The Journal of Management Studies and the Society for the Advancement of Management Studies (SAMS) were delighted to celebrate the 2024 Grigor McClelland Doctoral Dissertation Award at the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Conference in Milan on 5 July 2024.
This prestigious award recognises the best doctoral dissertations in management studies worldwide. The winner receives £5,000 in prize money.
Finalists
The following scholars were shortlisted for the 2024 award and presented their research at the University of Milan-Bicocca:
Adrian Marrison, University of Warwick
Punishment and Violence in Organisation Studies
Marrison’s dissertation advances our understanding of extreme organisational contexts, examining the complexities of punishment and violence within organisations.
Sanjay Popat, University of Leeds
Only Time Will Tell: The Temporality of Occupational Stress in Foundation Doctors
Popat’s research explores how occupational stress evolves over time among early-career doctors in the UK. His comprehensive study highlights both functional and dysfunctional sensemaking pathways, offering valuable contributions to work-stress literature.
Katja Wölfl, WU – Vienna University of Economics and Business
Essays in Buyer-Supplier Negotiations: Configurational Insights
Wölfl’s dissertation sheds new light on negotiation dynamics and counterfactual reflection (CFR), using a case-oriented configurational approach to explain why some experiences foster high-quality CFR while others do not.
Award Winner
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Sanjay Popat was awarded the 2024 Grigor McClelland Doctoral Dissertation Award for his dissertation. His ground-breaking work offers significant contributions to our understanding of occupational stress and its temporal dimensions.
Recognising Excellence
We extend our warmest congratulations to Dr. Popat on this outstanding achievement, and to Dr. Wölfl and Dr. Marrison for their remarkable research contributions. Together, these dissertations reflect the vitality and future direction of management studies.
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