SERVSIG Best Article Award
Introduction
The ÂÜÀòÉç¹ÙÍø Services Marketing SIG seeks nominations for the Best Services Article among articles published in 2010; Deadline 1 May 2011
The "ÂÜÀòÉç¹ÙÍø Best Services Article Award" is presented annually by SERVSIG to the author(s) of the best article in the services literature published during the previous calendar year. Topics covered may include (but are not limited to) services marketing, service quality, and services management. We ask for your cooperation in submitting nominations for the best services article of 2010 to Dr. Dwayne Gremler (gremler@bgsu.edu), chair of the selection committee, by May 1, 2011.
All nominations should include a complete citation for the article, as well as a single paragraph, no longer than 150 words long, providing support for your nomination of the article based on the importance of the topic to the field of services marketing and the likely contribution of the paper to future services marketing research. The paper should also meet requirements for conceptual and/or methodological rigor, while also being clear and readable.
Eligibility for the 2010 Award
The winning article should have appeared in a refereed journal during 2010. Articles may be from any English language journal.
To be considered a services article, an article must meet two of three tests:
1. Mention service in the title of the article.
2. Mention service in the body of the article.
3. Cite service research in the article.
Other Eligibility Issues
1. Candidates for a SERVSIG Award do not have to be a member of SERVSIG or the ÂÜÀòÉç¹ÙÍø to be eligible or to win.
2. Candidates may be from anywhere in the world. From the beginning, SERVSIG has sought to be globally oriented and globally active.
3. Candidates for the awards do not have to be academics. SERVSIG recognizes the vital link between academe and business practice. For example, Lynn Shostack, the first SERVSIG Career Contributions winner (1994), is not an academic.