06/29/2021

CSCA 2022 - Reminder Call for Papers & Panels ... Organizational and Professional Communication Interest Group

Hi CSCA Organizational & Professional Interest Group Members,

The deadline for the CSCA 2022 is quickly approaching. Be sure to mark your calendars because submissions must be received by 11:59 PM, CDT, Friday, October 8, 2021.

A couple important reminders:

• First, this year we are accepting submissions for research in progress (extended abstracts) (minimum of 5 pages of a research proposal, excluding references, figures, and tables). Authors of accepted abstracts must submit the completed paper before the conference and these papers will not be considered for awards.
• Second, if you are interested in organizing a panel we brainstormed a few ideas at the CSCA 2021 OPC Business Meeting and are still looking for leaders in the interest group to develop this panels.
  • Organizational Shifts in Response to Pandemic - Looking at the silver linings of reorganizing in the face of the pandemic.
  • Organizational Collaborations Research & Teaching - How have you worked locally with community organizations for consulting, research collaborations, or service learning opportunities for your students.
  • New Ideas for Teaching Organizational Communication – Activities & Lessons Learned
• Finally, if you would be interested in Reviewing or Responding I could use a dozen or so more people to assist, please complete the google form here:https://docs.google.com/document/d/14FzL8xwa5r7EqoLHjlSbN0vcBtky_1i0H9QVLLiM47Q/edit

Looking forward to all of the submissions, but as always if you have any questions or concerns do not hesitate to contact me (tpmckenna-buchanan@manchester.edu).

Tim McKenna-Buchanan
Chair, Organizational and Professional Communication Interest Group
Central States Communication Association

Central States Communication Association (CSCA)
Annual Convention-Madison, Wisconsin
March 30-April 3, 2022
Re-Connect

The Organizational and Professional Communication Interest Group invites the submission of competitive papers, research in progress extended abstracts, panels, and roundtable discussions for the 2022 CSCA convention in Madison, Wisconsin. The purpose of the Organizational and Professional Communication Interest Group is to promote the efforts of researchers, teacher/scholars, and practitioners as they relate to the study and practice of human communication in organizational contexts. Thus, any topic related to organizational and professional communication is welcomed.  

We especially encourage members to highlight issues related to the convention theme, Re-Connect. Organizations and workplaces have adapted and changed in different ways over the last two years and now there is an opportunity to explore the connections—whether they be how we have re-connected with our colleagues and organizational research or how the pandemic has shifted connections in organizational spaces. Additionally, how have renewed calls to address systemic racism and other inequalities influenced connections in organizational and professional spaces. As we work to re-connect at this conference how do we forge new, more inclusive paths in thought, creativity, expression of organizational and professional scholarship?

Papers and panels from both established and new scholars that develop trends or new directions in research, application, and teaching are encouraged. This year we will also be introducing “Research in Progress” extended abstracts, so that members can submit a current piece “in progress” that they plan to have completed by the conference. Faculty, undergraduate and graduate students, independent scholars, and community members are invited to submit to and attend the convention. Submissions inclusive of all methodological perspectives in the communication discipline are embraced. In terms of panels, preference will be given to those with panelists representing multiple institutions rather than representing a single institution.

Guidelines for Submission

• Each submission can only be submitted to one unit.
• Send submissions electronically through our online system via the CSCA website.
• All technology requests must be made at the time of submission.
• We expect you to attend the conference if your paper/panel is accepted. Please notify your panel chair if you are unable to attend the conference.
• Please make sure that all potential presenters, co-authors, and panelists have a profile on the CSCA convention webpage. Membership is not required to create a profile.
• Submissions must be received by11:59 PM, CDT, October 8, 2021.
  

Guidelines for Papers: Only papers that conform to APA standards and are submitted through the CSCA online submission process will be considered for acceptance. The CSCA online submission process will prompt users to provide the following information:

• Completed competitive papers should include paper title and brief abstract (maximum of 25 pages, excluding references, figures, and tables). Make sure identifying information is removed. These papers will be considered for awards.
• Research in progress extended abstracts should include paper title and brief abstract (minimum of 5 pages of a research proposal, excluding references, figures, and tables). Make sure identifying information is removed. Authors of accepted abstracts must submit the completed paper before the conference and these papers will not be considered for awards.
  • Author affiliations and contact information will be collected by the online submission system to conceal the identity of the author(s).

• Instructions for Students:
  • Graduate and undergraduate students must type “STUDENT” on the upper right-hand corner of the title page.
  • If the paper will be a student debut, please type “DEBUT STUDENT” on the upper right-hand corner of the title page. 
  • To be considered a student debut paper, (1) the author must be a graduate or undergraduate student; (2) the paper must have single authorship; and (3) the paper must be the author’s first paper to be presented at CSCA.

Panel Proposals: The CSCA online submission process will prompt panel submitters to provide the following information:

• Panel title
• Name of the person responsible for the panel proposal
• Panel member’s affiliations and contact information
• A 75-word rationale for the panel
• A 75-word description of the proposed panel, indicating roundtable discussion, paper panel (completed papers that encompass a specific topic), debate, spotlight, etc.
• A 200-word abstract for each paper if it is a paper panel submission or an explanation of each participant’s purpose/perspective if it is a different panel format
• Technology requests

The Top Competitive Papers and the Top Student Paper will be recognized at the Interest Group Meeting. 

Reminders:

• All technology requests must be made at the time of submission.
• Submissions must be received by 11:59 PM, CDT, October 8, 2021.
• Send submissions electronically through our online system via the CSCA website.
  • Submitters should create an author profile through the system. CSCA membership is not required to create a profile or submit a paper/panel.
• If you have questions, please contact Tim McKenna-Buchanan, tpmckenna-buchanan@manchester.edu