Awards for Excellence

Citation

(2005), "Awards for Excellence", Women in Management Review, Vol. 20 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/wimr.2005.05320caa.001

Awards for Excellence

Judith R. GordonCarroll School of Management, Boston College, USAandKaren Whelan-BerryUtah Valley State College, USA

are the recipients of the Journal's Outstanding Paper Award for Excellence for their paper

“It takes two to tango: an empirical study of perceived spousal/partner support for working women”

which appeared in Women In Management Review, Vol. 19 No. 5, 2004

Judith R. Gordon is a Professor of Management in the Carroll School of Management at Boston College and has twice served as Chairperson of the Department. Dr Gordon's research and publication interests focus on the career development of women, work-family issues in the workplace, organizational change, information systems delivery, and managerial effectiveness. She has regularly presented papers at the Academy of Management meetings and has published articles in such journals as the Academy of Management Executive, Women in Management Review, Human Resource Planning, Information Systems Management, Information & Management, Sloan Management Review, and Academy of Management Review. She is the author of Organizational Behavior: A Diagnostic Approach, Information Systems: A Management Approach, and Human Resources Management: A Practical Approach. Dr Gordon is currently a member as well as the Vice Chairperson elect of the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

Karen Whelan-Berry is an Associate Professor of Management at Utah Valley State College. Prior to completing her doctorate at Boston College, Karen worked in corporate for fifteen years. In Karen's corporate experience she was a Big 8 Public Accounting Manager, the manager of internal audit for a Fortune 500 company, and then served as CFO for a non-profit. Karen's research interests include the organizational change process and the optimal resource allocation during organizational change efforts, and individual work-life balance and related corporate programs. Her extensive corporate background gives Karen a unique stance regarding practice and theory, and the relevance of academic research to day-to-day organizational life. Karen primarily teaches principles of management, with expertise in organizational change, work-life balance, and organizational development and effectiveness.