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SUMMARY:AMD Special Research Forum - Organizational Insights in Health Care
DESCRIPTION:Initial Submission Window: 1 October 2025- 31 October 2025 \n\n\n\nGuest Editors\n\n\n\n\nMarlys Christianson\, University of Toronto\n\n\n\nBrian Hilligoss\, University of Arizona\n\n\n\nChristopher Myers\, Johns Hopkins University (AMD Associate Editor)\n\n\n\nKathleen Sutcliffe\, Johns Hopkins University\n\n\n\nTimothy Vogus\, Vanderbilt University\n\n\n\n\nOverview\n\n\n\nRecent years have seen a cascade of changes to work organizations\, impacting every facet of organizational life\, from the nature of employee collaboration to the fundamental structure and boundaries of what it means to be an “organization.” These changes are of interest to management and organizational scholars\, inviting empirical research that can help illuminate new or under-explored organizational phenomena in ways that update\, refine\, and advance the field’s understanding of the modern world of work.  \n\n\n\nNowhere are these evolving\, complex\, and dynamic features of work organizations more apparent than in the domain of health care\, as seen in the increased attention to human and organizational determinants of health care since the turn of the century (e.g.\, To Err is Human\, 2000)\, more recent evolutions in health care structure and financing (e.g.\, through the 2010 Affordable Care Act in the United States)\, and the turbulence of the global COVID-19 pandemic (and its associated disruptions to the world of work). Clearly\, health care has seen an incredible array of challenges and advancements in the recent past\, and the future promises more of the same.  \n\n\n\nHealth care is an inherently broad domain\, encompassing not only organizations that directly provide health care to patients\, but also an array of related industries\, regulators\, funders\, and professions that together create a maze of organizational and interpersonal interdependencies. As Ramanujam and Rousseau (2006) note\, the health care setting is characterized by multiple (and at times conflicting) missions\, a multi-professional workforce\, complex external environments (with a wide range of stakeholders)\, and the provision of inherently complex\, dynamic work tasks. Moreover\, by most metrics (GDP\, employment\, spending\, utilization\, etc.)\, health care is a dominant sector of the global economy\, and is a domain where failures of organization and management have dire consequences (Mayo\, Myers\, Sutcliffe\, 2021; Ramanujam & Rousseau\, 2006). \n\n\n\nOrganizational Science and Health Care\n\n\n\nGiven these features\, health care contexts represent an incredibly valuable research domain for management scholars interested in a wide range of topics and levels of analysis. As DiBenigno and D’Aunno (2024) recently commented\, health care “has it all\,” with prior work exploring this context from macro-\, meso-\, and micro-level perspectives to generate valuable insights. Given the inherently interdisciplinary nature of studying organizational phenomena in the health care setting\, past work has spanned a range of disciplines\, often bridging domains of organizational scholarship\, industrial relations\, and health care scholarship (e.g.\, health policy\, health services research\, medicine\, medical sociology\, and nursing)\, yielding key insights for theory and practice. \n\n\n\nFor example\, integrating across these disciplines\, we know that organizational strategic choices have important implications for both adherence to evidence-based practices and financial outcomes (e.g.\, Everson\, Lee\, & Adler-Milstein\, 2016; Lee & Kapoor\, 2017) and that institutional and network factors influence the adoption of new health innovations and technologies across the industry (e.g.\, D’Aunno\, Succi\, & Alexander\, 2000; Westphal\, Gulati\, & Shortell\, 1997). We also know that team-based care can be important for enhancing the provision of care (e.g.\, Reddy et al.\, 2018; Reiss-Brennan et al.\, 2016)\, and that factors such as experience working together\, team scaffolds\, boundary management\, and training can enhance health care team effectiveness (e.g.\, Hughes et al.\, 2016; Luciano et al.\, 2018; Mayo\, 2022; Valentine & Edmondson\, 2015). At the individual level\, we have some understanding of the impact of health care workers’ strong professional identities (e.g.\, DiBenigno\, 2022; Pratt\, Rockmann\, & Kauffman\, 2006) and how health care workers’ job satisfaction is enhanced by perceptions about leadership\, teamwork\, and justice (e.g.\, Perry et al.\, 2018; Djukic et al.\, 2017; Sheridan et al.\, 2018; Trybou et al.\, 2016). \n\n\n\nThe examples above provide just a sampling of the ways in which organizational phenomena can be studied and understood in health care settings in ways that shed light on the experience of work in modern organizations. Indeed\, in their recent review of the field\, Mayo and colleagues (2021) take stock of the body of scholarship in both management- and health-focused journals that address organizational phenomena\, detailing some of the more well-studied topics across the field (specifically organizational change\, learning\, coordination/collaboration\, teaming\, and performance). \n\n\n\nThis recent review\, however\, also highlights the much longer list of organizational topics that have received comparatively less attention in past research on health care (see Mayo et al.\, 2021; Table 2 – provided as an appendix to this Call for Papers). In addition\, Mayo and colleagues (2021) highlight the fragmentation and dispersion of existing research in the field across different outlets (i.e.\, management vs. health care journals) and different research orientations. Specifically\, they highlight a tendency\, often observed in research published in management journals\, for researchers to treat health care as merely an incidental context from which they seek to glean universally generalizable theory about organizing processes (which they term “organizational science in health care”). This contrasts with a tendency\, observed more frequently in health care journals\, to deploy organizational concepts to solve specific problems and generate insights unique to a particular health care domain or organization (in pursuit of what the authors term an “organizational science of health care”; Mayo et al.\, 2021). Each of these approaches has advantages and drawbacks\, leading the authors to conclude their review with a call for more work that stands in between these extant approaches – adopting an “organizational science and health care” orientation that balances generalizability and contextualization and offers insights for both organizing and organizations in health care and beyond (Mayo et al.