Awards

Awards

Each year, the Academy of Management (AOM) presents awards to members in recognition of outstanding contributions, professional accomplishments, and distinguished service at AOM’s Annual Meeting. Awards are distinguished by the breadth and length of the work.

All-Academy Awards are presented at AOM’s Annual Meeting. Most recently, awards were presented for the most outstanding journal articles (see Publication Awards for more information), lifetime achievement and contributions to the field of management (see Career Achievement Awards below), the George R. Terry Book Award as well as Division and Interest Group Awards (see Annual Annual Awards below), and Best Paper and Community Awards (see Program Awards below).

2026 AOM: Award Winners

Best Doctoral Student Paper

"When Groups Enable Change: Identity Leadership and the Dynamics of Creativity and Innovation"

• Khang Hoàng Lê
  RMIT Vietnam
• Giang Truong Hoang
  RMIT Vietnam

Best Paper Based on a Dissertation

"Broadening Our Lens: Four Theoretical Perspectives on Industry Incubation"

• Gaomin Liu
  

  RMIT Vietnam

• Glenn Hoetker
  

  Melbourne Business School

Best Paper Award

"The Future We Fear: How Undesirable Futures Drive Anticipatory Adaptation in Digital Sustainability"

• Angela Greco
  

  Delft University of Technology
  
  

Best Scholarly Article Award
"Applying event system theory to organizational change: The importance of everyday positive and negative events"

• Tina Keifer
  University of Warwick
  
  
• Laurie J. Barklay
  University of Guelph
  
  
• Neil Conway
  University of London

Best Practitioner Article Award
"The relative effects of design thinking versus after-action review on team performance: An experiential/episodic team learning perspective"

• Jingqiu Chen
  Florida A&M University (FAMU)
  
  
• Dana R. Vashdi
  University of Haifa
  
  
• Qingyue Fan
  Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
  
  
• Peter A. Bamberger
  Tel Aviv University
  
  
• Gilad Chen
  George Mason University
  

 Rupert F. Chisholm Best Theory-to-Practice Paper

"The Power of the Pause: Harnessing Liminal Intervention Points for High-Impact Change Practice"

• Steven H. Cady
  Bowling Green State University (BGSU)
  
  
• Shawn M. Otto 
  Bowling Green State University (BGSU)

The INSEAD Rigor and Relevance Award

• Nelson Phillips
  University of California, Santa Barbara
  

Distinguished Educator Award

• Richard Stackman
  University of San Francisco

Distinguished Scholar Award

• Tom Lawrence
  Oxford Saïd Business School
  

Pasmore Woodman Award

• Linda Rouleau
  HEC Montréal
  
  
• Julia Balogun
  University of Liverpool Management School 
  

Outstanding Reviewer Award

• Feigu Zhou
  University of Memphis

 
Service Recognition

• Michael Jarrett
  INSEAD
  
  In recognition of outstanding service to the division and service as Division Chair 2025-2026
  
  
• Danny van Montfort
  Nyenrode Business University
  
  In recognition of outstanding service to the division as Doctoral Student Representative-at-Large
• Laura Fey
  Leuphana University of Lüneburg
  
  In recognition of outstanding service to the division as Division Engagement Officer