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We are seeking nominations for the 2025 AOM OB Doctoral Student Consortium (OBDC). The consortium will take place at the annual AOM conference. It is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, July 26, 2025, from 8:00 AM-5:00 PM local time.

The OBDC is designed for students who are in the final year of their doctoral program (i.e., students who will be on the job market in the fall and who have made significant progress on their dissertation research). Therefore, priority will be given to students who have made the most progress toward completing their Ph.D. program (e.g., defended a dissertation proposal, completed data collection), but who have not yet defended their dissertation. 

The consortium includes a mix of presentations, panel discussions, and interactive sessions designed to launch doctoral students into their academic careers. Faculty presentations, interactive panels with journal editors, and roundtable sessions include 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. More than 50 faculty members have volunteered to speak or host roundtable discussions.

Nomination requirements

The completed nomination should be submitted by the nominating department/school/advisor, via the form 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. However, we request that programs only nominate students who 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 the future). In the case of space limitations, admission decisions will be made based on demonstrated progress toward the applicant's dissertation and broader research portfolio.

The following information must be provided:

1. 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., SmithShortCV.pdf). 
2. The nominee's one-page summary of dissertation research in PDF format (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., SmithResearch.pdf). 
3. Advisor/program chair endorsement. 

How to submit a nomination

Nominations will only be accepted via this form.

Nomination deadline

Friday, April 25, 2025 (11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time)

Applicants will be notified of their admission status approximately one month after the nomination deadline. 

For questions, please contact Andreas Richter at a.richter@jbs.cam.ac.uk or Shannon Taylor at sgtaylor@ucf.edu. We look forward to welcoming you to the OB Doctoral Consortium at AOM!

Andreas Richter and Shannon Taylor

OB Division Representatives-at-Large

Register here

#AOM2025

Are you an Organizational Behavior (OB) scholar who has recently relocated to or within Europe? Or are you planning to make the move soon?

Join us for our inaugural chapter event—designed to help you build meaningful relationships, navigate your new academic environment, and find a supportive community as you settle into life in Europe.

✓ Connect with fellow OB scholars who are also new to the region

✓ Gain insights from panelists working across different parts of Europe

✓ Exchange ideas on navigating professional life in Europe

✓ Be part of a growing community of OB scholars across Europe

ABOUT

This event is for scholars at all career stages—whether you’ve just relocated, are in the process of moving, or are exploring academic opportunities in Europe.

We imagine this as the first step in building a broader, pan-European OB community. Future chapters will expand to include networking, knowledge-sharing, and regional meet-ups across Europe.

Question? Please reach out to Gouri Mohan (g.mohan@ieseg.fr)

AGENDA

PANEL DISCUSSION (45 MINS)

Insights from scholars who have successfully transitioned across borders to academic life in or within Europe

INTERACTIVE BREAKOUT GROUPS (30 MINS)

Connect with peers and discuss regional experiences

PLENARY & NEXT STEPS (15 MINS)

Co-create ideas for future gatherings

* Agenda is for illustration only and subject to change.

SPEAKERS

Barbara Körner, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Gouri Mohan, IESEG School of Management, France

Mari Kira, University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, USA

Mariella Miraglia, University of Liverpool, UK

Marjo-Riitta Diehl, Aalto University, Finland

Constanze Eib, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden

Max Reinwald, University of Mannheim, Germany

Minna Paunova, ESCP Business School, Spain

Sunny Lee, University College London, UK

Yannick Griep, Radboud University, The Netherlands

Please nominate a deserving member of our division for one of the following career awards

●      Lifetime Achievement Award

●      Cummings Scholarly Achievement Award

●      Mentorship Award

●      Societal Impact Award

Please find further information and deadlines below. The Lifetime Achievement Award has an earlier deadline than the other three career awards.

Please make your nominations as succinct as possible and follow the submission instructions. This will ensure that we do not burden the volunteers who serve on our awards committees. These volunteers are NOT members of the executive committee, and we are extremely grateful to them for the time they spend on this important task.