\, 2021). \n\n\n\nGoals of the Special Issue\n\n\n\nGiven the list of organizational phenomena unexplored in health care settings\, as well as the disparate approaches taken in prior work\, the goals of this special issue are to publish novel empirical explorations while taking seriously the invitation to balance organizational science and health care – in other words\, work that takes seriously both the charge to develop a richly contextualized understanding of a key empirical discovery and develop its implications for a more generalized understanding of work\, strategy\, organizations\, management\, and institutions. \n\n\n\nWe see these as complementary goals – recognizing that generalizability is enhanced\, rather than harmed\, by careful attention to contextualizing research (Johns\, 2006; Rousseau & Fried\, 2001) – and ones that are particularly well-suited to the nature of AMD as an outlet for “articles motivated by research questions that address compelling and underexplored phenomena … that present clear and compelling discoveries: empirical findings that challenge existing assumptions while opening new theoretical paths or that otherwise promote future\, ‘down-the-road\,’ theorizing.” (AMD website) \n\n\n\nWe invite papers that study any organizational phenomena relevant to the experience and functioning of health care (broadly defined) for this special issue. This could include “classic” topics central to organizational scholarship that are particularly visible or impactful\, but still poorly understood\, in health care (i.e.\, many of the topics listed in Table 2 of Mayo et al.\, 2021; see Appendix). It also includes phenomena that are particular to health care settings\, but might carry important implications for all organizational environments (e.g.\, the study of handoffs and transitions\, which are central to health care delivery settings\, but are increasingly occurring in many organizations that switch to project-based work coordinated across disparate teams or units; Hilligoss & Vogus\, 2015; LeBaron et al.\, 2016). \n\n\n\nWe intentionally take a “big tent” view of health care\, recognizing that care is increasingly delivered outside of clinical settings and organizations (including at home or in the workplace); that this care relies on inputs from a broad range of industries\, professions\, and individuals; and that the health of the workforce is increasingly considered a core responsibility of any organization’s leadership (e.g.\, via a corporate Chief Medical Officer; Myers\, Polsky\, & Desai\, 2022). We thus welcome submissions that consider a variety of dimensions of health and health care (including mental health) at any level of analysis. We also encourage submissions that involve and engage practitioners in the development and presentation of discoveries (for more\, see the recent AMD “From the Editors” essay on practitioner involvement in empirical research; Ben-Menahem\, 2024). \n\n\n\nSample Topics\n\n\n\nThe topics listed below present a non-exhaustive list of empirical phenomena in health care that might be appropriate for this special issue. We\, however\, stress again that the scope for this special issue is intentionally quite broad and we welcome submissions from a broad range of conceptual traditions\, methods\, and domains. Moreover\, most of the topics below are subject to empirical exploration at different levels of analysis or across multiple levels of analysis (as is true of many aspects of health care). In each domain\, research might fruitfully explore the implications for workers and the workforce\, the consequences for organizations or patients (e.g.\, their experience of care and quality of care)\, or the impact of relevant policy\, industry\, and organizational conditions. Questions about the suitability of a particular topic should be directed to a member of the editorial team. \n\n\n\n\nEvolving Intersections of Health Care and Work\n\nIntroduction of AI in health and health care\n\n\n\nUse of new technologies (e.g.\, robotics\, additive manufacturing) in health care\n\n\n\nDisruptive events and health crises (e.g.\, COVID-19)\n\n\n\nThe individual\, organizational\, and sectoral/institutional consequences of operating in a politically charged and polarized domain\n\n\n\nThe competing ethics of health care and care delivery (e.g.\, professional\, organizational\, and personal ethics)\n\n\n\n\n\nStructural Shifts in Health Care\n\nNew ownership and governance structures (e.g.\, private equity investments)\n\n\n\nFunding\, payment\, and regulatory shifts affecting health care\n\n\n\nProvision of health services (e.g.\, caregiving\, mental health care) in non-health organizations and work settings\n\n\n\nPersonalized medicine\n\n\n\nComplex system dynamics and achieving safe\, reliable care\n\n\n\n\n\nTrends in Health Care Delivery\n\nEmergence of new professions (or proto-professions like community health workers)\, evolution of professional roles\, and changing scope-of-practice\n\n\n\nNew work arrangements (e.g.\, remote work\, “travel” nursing)\n\n\n\nNew modalities of care delivery (e.g.\, virtual health care and telemedicine)\n\n\n\nWork implications of home health care and long-term care providers\n\n\n\nWorkforce composition and demographics\, workload\, and burnout\n\n\n\nGlobalization of the health care workforce\n\n\n\nLearning and decision-making in the face of limited evidence (e.g.\, COVID-19 treatment)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout AMD\n\n\n\nAMD is a premier journal for the empirical exploration of data describing or investigating compelling phenomena. AMD is not a journal for deductive theorizing or hypothesis testing. Authors are encouraged to present findings without the need to “reverse engineer” any theoretical framework or hypotheses. AMD publishes discoveries resulting from both quantitative and qualitative data sources. AMD articles are phenomenon-forward rather than theory-forward. This means that AMD papers look quite different in comparison to articles sent to other empirical journals. The goal at the front end of an AMD paper should primarily be to demonstrate the novelty/interestingness of the phenomenon and why current theory fails to explain the phenomenon. It is in the discussion of an AMD paper where a plausible theoretical explanation—the theoretical contribution—is provided. The goal for every AMD paper is that the discoveries derived from empirical exploration open new lines of research inquiry. For further information about the goals of AMD\, we encourage potential submitters to review recent “From-the-Editors” articles from AMD’s current and previous Editors (Miller\, 2024; Rockmann\, 2023) or visit the AMD website. \n\n\n\nSubmission Guidelines\n\n\n\nStandard guidelines apply to papers sent in for this Special Issue. Manuscripts may be submitted as traditional papers or as Discoveries-through-Prose. Discoveries-through-Prose are crafted in more creative and engaging ways than traditional papers. When composing such manuscripts\, we encourage authors to relax their use of traditional headings and traditional “academic writing” in order to create a compelling narrative from start to finish. More information about Discoveries-through-Prose can be found on the AMD website. \n\n\n\nReferences\n\n\n\nBen-Menahem\, S. M. 2024. Engaging practitioners in empirical exploration. Academy of Management Discoveries\, 10(2): 155-162. \n\n\n\nD’Aunno\, T.