About

This Practice-Theory Connection web site (http://practicetheoryconnection.com), was set up in August 2015 after the “Crossing the Theory-Practice Chasm” PDW at the 2015 AOM meeting in Vancouver. Its purpose is to address the practice-theory chasm between business research and business practice.

We seek to enhance communication flow between practitioners and scholars (in both directions), provide resources for improving communication, and be a platform for suggestions and implementing new ideas that improve practice-theory communication and knowledge transfer.

We facilitate theory informing practice and practice informing theory.

Additional communication for the Practice-Theory Connection can be found in the following locations:

  • Slack page — used for real-time team communication, exchanging ideas, and keeping a record of ideas discussed online amongst individuals around the world
  • Facebook page — used for conveying general info / announcements, and connecting with individuals (social media)
  • Google Plus page — used for conveying general info / announcements, and connecting with individuals (social media)
  • Linkedin page  — used for conveying general info / announcements, and connecting with individuals (social media)

The website is curated by the Practitioner-Scholar Committee of the Entrepreneurship Division of the AOM.

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Current Practitioner-Scholar committee members are (in alphabetical order):

Lincoln Brown

Southwestern Oklahoma State University
(Yukon, Oklahoma, USA)

Ken Grant (Chair)

Toronto Metropolitan University
(Toronto, Canada)

Marcus Hashimoto

Bradley University
(Peoria, Illinois, Maryland, USA)

Maribeth Kuzmeski

Oklahoma State University
(Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA)

Paul Sanchez-Ruiz

Iowa State University
(Ames, Iowa, USA)
John Mueller

St Edwards University
(Austin, Texas, USA)

  
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* The logo for the Practitioner-Scholars committee was designed by Gabe Gatchalian, a designer and member of the team at the Lyles Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at California State University, Fresno.  His passion for graphic design and entrepreneurship has led him to establish his own clothing line, which has helped get his foot into the door of the street wear industry. During his free time, he designs for Thinkwalkers Inc., a design firm located in sunny San Diego, CA. He loves gaming and the occasional Saturday morning cartoon.  Gabe is a graduate of California State University, Fresno.