Call for Submissions

2026 Call for Scholarly Program Submissions

Division Program Chair: Steven L. Johnson, University of Virginia

Specific Domain

The Communication, Digital Technology, and Organization Division (CTO) of the Academy of Management (AOM) promotes an interdisciplinary approach to further the understanding of the behavioral, social, and economic processes at the intersection of communication, digital technology, and organizing. CTO emphasizes topics that address important organizational issues involving anything digital, including (but not limited to) organizational communication, hybrid, virtual, and other types of technology-mediated work, artificial intelligence and machine learning, algorithmic management, digital platforms, data analytics, computational research in organization, technology and communication studies, robotics, social media, and—generally—information and communication technologies of any form. The CTO Division constitutes a vibrant, inclusive, and intellectually stimulating community, open to scholars from a wide range of disciplines, theoretical frameworks, and research methods, who conduct novel and cutting-edge research based on rigorous and creative scholarship. 

Major topics of interest integrate digital phenomena and organizing, such as some combination of digital technologies, communications, data science, design science, or computing in organizations, and can include: 

• Sociotechnical perspectives on work and organizational change, organizational forms, organizational design, strategy, and innovation, including digital transformation processes and outcomes, as well as Information System implementation and deployment.
• Organizational use of AI, machine learning, agentic AI, bots, and autonomous technologies; human-machine augmentation, AI-human collaboration, algorithmic management, and the changing nature of work.
• Distributed, hybrid, and virtual work; virtual worlds; virtual/augmented reality; and the Metaverse.
• Knowledge work on digital platforms; digitally enabled design and creativity; autonomous design, generative machine learning, open and digital innovation.
• Online communities, the sharing economy, user-generated content, social media, and digital social networks.
• Organizational benefits and limitations of digital technology-enabled communication practices for inter-personal, inter-group, cross-organizational, intercultural, and mass communication.
• Organizational implications of data privacy, security, and bias; algorithmic explainability and interpretability; and the ethical implications of data, algorithms, and technologies.
• Green IS; digital resilience; digital sustainability, twin transition, and imaginaries.
• Technology diffusion and infrastructure, design and development, AI and platform governance, digitalization processes, Internet of Things, and digital twins.
• Organizing and computational social science; data science; network science; and process science. 

CTO: Come for the research, stay for the network! 

Submission Types

The CTO invites the submission of innovative empirical and conceptual papers, panel symposia, presenter symposia, and posters on all themes of interest to the Academy that relate to digital technologies, data, communication, and organizing. 

More broadly, we seek research that critically engages with significant issues related to the design, implementation, and use of digital technologies in organizations and networks, as well as their broader impact on society. 

• Scholarly sessions (paper sessions and symposia) will take place from Sunday, 2 August through Tuesday, 4 August 2026.
• Poster sessions will take place Friday, 31 July through Tuesday, 4 August 2026. 

Division Awards

Division awards will be given for best program paper, best student paper, best reviewers, and best associate editors. The Gerardine DeSanctis Dissertation Award will also be presented. The award, inaugurated by the CTO division at the 2007 Annual Meeting, is open to solo-authored papers based on a dissertation completed within the past three years (see the CTO Division website for more details). The winner of the DeSanctis Award will be automatically nominated for the Academy-wide William H. Newman Award. 

The CTO Division will also nominate one paper for the Academy-wide Carolyn Dexter Best International Paper Award (see the Orientation and Awards section in the submission guidelines for more details). In addition to these program-related awards, an award will be given to the best paper published by a CTO member during 2025. Finally, the division will award one or more Lifetime Service awards. 

The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, 13 January 2026, at 17:00 ET (UTC-5/GMT-5). 

We accept submissions made only through the AOM Submission Center. 

The Academy of Management Conference will be held in Philadelphia, 31 July to 4 August 2026.  

Please direct any inquiries to the Program Chair using the contact information provided below. 

Steven L. Johnson
2026 CTO Program Chair