\, Succi\, M.\, & Alexander\, J. A. 2000. The role of institutional and market forces in divergent organizational change. Administrative Science Quarterly\, 45(4): 679-703. \n\n\n\nDiBenigno\, J. 2022. How idealized professional identities can persist through client interactions. Administrative Science Quarterly\, 67(3): 865-912. \n\n\n\nDiBenigno\, J.\, & D’Aunno\, T. 2024. A necessary prescription: How studies of healthcare can advance theory and practice. Administrative Science Quarterly. Research Curation. \n\n\n\nDjukic\, M.\, Jun\, J.\, Kovner\, C.\, Brewer\, C.\, & Fletcher\, J. 2017. Determinants of job satisfaction for novice nurse managers employed in hospitals. Health Care Management Review\, 42(2): 172-183. \n\n\n\nEverson\, J.\, Lee\, S. Y. D.\, & Adler-Milstein\, J. 2016. Achieving adherence to evidence-based practices: Are health IT and hospital-physician integration complementary or substitutive strategies? Medical Care Research and Review\, 73(6): 724–751. \n\n\n\nHilligoss\, B.\, & Vogus\, T. J. 2015. Navigating care transitions: A process model of how doctors overcome organizational barriers and create awareness. Medical Care Research and Review\, 72(1): 25-48. \n\n\n\nHughes\, A. M.\, Gregory\, M. E.\, Joseph\, D. L.\, Sonesh\, S. C.\, Marlow\, S. L.\, Lacerenza\, C. N.\, Benishek\, L. E.\, King\, H. B.\, & Salas\, E. 2016. Saving lives: A meta-analysis of team training in healthcare. Journal of Applied Psychology\, 101(9): 1266-1304. \n\n\n\nJohns\, G. 2001. In praise of context. Journal of Organizational Behavior\, 22(1): 31-42. \n\n\n\nKohn\, L. T.\, Corrigan\, J. M.\, & Donaldson\, M. S. 2000. To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System. Institute of Medicine. Washington\, DC: National Academies Press. \n\n\n\nLeBaron\, C.\, Christianson\, M. K.\, Garrett\, L.\, & Ilan\, R. 2016. Coordinating flexible performance during everyday work: An ethnomethodological study of handoff routines. Organization Science\, 27(3): 514-534. \n\n\n\nLee\, J. M.\, & Kapoor\, R. 2017. Complementarities and coordination: Implications for governance mode and performance of multiproduct firms. Organization Science\, 28(5): 931–946. \n\n\n\nLuciano\, M. M.\, Bartels\, A. L.\, D’Innocenzo\, L.\, Maynard\, M. T.\, & Mathieu\, J. E. 2018. Shared team experiences and team effectiveness: Unpacking the contingent effects of entrained rhythms and task characteristics. Academy of Management Journal\, 61(4): 1403-1430. \n\n\n\nMayo\, A. T. 2022. Syncing up: A process model of emergent interdependence in dynamic teams. Administrative Science Quarterly\, 67(3): 821-864. \n\n\n\nMayo\, A. T.\, Myers\, C. G.\, & Sutcliffe\, K. M. 2021. Organizational science and health care. Academy of Management Annals\, 15(2): 537-576. \n\n\n\nMiller\, C. C. 2024. Pirates\, adventurers\, and free spirits: The people of Academy of Management Discoveries. Academy of Management Discoveries\, 10(1): 1-6. \n\n\n\nMyers\, C. G.\, Polsky\, D.\, & Desai\, S. 2022. The growing role of chief medical officers in major corporations. JAMA Health Forum\, 3(7): e222194. \n\n\n\nPerry\, S. J.\, Richter\, J. P.\, & Beauvais\, B. 2018. The effects of nursing satisfaction and turnover cognitions on patient attitudes and outcomes: A three‐level multisource study. Health Services Research\, 53(6): 4943-4969. \n\n\n\nPratt\, M. G.\, Rockmann\, K. W.\, & Kaufmann\, J. B. 2006. Constructing professional identity: The role of work and identity learning cycles in the customization of identity among medical residents. Academy of Management Journal\, 49(2): 235-262. \n\n\n\nRamanujam\, R.\, & Rousseau\, D. M. 2006. The challenges are organizational not just clinical. Journal of Organizational Behavior\, 27(7): 811–827. \n\n\n\nReddy\, A.\, Wong\, E.\, Canamucio\, A.\, Nelson\, K.\, Fihn\, S. D.\, Yoon\, J.\, & Werner\, R. M. 2018. Association between continuity and team-based care and health care utilization: An observational study of medicare-eligible veterans in VA patient aligned care team. Health Services Research\, 53(2): 5201-5218. \n\n\n\nReiss-Brennan\, B.\, Brunisholz\, K. D.\, Dredge\, C.\, Briot\, P.\, Grazier\, K.\, Wilcox\, A.\, Savitz\, L.\, & James\, B. 2016. Association of integrated team-based care with health care quality\, utilization\, and cost. JAMA\, 316(8): 826-829. \n\n\n\nRockmann\, K. 2023. Embracing an exploratory mindset: How amd is changing the script of good science. Academy of Management Discoveries\, 9(4): 419-423. \n\n\n\nRousseau\, D. M.\, & Fried\, Y. 2001. Location\, location\, location: Contextualizing organizational research. Journal of Organizational Behavior\, 22(1): 1-13. \n\n\n\nSheridan\, B.\, Chien\, A. T.\, Peters\, A. S.\, Rosenthal\, M. B.\, Brooks\, J. V.\, & Singer\, S. J. 2018. Team-based primary care. Health Care Management Review\, 43(2): 115-125. \n\n\n\nTrybou\, J.\, Gemmel\, P.\, & Annemans\, L. 2016. The impact of economic and noneconomic exchange on physicians’ organizational attitudes. Health Care Management Review\, 41(1): 75-85. \n\n\n\nValentine\, M. A.\, & Edmondson\, A. C. 2015. Team scaffolds: How mesolevel structures enable role-based coordination in temporary groups. Organization Science\, 26(2): 405-422. \n\n\n\nWestphal\, J. D.\, Gulati\, R.\, & Shortell\, S. M. 1997. Customization or conformity? An institutional and network perspective on the content and consequences of TQM adoption. Administrative Science Quarterly\, 42(2): 366-394.  \n\n\n\nAppendix\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReproduced from: Mayo\, A. T.\, Myers\, C. G.\, & Sutcliffe\, K. M. 2021. Organizational science and health care. Academy of Management Annals\, 15(2): 537-576.
