UniSA Online Workshop Series
Open Science/Replication Research
November 22 | 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM ACDT
Open Science/Replication Research
Dr. Billy Obenauer
University of Maine
Workshop Overview
Management scholars are beginning to talk more about open science, but there still is still a great deal of uncertainty as to what it means to embrace open science practices (OSP). Building off Castille et al.’s (2022) adaptation of the Transparency and Openness Guidelines, in this session we will discuss how researchers can implement OSPs to make their research more transparent, more credible, and more visible. In the second half of this session, we will take a deeper dive into one of these OSPs, conducting replication research. This portion of the session will focus on how to conduct replication research in such a way it non-adversarial, advances science, and is highly publishable. Building off his own experience publishing replication research in journals such as The Leadership Quarterly, Human Factors, Journal of Global Mobility, and Journal of Management Scientific Reports, Billy Obenauer will take you through a step-by-step guide to how you can successfully conduct and publish high-quality replication research.
Meet the Presenter
Dr. Billy Obenauer joined the Maine Business School in 2021. He was previously full-time faculty in the School of Business at Ithaca College. Prior to that, he earned his PhD at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Billy’s research focuses on issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in organizations, with an interest in learning more about how research design influences our understanding of DEI. His research has been published in journals such as The Leadership Quarterly and Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice. He integrates his research expertise into his teaching by illustrating to students how various decisions that they will make as managers will influence DEI in their organizations. Billy’s teaching style is driven by his core values which include transparency, equitable access to education, and that no one should be defined by their worst day. His commitment to creating an engaging educational environment with multiple opportunities for students to succeed has been shown to improve student engagement and performance. Additionally, he shares lectures on YouTube where he has over 1,600 subscribers and has received more than 190,000 views. Billy is married with four children. He and his family live in Glenburn. In his spare time, he enjoys riding his motorcycle, playing basketball, and reading comic books.
