Dear OB Division Members,
We are seeking nominations for the 2026 AOM OB Doctoral Consortium (OBDC), which will take place in person at the Annual AOM conference in Philadelphia. It is tentatively scheduled for August 1, 2026, from 8:00 AM-5:00 PM local time. The Organizational Behavior Doctoral Consortium is designed for students who are entering the final year of their doctoral program, but who have not yet defended their dissertation (i.e., students who will be on the job market in Fall 2026 and who have made significant progress on their dissertation/thesis research).
The consortium includes a mix of presentations, panel discussions, and interactive sessions that have been designed to launch doctoral students into their academic careers. These faculty presentations, interactive panels with journal editors, and roundtable sessions will cover topics such as crafting the right academic job, acing the job talk, succeeding in research and publishing from the perspective of a panel of editors, and starting or participating in effective and inclusive collaborations. More than 50 faculty members have volunteered to speak and/or host roundtable discussions.
Selection Criteria Guiding Admissions Decisions. Admission priority will be given to students who:
- Will be actively on the academic job market during the 2026-2027 academic year,
- Have successfully completed all coursework (or equivalent) required by their doctoral program,
- Have successfully completed their program's required milestones such that they have reached the dissertation stage (e.g., passed qualifying/prelim/comprehensive exams, fulfilled paper or teaching requirements),
- Have demonstrated tangible progress toward their dissertation (e.g., collected data, defended their proposal, or have an estimated/scheduled date that is prior to the annual meeting), and
- Have the endorsement of their advisor(s) and/or the Ph.D. program leadership in their department.
Nomination Requirements. Nominations should be submitted by the students’ advisors or their Ph.D. program leadership, via the survey linked below. Only nominations submitted via this survey will be considered. There is no formal restriction on the number of students a program may submit. To promote inclusion and avoid unnecessary comparisons, we will accept multiple nominations from the same program. However, we request that programs only nominate students that meet the selection criteria (e.g., only nominate students who are in the final year of their doctoral program, as opposed to early-stage students who would be better served in a future year). In the case of space limitations, admission decisions will be made based on demonstrated progress toward the applicants’ dissertation and their research record.
The nomination survey will ask nominators to provide the following
- The nominee’s one-page vita/bio in PDF format (longer documents may be rejected). Please name the file with the nominee's last name followed by ShortCV (e.g., BanduraShortCV.pdf).
- The nominee’s one-page summary of dissertation/thesis research in PDF format (inclusion of title and abstract is fine; longer summaries may be rejected). Please name the file with the nominee's last name followed by Research (e.g., BanduraResearch.pdf).
- Responses to questions related to admission criteria.
- Confirmation of advisor/program endorsement.
Nomination Survey: When ready, please submit nominations here.
Nomination Deadline: Friday, April 24th, 2026 (11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time).
Please note that students may only attend the OBDC once during their Ph.D. studies. For questions, please contact Andreas Richter at a.richter@jbs.cam.ac.uk and/or Amy Bartels at amy.bartels@unl.edu .
We look forward to meeting and welcoming many of you to the 2026 OB Doctoral Consortium at AOM in Philadelphia!
Andreas Richter & Amy Bartels, Co-Chairs