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SUMMARY:AMD Special Research Spotlight: Neurodiversity in Management and Organizations
DESCRIPTION:Submission Deadline: 30 November 2025 \n\n\n\nSubmission window for Special Research Spotlight: 1–30 November 2025 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGuest Editors\n\n\n\n\nDusya Vera\, Ivey Business School (AMD Associate Editor)\n\n\n\nHala Annabi\, University of Washington\n\n\n\nRobert D. Austin\, Ivey Business School\n\n\n\nTimothy J. Vogus\, Vanderbilt University\n\n\n\n\nOverview\n\n\n\nThe past two decades have seen the emergence and spread of activities that recognize and support neurodiversity in organizations. A primary focus has been on hiring and employment initiatives designed to remove barriers to employment for the roughly 20% of the global population (Doyle & McDowall\, 2021) considered neurodivergent (e.g.\, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder\, autism spectrum disorder\, dyslexia). Historically\, neuro-differences have been viewed through the prism of the “medical model of disability” as deficit\, pathology\, and weakness\, as well as departures from population norms that need to be redressed or eliminated through intervention (Nelson\, 2021; Doyle\, 2020; Fisher & Goodley\, 2007). Unsurprisingly\, given the prevalence of this view\, research suggests disproportionately high under- or unemployment rates among neurodivergent people (Ameri et al.\, 2018; Roux et al.\, 2013; Taylor & Seltzer\, 2011; Krzeminska et al.\, 2019; Doyle\, 2020). Despite significant barriers\, many neurodistinct  people have great interest in employment and possess employment-relevant strengths including average or above abilities and skills\, some in high demand but scarce in the job market (Doyle\, 2020). \n\n\n\nThe late 1990s saw increasing calls for framing neurodivergence and associated conditions in terms of difference rather than pathology and refocusing based on strengths rather than weaknesses (Singer\, 1997; Kapp et al.\, 2013; Bruyère and Barrington\, 2012). That is\, there has been an embrace of neurodiversity based on the conclusion that there is natural variation in neurocognition in human minds inclusive of neurodivergence. Building on the “social model of disability” (Oliver\, 1990)\, proponents of a growing neurodiversity movement have advocated the view that organizational and societal conditions\, rather than individual deficits (weaknesses)\, have been responsible for the high under- and unemployment rates of neurodistinct individuals. These proponents also have argued that organizations and social institutions should take responsibility for addressing the barriers inherent in existing ableist systems that preclude neurodistinct people from employment. Prominent business organizations\, such as Ernst & Young (EY)\, JP Morgan Chase\, Microsoft\, SAP\, and others have responded by developing targeted hiring and employment approaches that attempt to redesign hiring practices and workplace conditions with a focus on being more inclusive of neurodiversity. These initiatives have deployed alternative recruiting\, skills assessment\, onboarding\, on-the-job support\, career management\, and other processes (Khan et al.\, 2023; Annabi et al.\, 2021) to minimize biases that historically have prevented many neurominorities from accessing and working effectively in organizations (Austin & Pisano\, 2017). Ultimately\, the collective effort of neurodiversity employment initiatives morphed into a campaign known as the Neurodiversity@Work movement. \n\n\n\nThe employers involved in the movement estimate that their neuro-inclusion activities have led to more than 15\,000 jobs newly accessible to neurodistinct candidates since 2004 (Austin et al.\, forthcoming). Although the focus of much practical activity is on improving employment access and outcomes for neurodistinct people in specific firms\, the high incidence of neurodivergent conditions in the population makes it certain that neurodistinct people are already present in all organizations (LeFevre-Levy et al. 2023)\, though many are likely “masking” (Kidwell et al.\, 2023)\, i.e.\, using cognitive or behavioral strategies to hide their neurodistinct traits from neurotypicals thereby conforming to conventions of neurotypical social behavior (Barkley\, 2010; Sedgewick et al.\, 2021). The implications of masking on the well-being of these employees\, the organization’s effectiveness\, and other outcomes are poorly understood. Adopting neuro-inclusive approaches have led neurodistinct employees\, who may have been masking or camouflaging indicators of being neurodistinct\, to come forward and disclose their neurodistinct conditions and organize into networks within firms\, but the effects are not entirely known (Austin\, et al.\, forthcoming). Moreover\, despite these very significant developments\, theorizing about neurodiversity within organizations has badly lagged practice. How neurodiversity manifests within management and organizations remains ripe for discovery (LeFevre-Levy\, et al.\, 2023). There is\, of course\, an established and evolving tradition of general DEI research (see Roberson\, 2019 for a review)\, but the degree to which that body of work is relevant to neurodiversity and neuro-inclusion is also unclear. Indeed\, much of what is written about neurodiversity in employment is spread across many academic disciplines and\, with a few exceptions (e.g.\, Drader-Mazza et al.\, 2024; Ezerins et al\, 2024; Krzeminska et al.\, 2019; Johnson & Joshi\, 2016)\, work on this topic has been largely absent from management journals (LeFevre-Levy et al. 2023). \n\n\n\n[1] We use the word “neuorodistinct” to describe people\, rather than more common alternatives\, such as “neurodivergent” or “neuroatypical\,” because distinctness implies difference without reference to a supposedly preferred status of “normal” or “typical.” \n\n\n\nNeurodiversity Frontiers in Management and Organizations\n\n\n\nNeurodistinct people face unique barriers to obtaining and sustaining employment\, in part because neurodivergence is invisible\, leading to misunderstandings and skepticism in a society that primarily recognizes visible markers of disability (Davis\, 2005). In addition\, neurodivergence is linked to fundamental differences in cognitive and sensory processing\, as well as in social interaction. These differences may be present in ways that are especially challenging in an employment context where there are strong norms regarding social interaction and communication styles (both verbal and nonverbal)\, as well as general behaviors. Interviewers\, workplace peers\, or managers have characterized the interaction styles of neurodistinct (e.g.\, autistic) employees as “overly blunt\,” lacking empathy and expected emotional expression\, and even “weird” (Treweek et al.\, 2019; Martin et al.\, 2023)\, without acknowledging or even recognizing that this reflects neurotypical expectations and bias. This bias suggests the need for novel approaches that more fundamentally engage with and reflect rethinking of neurotypical norms. Like people identified with other marginalized groups\, neurodistinct people can become stigmatized (Bos et al.