Awards and Recognition

2019 Publication Awards

Each year during the Annual Meeting, the Academy of Management recognizes authors of journal articles that were published in the previous year in each of the Academy’s six journals. The selection process for the award committee for each journal is determined by the individual journal. In general, articles selected:

  • Advance the mission of the individual publication;
  • Bring forth core ideas that are original, important, and provocative;
  • Have a clear and important contribution to the field of management

Editors create a separate advisory committee to determine and select the article(s) from the prior year as the “Best Article.”

Academy of Management Discoveries

AMD Best Article Award Committee: Mary Waller (chair), Paul Adler, and Adam Grant

The mission of Academy of Management Discoveries is to publish phenomenon-driven empirical research that theories of management and organizations neither adequately predict nor explain. Data on these poorly-understood phenomena can come from any source, including ethnographic observations, lab and field experiments, field surveys, meta-analyses, construct validation research, and replication studies. AMD welcomes exploratory research at the pre-theory stage of knowledge development, where it is premature to specify hypotheses, and which generates surprising findings likely to stimulate and guide further exploration and analysis. This research must be grounded in rigorous state-of-the-art methods, present strong and persuasive evidence, and offer interesting and important implications for management theory and practice.

  • Marlen de la Chaux : University of Cambridge
  • Helen Haugh : University of Cambridge
  • Royston Greenwood : University of Alberta
Finalists for AMD’s Best Article Award
  • Anders R. Villadsen : Aarhus University
  • Jesper N. Wulff : Aarhus University
  • Kimberly D. Elsbach : University of California – Davis
  • Beth A. Bechky : New York University

Academy of Management Journal

AMJ Best Article Award Committee: Marc Gruber (chair), Reddi Kotha, Oliver Alexy, Wendy Smith, Riki Takeuchi, Michael Frese, Jennifer Howard-Grenville, Keith Hmieleski, Brent Scott, Zeki Simsek, John Dencker, and Katherine DeCelles

The mission of the Academy of Management Journal is to publish empirical research that tests, extends, or builds management theory and contributes to management practice. The AMJ Best Article Award embodies this mission by recognizing outstanding articles that make strong empirical and theoretical contributions and highlight the significance of those contributions to the management field.

 BEST ARTICLE

Note: This article was accepted for publication during the term of AMJ’s previous Editor-in-Chief, Gerard George.

  • Dana Kanze : Columbia University
  • Laura Huang : Harvard University
  • Mark A. Conley : Columbia University
  • E. Tory Higgins : Columbia University
Finalists for AMJ’s Best Article Award
  • Alessandro Piazza : Columbia University
  • Julien Jourdan : Université Paris-Dauphine, PSL Research University

Academy of Management Learning & Education

AMLE Best Article Award Committee: Danna Greenberg, Megan Gerhardt, Damian O’Doherty

The mission of the Academy of Management Learning & Education journal is to advance the knowledge and practice of management learning and education by publishing theoretical models and reviews, qualitative and quantitative research, critiques, exchanges and retrospectives on any substantive topic that is conceived with, and draws implications for, how managers learn and the educational process and context.

DECADE AWARD
  • Nancy J. Adler : McGill University
  • Ann-Wil Harzing : Middlesex University
BEST ARTICLE
  • Sophie Jane : Case Western Reserve University
  • Chantal Van Esch : California State Polytechnic, Pomona
  • Diana Bilimoria : Case Western Reserve University
Finalists for AMLE’s Best Article Award
  • Catherine Cassell : University of Birmingham
  • Philip M. Podsakoff : University of Florida, Gainesville
  • Nathan P. Podsakoff : University of Arizona, Tucson
  • Paresh Mishra : Indiana University and Purdue University, Fort Wayne
  • Carly Escue : University of Florida, Gainesville

Academy of Management Perspectives

AMP Best Article Award Committee: Hugh O’Neill (chair), Debra Shapiro, and Janet Marler

The mission of the Academy of Management Perspectives journal is to provide accessible articles about important issues concerning management and business. Articles published in AMP translate research findings for a non-expert audience and rely on evidence based research to advance understanding of management issues that are relevant to a broad audience.

DECADE AWARD
  • Mike W. Peng : University of Texas at Dallas
  • Sunny Li Sun : University of Texas at Dallas
  • Brian Pinkham : University of Texas at Dallas
  • Hao Chen : University of Texas at Dallas
  • Howard E. Aldrich : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Martin Ruef : Duke University
Finalists for AMP’s Best Article Award
  • Benson Honig, editor : McMaster University
  • Joseph Lampel, editor : University of Manchester
  • Gerard P. Hodgkinson : University of Manchester
  • Eugene Sadler-Smith : University of Surrey

Academy of Management Review

AMR Best Article Award Committee: Sharon Alvarez (chair), Francisco Polidoro, Michelle Hammond, Eric Anicich, and Ryan Fehr

The mission of the Academy of Management Review journal is to publish new theoretical insights that advance the understanding of management and organizations. The AMR publishes novel, insightful and carefully crafted conceptual work that challenge conventional wisdom concerning all aspects of organizations and their roles in society.

PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS AWARD
  • Allan Afuah : University of Michigan
  • Chris Tucci : Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
  • Joerg Sydow : Freie Universität Berlin
  • Georg Schreyoegg : Freie Universität Berlin
  • Jochen Koch : European University Viadrina
BEST ARTICLE
  • Ko Kuwabara : INSEAD Singapore
  • Claudius A. Hildebrand : Boston Consulting Group
  • Xi Zou : Nanyang Technological University
 Finalists for AMR’s Best Article Award
  • Pratima Bansal : Western University
  • Anna Kim : HEC Montreal
  • Michael O. Wood : University of Waterloo
  • William A. Kahn : Boston University
  • Michelle A. Barton : Boston University
  • Colin M. Fisher : University College London
  • Emily D. Heaphy : University of Rhode Island
  • Erin M. Reid : McMaster University
  • Elizabeth D. Rouse : Boston University
  • Jessica R. Methot : Rutgers University
  • Emily H. Rosado-Solomon : Rutgers University
  • David G. Allen : Texas Christian University and University of Warwick

Academy of Management Annals

Annals Best Article Award Committee: Kathleen Sutcliffe, James Westphal, Miriam Erez, and Alan Meyer

The mission of the Academy of Management Annals is to provide up-to-date, in-depth examinations of the latest advances in various management fields. Each yearly volume features critical and potentially provocative research reviews written by leading scholars exploring an assortment of research topics. Annals reviews summarize and/or challenge established assumptions and concepts, pinpoint problems and factual errors, inspire discussions, and illuminate possible avenues for further study. Research reviews published in the Annals are geared toward academic scholars in management and professionals in allied fields, such as sociology of organizations and organizational psychology.

  • Julie Battilana : Harvard Business School
  • Bernard Leca : Groupe ESC Rouen
  • Eva Boxenbaum : Copenhagen Business School
  • Markus Hällgren : UMEA University
  • Linda Rouleau : HEC Montreal
  • Mark de Rond : Cambridge University