Call for the 2025 OB Division Lifetime Achievement Award

The OB Division Lifetime Achievement Award, established in 2005, recognizes senior scholars who have made exceptional contributions to our discipline throughout their careers. To be eligible for the award, an individual must have completed his or her PhD (or finished his or her training/education) at least twenty years ago. The individual must be a truly outstanding scholar. He or she will have published in the very best journals and conducted research that has had a significant impact on the field. Finally, recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award have contributed not only through their scholarship, but through service to the field.  For example, they may have served as editors of leading journals, held leadership positions with the Division or the Academy, and/or been exceptional teachers and mentors for doctoral students. The winner is required to attend the annual conference and give a presentation in the same year as receiving the award.

Please find the full criteria here, which are ordered by the OB Division’s principles of rigor, relevance, and relationships (noting the criteria are identical for Lifetime Achievement and Cummings Awards, but the expected level of achievement differs).

For the Lifetime Achievement Award, the nominator must submit the following information as part of the nomination package:

1.     A nomination letter by an OB Division member, noting self-nominations are welcome. 

2.     A current Curriculum Vitae (CV).

3.     A maximum of three letters of support (and no more than three).  

4.     Confirmation that the nominated individual is a member of the OB Division.

5.     Confirmation that from the nominated individual that, if they win, they will attend and present at the upcoming AOM Conference.

The deadline to submit for the 2025 OB Division Lifetime Achievement Award is January 31, 2025, using this link.

Past award winners: 

●      2024 Jeffrey Pfeffer

●      2023 Jennifer Chatman

●      2022 John Hollenbeck

●      2021 Michael Frese

●      2020 Sue Ashford

●      2019 Max Bazerman

●      2018 Teresa Amabile

●      2017 Fred Luthans

●      2016 Blake Ashforth

●      2015 Jane Dutton

●      2014 Victor Vroom

●      2013 Benjamin Schneider

●      2012 Richard Hackman

●      2011 Charles A. O'Reilly III

●      2010 Terence R. Mitchell

●      2009 Denise Rousseau

●      2008 Barry Staw

●      2007 Gary Latham

●      2006 Lyman W. Porter

●      2005 Edwin Locke

Call for the 2025 OB Division Cummings Early- to Mid-Career Scholarly Achievement Award

Sponsored by an OB Division endowment in the name of Larry Cummings and honoring his contributions to OB, the OB Division Cummings Early to Mid-Career Scholarly Achievement Award recognizes significant scholarly achievement during the early- to mid-career stage. The award winner will be announced at the Academy of Management conference. To be eligible for this award, an individual must be a member of the OB division and must have received his or her PhD no more than 12 years ago.

Please find the full criteria here, which are ordered by the OB Division’s principles of rigor, relevance, and relationships (noting the criteria are identical for Lifetime Achievement and Cummings Awards, but the expected level of achievement differs). The nomination package should include the following materials: 

●      A nomination letter by an OB Division member, noting self-nominations are welcome. 

●      A current Curriculum Vitae (CV).

●      A maximum of three letters of support (and no more than three).

●      Confirmation that the nominated individual is a member of the OB Division.

The deadline to submit for the 2025 OB Division Cummings Award is February 20, 2025, using this link.

Past award winners: 

●      2024 Anthony Klotz and Klodiana Lanaj

●      2023 Not awarded

●      2022 Jessica Rodell (University of Georgia)

●      2021 Allison Gabriel (University of Arizona)

●      2020 Christopher Barnes (University of Washington)

●      2019 Scott DeRue (University of Michigan)

●      2018 Russell Johnson (Michigan State University)

●      2017 Mo Wang (University of Florida)

●      2016 Dave Mayer (University of Michigan)

●      2015 Brent Scott (Michigan State University)

●      2014 Aparna Joshi (Pennsylvania State University)

●      2013 Francesca Gino (Harvard University)

●      2012 Hui Liao (University of Maryland)

●      2011 Adam M. Grant (University of Pennsylvania)

●      2010 Maria L. Kraimer (University of Iowa)

●      2009 Remus Ilies (Michigan State University)