\, 2013). These realities necessitate exploratory empirical work to more precisely identify the range and form of the biases and their consequences for individuals and organizations. In addition\, there is a need to explore interventions that can surmount these biases across a range of domains\, including but not limited to hiring and selection\, onboarding and socialization\, ongoing inclusion\, performance management\, and work design (see also Annabi & Locke\, 2019). It also would be useful to see which\, if any\, existing approaches to debiasing organizational processes help to make organizations more neuro-inclusive (e.g.\, Goldin & Rouse\, 2000). We elaborate on three themes we see as especially promising for exploring the macro\, meso\, and micro processes related to neurodiversity in the workplace. \n\n\n\n\nThe social context of neurodiversity. Neurodiversity in the workplace exists within the broader context of policy\, practice\, and research regarding disability and work. This coexistence is not without tension\, as the neurodiversity movement is grounded in the idea that neurodivergence is a natural and valuable form of difference that should not be automatically considered a deficit. As such\, the neurodiversity movement primarily focuses on the social conditions that are disabling. In contrast\, other approaches to neurodiversity and disability take a more medical\, individual intervention\, accommodative\, and even curative approach. Exploration is needed to see how these different currents in neurodiversity and disability advocacy shape policy\, organizational programs and policies\, and individual experiences at work. It is also worth exploring how different employee identities (e.g.\, solely neurodistinct\, neurodistinct and disabled)\, as well as other intersectional identities (e.g.\, neurodistinct and gender\, racial\, cultural\, and sexual orientation) affect employee expectations and experiences (e.g.\, attitudes\, turnover). The connection to the neurodiversity movement and community and its effects on employee experience are other topics worthy of further empirical investigation (e.g.\, Botha et al.\, 2022).\n\n\n\nThe challenges of the “business case” for neurodiversity. Recent discussions of neurodiversity have emphasized the benefits for organizations in terms of firm competitiveness and innovation (Austin & Pisano\, 2017). Most major companies with established neurodiversity hiring initiatives (e.g.\, EY) insist that business justifications are at the heart of their efforts (Austin et al.\, forthcoming). However\, to date\, these claims rely on anecdotes of reputation advantages (Pisano & Austin\, 2016a)\, employee engagement and commitment (Pisano & Austin\, 2016b)\, and making the analogical connections between specific traits broadly associated with neurodistinct people (e.g.\, pattern recognition\, attention to detail\, ability to make novel connections) and innovation (Jeppeson & Lakhani\, 2010). However\, we need exploratory research to assess the existence of benefits (i.e.\, the “business case”) across multiple indicators of benefit (both organizational and employee related) and the conditions under which they are more likely to emerge. There is also a tension between the “business case” and social case for neuro-inclusive organizations. How organizations navigate these tensions and the strategies and practices they use for balancing them merit qualitative and quantitative investigation. How logics are articulated to best foster increasing neurodiversity and neuro-inclusion\, as well as which logics best enhance employee and organizational outcomes\, are also important topics for exploration and theory development.\n\n\n\nBalancing standardization and customization approaches to neurodiversity. Another unique feature of neurodiversity is its heterogeneity across neurodistinct conditions (e.g.\, autism\, ADHD\, dyslexia)\, as well as varied expressions within each condition (e.g.\, among individuals on the autism spectrum). Stated differently\, autism advocates\, for example\, are inclined to argue that “if you’ve met one person with autism\, you’ve met ONE person with autism.” The point they are making is that autism is a broad umbrella\, and that the spectrum of manifestations under it exhibits tremendous heterogeneity. This is further exacerbated when intersecting with other historically marginalized and excluded identities (e.g.\, race\, gender\, socioeconomic status\, age). This creates a substantial challenge for organizations in developing scalable approaches to neuro-inclusion while ensuring individual employees get what they need to thrive. We need research focused on discoveries related to how organizations\, their leaders\, and employees engage with these tensions—i.e.\, the practices and processes they use\, how they operate\, and the extent to which they yield organizational\, team\, and individual effectiveness.  \n\n\n\n\nFor all the above reasons\, and more\, we believe neurodiversity in management and organizations is deserving of empirical exploration on its own terms. It is clearly a nascent field that can benefit from a discovery-based approach that examines the rich yet underexplored phenomena detailed above and elaborated below. This is the reason for this AMD Spotlight. \n\n\n\nGoals of the AMD Spotlight\n\n\n\nThe goals of this Spotlight are to publish novel empirical explorations that move this nascent field toward more developed theorizing. These empirical explorations might be specifically focused on neurodiversity or might leverage the distinct character of neurodiversity to explore more general diversity or other organizational issues. We aspire to attract work that takes seriously both the charge to develop a richly contextualized understanding of a key empirical discovery and develop its implications for a more generalized understanding of work\, strategy\, organizations\, management\, and institutions. \n\n\n\nWe see these as complementary goals—recognizing that generalizability is enhanced\, rather than harmed\, by careful attention to contextualizing research (Johns\, 2006; Rousseau & Fried\, 2001) —and the goals seem particularly well-suited to the nature of AMD as an outlet for “articles motivated by research questions that address compelling and underexplored phenomena … that present clear and compelling discoveries: empirical findings that challenge existing assumptions while opening new theoretical paths or that otherwise promote future\, ‘down-the-road\,’ theorizing” (AMD website). We also encourage submissions that involve and engage practitioners in the development and presentation of discoveries (for more\, see the recent AMD “From the Editors” essay on practitioner involvement in empirical research; Ben-Menahem\, 2024). \n\n\n\nSample Topics\n\n\n\nWe provide below a non-exhaustive list of topic areas that might be appropriate for this Spotlight on neurodiversity. It is not our intention in creating this list\, however\, to constrain the ways in which authors might explore this nascent area of management and organizational research. As Doyle and McDowall (2021) have noted in their recent review of the literature\, management research on neurodiversity remains largely “empty.” We welcome submissions from a broad range of conceptual traditions\, methods\, and domains. Moreover\, most of the topics below are subject to empirical exploration across different stakeholders\, such as neurodistinct employees\, neurodistinct leaders\, neurotypical leaders leading a neurodiverse workforce\, pertinent organizations\, and actors in the policy (e.g.