Call for Nominations:
2019 INTERNATIONAL IMPACTFUL COLLABORATION AWARD
Practice Theme Committee & International Theme Committee
Academy of Management
The Practice Theme Committee (PTC) and the International Theme Committee (ITC) of the
Academy of Management invite nominations, including self-nominations, for the International
Impactful Collaboration Award.
This competitive award seeks to recognize and to celebrate international collaborations between academics
and external stakeholders that have achieved demonstrable, external impact. The award advances the aims of
both all-Academy committees:
The PTC aims to identify exemplar initiatives that bridge theory and practice, and to create
platforms for ongoing engagement with practitioners for relevant, applicable knowledge; the ITC
aims to improve AOM members' understandings of internationalization of business, trade and
other organizational transactions, and to encourage exposure for organizational scholarship
conducted outside the United States of America.
I. Brief Description:
The award will be given to an impactful research collaboration (e.g., journal articles, books,
consulting reports, conferences, major research grants, regulatory change) done over the previous
5 years (from 2014) involving diverse audiences not just Management academics (e.g., also
involving consultants, managers, policymakers, NGOs, labor, or society at large) as full partners.
The necessary conditions include that the collaboration
1.) must be international – i.e., involving more than 1 country,
2.) must be demonstrably impactful covering more than A+ journal articles and scholarly
citations,
3.) include as full participants more than Management academics.
4.) provide some evidence of external impact such as knowledge creation, outreach,
beneficiaries, international networks/ visibility, and media coverage.
A complete list of the potential audiences/collaborators for research, and avenues for scholarly
impact are identified in the 2017 AOM report Measuring and Achieving Scholarly Impact
(Tables 3 and 4).
II. 2019 Nomination Process:
• Eligibility – Any current Academy of Management member,
• Nomination period – The nomination period closes April 30th, 2019. Award recipients
will be contacted via email by May 20th, 2019,
• Award – The winner will be honoured at an award ceremony and reception at the AOM
annual meetings in Boston.
III. 2019 Submission Details:
1.) Brief description of the project/program of research to which this nomination refers (no more than 350 words)
2.) List of collaborators, their roles, and organizational affiliations (e.g., universities, companies, governments);
3.) Reasons for nomination focusing on:
a.) audiences involved in the research collaboration,
b.) countries included in the collaboration and in what capacity (e.g., as home base, research venue, application of research, etc.),
c.) evidence of impactful contribution resulting from the knowledge generated through this project/program (e.g., top-tier publications, practice-oriented publications, books, consulting reports, regulation, media coverage, innovations etc),
d.) evidence of demonstrable outcomes of the projects/programs of research on diverse audiences for research;
4.) any additional information that will assist in evaluating the nomination. Examples may include:
a.) A 1-page letter of support from the Dean,
b.) A 1-page letter of support from beneficiaries of the research such as organizations, communities, governments, etc.,
c.) Any other empirical evidence demonstrating the impact of the collaboration such as media coverage, conferences, government regulation, etc.
IV. 2019 Selection Committee:
• 2 members from the PTC's Executive Committee
• 2 members from the ITC's Executive Committee
• 1 External Nominee (Policymaker, Manager, or Previous Award Winner)
Professor Adela J McMurray
BSocSc, DipTeach, GradCertTeach, MA, PhD
Professor Mentor
College of Business
RMIT University
New Releases:
McMurray, A., Scott, D. and Simmers, C. (2019). Work Values Ethic and Personal Discretionary Non-Work Activities.The International Journal of Manpower, (In press).
Weerakoon, C., McMurray, A., Rametse, N., & Arenius, P. (2019). Social Capital and innovativeness of social enterprises: opportunity-motivation-ability and knowledge creation as mediators, Knowledge management Research and Practice.. doi.org/10.1080/14778238.2019.1590138.
Zomorrodi, M., Fayezi, S., Lau, H.K. and McMurray, A. (2019). Supply Chain Adaptations for the Base-of-the-Pyramid Business: Towards a Theoretical Model. International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, (In press). DOI (10.1108/IJPDLM-01-2018-0045).