Dr Michael Stuetzer, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow within the Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research has been recognised as a finalist for the 2011 Dorothy Harlow Best Paper Award within the Gender and Diversity division of the Academy of Management.
His paper “Functional heterogeneity as a two-dimensional concept: Empirical evidence for new venture teams” was co-authored with Uwe Cantner and Maximilian Göthner, both from the Friedrich Schiller University Jena. This paper discusses the benefits and drawbacks associated with functional diversity within team start-ups.
The Dorothy Harlow award is given annually to the author(s) of the best paper submitted to the Academy meeting. Papers were nominated for consideration by the division’s reviewers. The late Dr. Dorothy Harlow pioneered the effort which started the Gender and Diversity in Organizations of the Academy of Management. The award has a winner and two finalist papers.
Given the quality of the papers and scholarship submitted to the division, Michael’s selection as a finalist is an important and well deserved achievement.
The paper, is also available as a 2 page vignette from the ACE website. Download