\, legal\, governmental) or societal context of organizations. Questions about the suitability of a particular topic should be directed to a member of the Guest Editor team. \n\n\n\nSome suggested areas that authors might address include the following: \n\n\n\n\nWorkplace relationships between neurodistinct and neurotypical people. What characterizes these relationships (e.g.\, content\, strength)? What are the conditions under which they emerge (e.g.\, workplace practices)? How do increasing levels of neurodiversity in organizations affect workplace relationships and relational norms?\n\n\n\nThe career journeys and trajectories of neurodistinct employees. How do neurodistinct employees (successfully) navigate careers?\n\n\n\nRelated to the prior question\, what are the attributes\, backgrounds\, characteristics and leaderships approaches/styles of neurodistinct leaders (i.e.\, how do they lead)? Under what conditions do neurodistinct leaders emerge (e.g.\, in new sectors or specific industrial sectors) and which organizational practices foster neurodistinct leadership?\n\n\n\nHow do organizations founded or led by neurodistinct individuals differ?\n\n\n\nWhat role does technology (including AI) play in effectively cultivating and supporting a neurodiverse workforce? What are the attributes of effective technology tools? Under what conditions are they effective?\n\n\n\nWhat role do third parties (e.g.\, job coaches\, employment support organizations\, governmental support programs like vocational rehabilitation) play in increasing workplace neurodiversity and neuroinclusion? How do they do so effectively?\n\n\n\nHow can human resource practices (workplace design\, performance appraisal\, interviewing\, onboarding/socialization\, compensation) effectively cultivate and support workplace neurodiversity? Which practices are especially critical?\n\n\n\nHow are character\, competence\, and commitment developed and assessed in neurodistinct employees?\n\n\n\nHow does organizational culture shape the levels of neurodiversity in organizations and the experiences of neurodistinct employees?\n\n\n\nWhat organizational factors (e.g.\, executive support\, industry context\, employee culture) are most critical to foster neuroinclusion? Which of these are most critical to scaling neurodiversity initiatives?\n\n\n\nWhat is the relationship between neurodiversity and creativity in teams? Innovation in and by organizations? What processes (e.g.\, conflict\, communication) foster creativity and innovation in neurodistinct teams?\n\n\n\nWhat role does mental health play in neurodiversity and employment? What role should employers play in providing mental health support and how do they do so effectively? How do macro factors (governmental policy\, social movements\, supportive educational and non-profit sector) affect the extent and effectiveness (scope and sustainability) of work outcomes for neurodistinct people?   \n\n\n\nWhat evidence is there for the “business case” for neurodiversity? Under what conditions are the business benefits most likely to occur? What is uniquely challenging in making the business case for neurodiversity? \n\n\n\nHow do organizations engage in mass customization in terms of support for the range of neurodiversity in their organizations?\n\n\n\nWhat differentiates leaders who are effective at leading neurodiverse teams? What are the range of methods (e.g.\, training and coaching) used for building the capacity of managers to lead neurodiverse teams? How effective are these methods and under what circumstances?\n\n\n\n\nAbout AMD\n\n\n\nAMD is a premier journal for the empirical exploration of data describing or investigating compelling phenomena. AMD is not a journal for deductive theorizing or hypothesis testing. Authors are encouraged to present findings without the need to “reverse engineer” any theoretical framework or hypotheses. AMD publishes discoveries resulting from both quantitative and qualitative data sources. AMD articles are phenomenon-forward rather than theory-forward. This means that AMD papers look quite different in comparison to articles sent to other empirical journals. The goal at the front end of an AMD paper should primarily be to demonstrate the novelty/interestingness of the phenomenon and why current theory fails to explain it. The discussion section of an AMD paper is where a plausible theoretical explanation—the theoretical contribution—is provided. The goal for every AMD paper is for discoveries derived from empirical exploration to open new lines of research inquiry. For further information about the goals of AMD\, we encourage potential submitters to review recent “From-the-Editors” essays (Miller\, 2024; Rockmann\, 2023) and to visit the AMD website. \n\n\n\nSubmission Guidelines\n\n\n\nWhen submitting your manuscript\, for “Manuscript Type\,” please select Special Research Spotlight: Neurodiversity in Management and Organizations. (Please note: this Manuscript Type will not be available to authors until November 2025.) Manuscripts should be formatted according to the AOM Style Guide. \n\n\n\nSpotlights are a new publishing venue at AMD: mini research forums that feature studies of complex and poorly understood phenomena (e.g.\, new science\, technology\, human resource strategies) with potentially path-breaking implications for management and organizations. Each issue features a Guidepost essay by a prominent scholar or team of scholars along with one to three select articles that highlight empirical discoveries with the potential to shape the evolution of theory on the focal phenomenon and related managerial and organizational challenges. Spotlights work on an accelerated review cycle\, with a submission deadline 7-9 months after the Call for Papers\, and target publication dates 12-15 months following the Call. Spotlights continue to grow\, as related content is tagged in subsequent issues\, creating ongoing\, distributed conversations. \n\n\n\nStandard guidelines apply to papers submitted for this Spotlight. Manuscripts may be submitted as regular papers or as Discoveries-through-Prose. Discoveries-through-Prose are crafted in more creative and engaging ways than traditional papers. 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SUMMARY:Call for Nominations for Editor: AMD
