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THE W. CHARLES REDDING DISSERTATION AWARD

Division 4 of the International Communication Association is pleased to announce competition for the 2005 W. Charles Redding Dissertation Award in Organizational Communication. This annual competition includes a cash award to the winner and a certificate for the winner and his/her advisor. The award will be presented at the annual ICA convention in New York City, NY in 2005.

****Note: all materials should be submitted electronically in either Word or WP formats.

Rules of the competition are as follows:

1. The advisor of the dissertation should submit the dissertation to the Division 4 Secretary:

Documents to be submitted must include (a) one copy of the complete dissertation and (b) one electronic copy of the student paper, 25-30 page (text) paper complete with references, tables, graphs, etc.

The paper must be written by the student and should serve as a summary of the dissertation by discussing: 1) relevant literature; 2) hypotheses or research questions; 3) research methods; 4) results; and 5) conclusions drawn from the investigation.

2. Because all dissertations will receive blind review by a panel of judges, the name of the author, advisor, and university should appear only in the email letter of transmittal and title page of the dissertation.

3. Dissertations must have been defended between January 2, 2004 and December 31, 2004.

4. Candidates for the award must be members of Division 4. Membership may be in process at the time of submission.

5. If an insufficient number of dissertations are received to hold an effective competition, the award panel reserves the right to carry over dissertations into the next annual competition.

Deadline for submission: February 1, 2005. All materials must be received by midnight on the 1st.

ENTRIES SHOULD BE EMAILED TO: MEDVED@OHIO.EDU

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