Fredric M. Jablin Dissertation Awards

The Faculty Honors New Scholars Annually

The Jepson School endeavors to further scholarship and educate students and others for and about leadership through curricula, events and programs. In 1999, the School implemented its annual Dissertation Awards, which are named for Dr. Fredric M. Jablin, who died in 2004.

The Dissertation Awards, which carry a cash prize, honor scholars from a range of academic disciplines who have explored and written on topics that demonstrate substantial insights and implications for leadership studies.

Competition for the Awards is intense, and awardees are recognized at an annual colloquium, after which members of the Jepson faculty facilitate a related discussion.

The 2006 awards will be presented at the Eighth Annual Conference of the International Leadership Association in November in Chicago.

The recipient of the 2007 award is Dr. Steven D. Olson. Dr. Olson received his Ph.D. in Ethics and Society at Emory University. The title of his dissertation is "The Ethics of Leadership: Construction of an Analytical Framework, with Application to Ken Blanchard's Theories of Situational and Servant Leadership." (Dr. Olson is pictured, right, with Jepson senior faculty member, Dr. Gill Robinson Hickman, who chaired the 2006-07 program.)

Honorable mentions went to: Richard D. Berry, George Washington University, Washington, DC, “Discovering the Missing Link of Emotion in Leadership: A Case Study of Affect Valence and Emerging Leadership” and Frederic J.A. Damen, Ph.D., Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands, “Taking the Lead: The Role of Affect in Leadership Effectiveness.”

The deadline for the 2007-08 award is August 15, 2008.

For past recipients, some authors' comments and abstracts, go to:

• 2007-2008, Nov. 3, 2007, Vancouver, Canada, International Leadership Association
• 2005-2006, Nov. 2, 2006, Chicago, International Leadership Association
• 2004-2005, Nov. 4, 2005, Amsterdam, International Leadership Association
• 2003-2004, March 21, 2004, The Jepson Alumni Center
• 2002-2003, March 16, 2003, The Jepson Alumni Center
• 2001-2002, March 24, 2002 The Jepson Alumni Center
• 2000-2001, March 18, 2001, The Jepson Alumni Center
• 1999-2000, April 1, 2000, The Jefferson Hotel

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