DESCRIPTION:Nominate here\n\n\n\n\nNominations are sought for the position of Editor for Academy of Management Discoveries.\n\n\n\nThe person(s) selected for AMD Editor position will become Editor-elect (or Co-editor elect) on 1 July 2026 and Editor on 1 January 2027. The term of office as Editor is three years plus a 6-month transition period as Editor-elect.  \n\n\n\nThe Academy’s mission is to ensure an inclusive selection process and generate a viable list of qualified potential editors from a comprehensive collection of nominations. As a member of the Academy\, you can recommend one or more individuals who you deem capable and inclined to accept this position of responsibility. We will contact these individuals and encourage them to consider accepting the nomination to be considered for this editorship. \n\n\n\nIn general\, qualifications for an AOM Editor includes: \n\n\n\n\nSignificant scholarly contributions in management\, including publications associated with the mission of the journal.\n\n\n\nExtensive experience and an excellent reputation as a reviewer.\n\n\n\nExperience as an editorial board member or an editor of a management-related journal. Nominees do not need to be current members of editorial teams of Academy of Management publications to be nominated.\n\n\n\nDemonstrated commitment to diversity as reflected in the statement of values below.\n\n\n\nAbility to work constructively with authors\, reviewers\, and the Academy’s Board of Governors.\n\n\n\nDemonstrated administrative skills\, capacity to handle a demanding workload and meet deadlines.\n\n\n\nAbility to work with the Managing Editor virtually. The Managing Editor is an employee of the Academy’s headquarters office.\n\n\n\nFamiliarity with\, and ability to use\, a web-based submission and review system. \n\n\n\nRank of tenured Full Professor or equivalent.\n\n\n\nA doctoral degree in a management-related discipline. \n\n\n\nMember of the Academy of Management.\n\n\n\n\nIn support of the Academy’s values\, AOM is open and keen to attract global talent for editorial positions because we value diversity\, inclusion\, and equity in our international community. The CPC (Content Portfolio Committee)\, a committee of the Academy of Management Board of Governors\, seeks nominees who appreciate diversity in theoretical orientations and empirical contexts\, including those that are under-represented\, outside the mainstream\, and populations of concern that are marginalized or hidden. We seek nominees that adhere to the belief that the full range of social experience must be represented in our scholarship and often these contributions are made by authors and reviewers from diverse backgrounds and locations. \n\n\n\nNomination process and procedures \n\n\n\nNominees may only apply to one of the journals listed above. Nominees who apply to more than one journal will be disqualified. \n\n\n\nNominations must include nominee name(s)\, full address\, telephone number\, email address\, and current CV. Editor job description and nomination search procedures will be furnished on request.  \n\n\n\n\nAll nominees will be asked to confirm their interest in pursuing the editorship and will be asked to provide a personal statement (500 words or less) that outlines why the nominee is interested in this position.\n\n\n\nNominees may apply individually or as co-editors. Those applying as co-editors must identify both individuals in the team within the application and should submit a joint personal statement as indicated above.\n\n\n\n\nThe selection process will move through three stages:\n\n\n\n\nStage 1: The CPC will review the initial nominations and request additional materials from the nominees that best fit the criteria above. \n\n\n\nStage 2: Applicants that move to the second stage will be asked to submit a detailed proposal of how they would address challenges raised in the most recent internal review of the journal\, and more generally\, further the goals of the journal as described in the editorial mission and values statements.\n\nApplicants will be asked to provide references to support their editorial background and skills. \n\n\n\nApplicants may be asked to meet (virtually) with the CPC.\n\n\n\n\n\nStage 3: The CPC will forward a recommendation to the full Board of Governors who will finalize the recommendation. \n\n\n\n\nNominations\, including self-nominations\, for AMD will be considered through 15 November 2025. Please contact Susan Zaid with any questions.
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SUMMARY:AMD "Open Mic" Virtual Paper Development Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Academy of Management Discoveries “Open Mic” Virtual Paper Development Workshop\n\n\n\nJoin this virtual session to share exploratory empirical research related to AMD’s Research Spotlight: From Circularity to Regeneration in Management and Organizations. \n\n\n\nWorkshop Leaders\n\n\n\nGuest coeditors of the Special Research Spotlight: From Circularity to Regeneration in Management and Organizations \n\n\n\n\nOana Branzei\, Western University\n\n\n\nNancy Bocken\, Maastricht University\n\n\n\nStefano Pascucci\, University of Exeter\n\n\n\nSusan Cohen\, Deputy Editor\, Academy of Management Discoveries \n\n\n\n\nPurpose\n\n\n\nWe invite scholars of all ages and stages who are interested in publishing empirical exploration in AMD’s Research Spotlight on Circularity to Regeneration to share their work—even if it is not quite ready for prime time! The “Open Mic” format enables you to share the heart of your research project without needing to have all the nuts and bolts worked out and to engage an interested audience and the guest editors. This dynamic\, interactive format can quickly surface golden nuggets in your research and assess alignment with AMD’s mission to disseminate empirical discoveries that seed fruitful theorizing. AMD’s Research Spotlights are multiyear commitments to publish compelling empirical discoveries related to an important phenomenon for which existing theory falls short. Even if your research is not quite ready for a March submission deadline\, please join us to help supercharge this Spotlight and become part of this community!  \n\n\n\nWhether you join us as a presenter or audience\, registrants are encouraged to read the Research Spotlight call thoroughly and to review select AMD FTEs before attending. We will not spend time reviewing this content during Open Mic. \n\n\n\nAgenda\n\n\n\nOpen Mic will run from 4:00–5:30 PM US Eastern Time on 17 November 2025. An event link will be provided to registrants prior to that date. In 4-5 minutes\, presenters will describe the phenomena or puzzle of interest\, articulate their compelling research question\, explain why it matters and why empirical exploration is warranted\, and briefly describe the empirical approach. Don’t be afraid to personalize your research! Engage the audience with a succinct but intriguing description of your study context or data about the phenomenon. The Guest Editors will then engage the audience in a “react and ask” session\, for 7 minutes.  \n\n\n\nWorkshop Instructions\n\n\n\nIf you are interested in having your paper included the workshop\, you should prepare a 2–3-page (double-spaced) abstract of your conceptual/theoretical idea that you can share with the facilitators. We also encourage you to prepare a 2-minute presentation of your idea to share at the breakout session that concisely provides the necessary information. We will match 4-5 participants with an Associate Editor or an Editorial Review Board member from the journal. These groups will then discuss the participants’ ideas and provide each participant with insight about how to clarify the paper idea or move the idea forward. The number of participants with accepted abstracts will be limited to 30. Other participants may wish to join the talks or sit in on paper discussions. \n\n\n\nRegistration Information\n\n\n\nBe sure to check the appropriate participation box on the registration form if you plan to share your research.
