Awards and Recognition
2026 Annual Meeting Program Awards
These All-Academy Awards are nominated by an inclusive process through Division or Interest Groups. A winner is chosen from the finalists by dedicated award committees. Questions about the Annual Meeting Program Awards? Contact [email protected]. To view historical recipients of the Annual Meeting Program Awards, click here.
Carolyn B. Dexter Award
The Carolyn Dexter Award is an all-Academy award given to the paper that best meets the objective of internationalizing the Academy of Management. Each of the Academy’s Divisions & Interest Groups nominates one Annual Meeting submission for this prestigious award each year; up to three of these nominations may be selected to receive the award. Each paper nominated for the Carolyn Dexter Award is designated as such on the program.
Carolyn Dexter Award Committee:
- Charlotta Sirén (Chair), University of St. Gallen
- Guido Möllering, Witten/Herdecke University
- Cenk Sozen, Turkish Academy of Management
- Jonah Zankl, The University of Queensland
- Jelena Zikic, York University
The 2026 Carolyn Dexter Award recipients will be recognized in a special award presentation video as part of the 86th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management in Philadelphia, PA, USA 31 July-4 August 2026.
2026 Carolyn B. Dexter Award Finalists
Institutional Work in Crisis: Path Dependence in NGOs’ Reaction to the Ukrainian Refugees
Submitted to Public and Nonprofit (PNP) Division
Authors: Agata Chutnik, Benson Honig, Maria Aluchna, and Marta Pachocka
The Making of ‘Uncomfortably Numb’ Practitioners in Business and Human Rights
Submitted to Critical Management Studies Division (CMS) Division
Authors: Alix Blanchard and Rajiv Maher
When All Hope Seems Lost: Sustaining Learning Motivation in the Absence of Educational Pathways
Submitted to Management Education and Development (MED) Division
Authors: David Nawrath, Froozan Danish, and Hasina Jalal
William H. Newman Award
The Academy of Management’s William H. Newman Award recognizes the best Annual Meeting paper based on a dissertation. The award is presented to single-authored papers based on a doctoral dissertation completed within the past three years. Each of the Academy’s Divisions & Interest Groups nominates one Annual Meeting submission for this prestigious award each year; up to three of these nominations may be selected to receive the award. Each paper nominated for the William H. Newman Award is designated as such on the program.
William H. Newman Award Committee
- Amon Barros (Chair), FGV EAESP
- Laura Adler, Yale University
- Lucas Amaral, IESEG
- Tatiana Kostova, University of South Carolina
- Ajnesh Prasad, Audencia Business School
- Karla Sayegh, University of Cambridge
The 2026 William H. Newman Award recipient will be recognized in a special award presentation video as part of the 86th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management in Philadelphia, PA, USA 31 July-4 August 2026
2026 William H. Newman Award Finalists
Temporal Navigation: How Organizations Work with Multiple Futures
Submitted to Strategizing Activities and Practices (SAP) Interest Group
Author: Jennifer Sloan
The Liability of Loyalty: How Political Hedging Shapes Firm Survival After Democratic Breakdown
Submitted to International Management Division (IM) Division
Author: Andy Buschmann
The Resilience Cost of Automation
Submitted to Strategic Management (STR) Division
Author: Dalbert Ma