●      2008 Gilad Chen (University of Maryland)

●      2007 Don Moore (Carnegie Mellon University)

●      2006 Jason Colquitt (University of Florida)

●      2005 Jeffrey LePine (University of Florida)

●      2004 Jean Phillips (Rutgers University)

●      2003 Amy Edmondson (Harvard Business School)

●      2002 Michele Gelfand (University of Maryland)

●      2001 Timothy A. Judge (University of Florida)

●      2000 Sandra L. Robinson (University of British Columbia)

●      1999 Elizabeth Wolfe Morrison (New York University)

●      1998 Jennifer Chatman (University of California, Berkeley)

Call for the 2025 OB Division Mentorship Award

The OB Division Mentorship Award recognizes a scholar who has excelled at mentoring others to achieve their career objectives through moral, social, and intellectual support. We define each of these criteria in more detail below:

●      Intellectual support: Helps the mentee develop ideas constructively (e.g., by brainstorming, offering a sounding board, suggesting a diverse perspective, providing written feedback) – investing one’s intellectual capital in the service of mentees.

●      Social support: Helps the mentee develop a professional network that will allow him/her to be successful (e.g., introducing them to others, writing reference letters, suggesting them as coauthors/reviewers/editors) – investing one’s social capital in the service of mentees.

●      Personal support: Genuinely cares about the wellbeing and development of the mentee (e.g., encouragement through difficult times, helps maintain self-efficacy, provides perspective or specific career/work strategies) – investing one’s personal energy in the service of mentees.

Any member of the OB Division is eligible for this award. This award is not meant to recognize research productivity, advocacy activities in the field, or personal longevity in the field but rather to recognize a scholar who has an impactful effect on other scholars through their outstanding mentorship. To be eligible, the person needs a minimum of three mentees who are willing to write a letter of nomination on behalf of their mentor. Based on the letters or recommendations received, a young and upcoming artist, being mentored by a more senior artist, will develop a personalized piece of art representing the award winner as a mentor. The award winner will be announced at the Academy of Management Conference. To nominate an individual for the Mentorship Award, a nomination packet must include:

1. A letter of nomination that identifies the candidate, the individual(s) making the nomination, and a short motivation about why this person is being nominated (one page, single-spaced);
2. As supporting evidence, we ask the three nominators to each write a supporting letter (one page, single-spaced) about how this person (mentor) has impacted their development, career and lives. These letters will be used as input for the artist crafting the award. We need a minimum of three and a maximum of 10 letters per person. Nominations are accepted from all OB Division members. 
3. If you nominated a candidate who was unsuccessful in a prior year or years, you will need to resubmit the nomination materials this year. 

The deadline to submit for the 2025 OB Division Mentorship Award is February 20, 2025, using this link.

Past award winners:

●      2024 Bob Liden

●      2023 Blake Ashforth

●      2022 Christina Gibson

●      2021 Randall Peterson

●      2020 Jane Dutton

●      2019 Katherine Phillips

●      2018 Maurice Schweitzer

●      2017 John Mathieu

●      2016 Sharon Parker

●      2015 John Hollenbeck

Call for the 2025 OB Division Award for Societal Impact

Scholarly work with societal impact is both scientifically credible and useful to society; it produces societally beneficial knowledge that aims to make the world a better place.  This work will often address, but is not limited to, the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals, for example: health and well-being, income and social inequality, and the preservation of the environment. In order to both recognize and incentivize such work in organizational behavior, the OB Division is inviting nominations for the OB Division Award for Societal Impact.

This award recognizes a body of work rather than a single conference submission or published article, given that scholarship addressing grand societal problems is often incredibly challenging, unfolding over many years of persistence. The work may be published in traditional research outlets; however, it can also be evidenced in monographs, policy papers, books, curricula, or interventions that may not receive recognition in other forums. Yet, through its application of organizational behavior scholarship, it has the potential to change the world. The award winner will be announced at the Academy of Management conference.

