies 2: Law & Ethics
Bruce Rawding, School of Business
University of Redlands, Torrance
19191 South Vermont Avenue
Torrance, CA 90502
Tel 310-523-2727; Fax 310-523-2728
Legal Studies III: All Other Areas
Dennis DiMarzio, School of Business
Henderson State University
HSU Box 7881
Arkadelphia, AR 71999-0001
Tel 870-230-5301; Fax 870-230-5286
Logistics & Supply Chain Management
Chris J. Enyinda
Alabama A & M University
Dept. of Management & Marketing.
School of Business, P.O. Box 429
Huntsville, AL 35762
Tel 256-851-5610; Fax 256-851-5492
Small Business Development
William M. Shanklin
Graduate School of Management
Kent State University
P.O. Box 5190
Kent, OH 44242-0001
Tel 330-672-1258; Fax 330-672-5006
Psychology
Susan B. DelBene
Pace University
41 Park Row
New York, NY 10038
Tel 212-346-1461; Fax 212-346-1587
Interdisciplinary I: The Internet,
Multimedia Innovations
and Distance Learning
William J. Kehoe
University of Virginia
McIntire School of Commerce
P.O. Box 400173
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4173
Tel 804-924-7045; Fax 804-924-7074
Interdisciplinary I1: Women in Bus.
Shirley S. Tucker
Dept. of General Business & Finance
Sam Houston State University
Box 2056
Huntsville, TX 77341
Tel 409-294-1898; Fax 409-294-3612
Interdisciplinary III: International Business
Gerald Groshek
School of Business, Hornby Hall
University of Redlands
Redlands, CA 92373-0999
Tel 909-748-6243; Fax 909-748-5125
Interdisciplinary IV: Entrepreneurship
Bruce A. McDaniel
University of Northern Colorado
Department of Economics
Greeley, CO 80639
Tel 970-351-1163; Fax 970-351-4296
Interdisciplinary V: Business Cases
Duane Dove
School of Business
Sonoma State University
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
Tel 707-664-2954; Fax 707-664-4009