To be eligible for this award, the scholar’s work must:

(1) Use organizational behavior knowledge to address problem(s) that relate to timely and important societal challenges in the business, economic, societal or environmental spheres

(2) Demonstrate strong credibility through rigorous methods, analysis, and/ or application

(3) Inform and provide actionable insights for policies or practices to improve the well-being and performance of people (employees, managers, customers, suppliers), organizations, and/ or societies.

The deadline to submit for the 2025 OB Division Societal Impact Award is February 20, 2025, using this link.

Past award winners:

●      2024 Connie Wanberg

●      2023 Anne Tsui

●      2022 Carrie Leana

●      2021 Michele Gelfand

●      2020 Laura Morgan Roberts

Attention early-stage OB researchers outside North America! 

Join our OB Global Incubator to receive valuable feedback and enhance your paper or symposium for the AOM conference in Copenhagen in 2025. This supportive session, hosted by the Global Committee of the OB Division, is designed to help non-native English speakers navigate common writing challenges and build networks.

📅 Date: December 13, 09:00-11:00 CET (UTC +1) 📍 Location: Online

Submit your draft and specific feedback needs by Dec 1 (23:59 CET). 

For more details, refer to the Call for Papers: LINK.

#AOM2025 #OBIncubator

OB needs your input! We are conducting a member survey as part of the Academy of Management’s requisite DIG review process. This is an opportunity to reflect on your experiences and perceptions about the division, and to share your ideas for new and innovative member services.

The OB officers and volunteer leaders will use the results of this survey to help us understand how you see the division and to identify strategic goals and actions for our future. Survey analyses and respondent reflections will be included in a final report submitted to the AOM Board of Governors. The report and its results will be shared with all division members.  

Please do take this opportunity to share your thoughts with us. The survey should take no more than 15 minutes to complete. All responses will be confidential and only grouped data will be reported. The deadline for participating in the survey is 15 November 2024 at 11:59PM EST.

If you are a division member, you received an email on October 15 with an invitation to complete the survey. That invitation contains a link that is specific to you. Search your email for the subject line, "OB Division Member Survey" from the sender "ob@aom.org vis SurveyMonkey" to find your link. Be sure to check your junk folder as well!

This year we have two OB Division Lifetime Achievement Award recipients giving talks at AOM.

Jenny Chatman (2023 award winner) will give her talk on Sunday, August 11, 2024, 16:30 – 17:30 CT in Swissotel: Zurich D.

Jeff Pfeffer (2024 award winner) will give his talk on Monday, August 12, 2024, 16:30 – 17:30 CT in Swissotel: Lucerne III.

Don't miss these these talks by giants in our field!

Click here to see a full list of OB Sessions

The Making Connections Committee has curated a set of ready-to-go schedules for the 2024 Annual Meeting geared for different stages and interests. Click the link below that best matches where you are in your academic journey.

• New to OB?
• Halfway There PhD Student
• Dissertation Stage
• Full Professor
• Ready for a Change
• Let's Go Global!

#AOM2024

The “Welcome-a-Member” program is designed to extend a warm welcome to new members attending the meeting for the first time by pairing them with more experienced OB Division members.

If you are a first-time attendee, please consider signing up by completing a short survey here: https://tinyurl.com/OBnewmember2024

If you have been to the annual meeting at least once and are interested in supporting this program, please consider signing up as a mentor and completing a short survey here: https://tinyurl.com/OBvolunteer2024

The sign-up surveys will close Friday, July 12th, and detailed program descriptions can be found by clicking on your role as a first-time attendee or mentor.

Bailey Bigelow, Matt Deeg, and Tobias Dennerlein

On behalf of the OB Division Making Connections Committee

#AOM2024

Friday, June 14, 2024, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT

See what time that is in your time zone here

This workshop aims to support the socialization of doctoral students and enhance their knowledge about the job market. The first half of the workshop provides tips and best practices from professors who have served on multiple hiring committees. The second half features reflections and advice from professors who have recently navigated the job market.

• Marjo-Riitta Diehl, Aalto University School of Business
• Andreas Richter, University of Cambridge
• Kira Schabram, University of Washington