URL:https://www.aom.org/calendar/amd-open-mic-virtual-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Discoveries,Event Calendar,Journal Workshops,Journals
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SUMMARY:AMD Publishing and Paper Development Workshop\, Calcutta\, India
DESCRIPTION:In-person workshop hosted by Indian Institute of Management\, Calcutta\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWorkshop Leaders\n\n\n\n\nC. Chet Miller & Prithviraj Chattopadhyay\, Coeditors-in-Chief\,Academy of Management Discoveries (AMD)\n\n\n\nOther Associate Editors\, Editorial Review Board members\, and Authors from the journal will be in attendance\n\n\n\n\nPurpose\n\n\n\nThis workshop is geared toward all scholars (PhD students\, junior and senior scholars) who are interested in publishing in AMD. In this workshop\, we will work with potential authors to determine whether AMD provides the best fit for their ideas\, and then help them develop well-crafted ideas potentially suitable for submission to the journal. \n\n\n\nAgenda\n\n\n\n9:00-9:30Registration/coffee and networking9:30-9:45Introduction to the workshop9:45-10:45Publishing in AMD talk and Q&A10:45-11:15Coffee break11:15-12:30Breakout groups to discuss papers I12:30-13:45Lunch13:45-15:00Breakout groups to discuss papers II15:00-15:30Coffee break15:30-16:30Wrap-up and closing16:30-17:30Happy Hour/Networking\n\n\n\nThe talks will be geared toward providing general information about publishing in AMD\, such as what makes a successful paper\, the main reasons that papers are rejected\, and strategies for addressing the core challenges that editors and reviewers see in rejected papers. Each breakout group will be facilitated by individuals who have editorial and/or publishing experience with the journal. Each participant will be given 2 minutes in which they present a brief overview of their idea\, and why they believe the paper fits the AMD mission (AMD Mission Statement). The facilitator will then lead a discussion on the fit of that idea for the target journal\, and how it can be developed further to enhance the potential for success. The process of giving and receiving feedback to and from others in their breakout groups will also help participants get a better understanding of crafting ideas into manuscripts for AMD. The template reviewers are encouraged to use for AMD submissions may be found here: AMD reviewer template. \n\n\n\nWorkshop Instructions\n\n\n\nIf you are interested in having your paper included the workshop\, you should prepare a 2–3-page (double-spaced) abstract of your conceptual/theoretical idea that you can share with the facilitators. We also encourage you to prepare a 2-minute presentation of your idea to share at the breakout session that concisely provides the necessary information. We will match 4-5 participants with an Associate Editor or an Editorial Review Board member from the journal. These groups will then discuss the participants’ ideas and provide each participant with insight about how to clarify the paper idea or move the idea forward. The number of participants with accepted abstracts will be limited to 30. Other participants may wish to join the talks or sit in on paper discussions. \n\n\n\nRegistration Information\n\n\n\nAbstract submission deadline for submitting authors and non-submitting attendees: All participants seeking feedback in the breakout sessions must submit extended abstracts for review by 11:59 p.m. US Eastern Time on 3 November 2025. We will communicate workshop assignments with submitting participants by 10 November 2025. \n\n\n\nHotel\, transportation\, and city information will be provided to registrants and accepted authors closer to the event.
URL:https://www.aom.org/calendar/amd-publishing-and-paper-development-workshop-calcutta-india/
CATEGORIES:Discoveries,Event Calendar,Journal Workshops,Journals
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SUMMARY:AMD Virtual Paper Development Workshop: From Circularity to Regeneration in Management and Organizations
DESCRIPTION:Workshop Leaders\n\n\n\nGuest coeditors of the Special Research Spotlight: From Circularity to Regeneration in Management and Organizations \n\n\n\n\nOana Branzei\, Western University\n\n\n\nNancy Bocken\, Maastricht University\n\n\n\nStefano Pascucci\, University of Exeter\n\n\n\nSusan Cohen\, Deputy Editor\, Academy of Management Discoveries \n\n\n\n\nPurpose\n\n\n\nThe Guest Editors of the AMD Research Spotlight From Circularity to Regeneration in Management and Organizations will work with submitting authors of accepted abstracts to further develop their papers. Our goals are to help authors focus and enrich their empirical exploration and pre-theoretical insights so that they align well with AMD’s mission and the Spotlight’s substantive focus. Participantsare encouraged to read the Research Spotlight description thoroughly and to review select AMD FTEs before attending. \n\n\n\nAgenda\n\n\n\n9:00-9:15Introductions9:15-10:30First Set of Papers10:30-10:45Break10:45-12:00Second Set of Papers\n\n\n\nEach breakout group will be facilitated by a Guest Editor\, each of whom has familiarity with AMD’s requirements for publishing and expertise in the substantive focus of this Spotlight. Each participant will be given 5 minutes in which they present a brief overview of their idea\, and why they believe the paper fits the AMD mission. The facilitator will then lead a 10-minute discussion on the fit of that idea for AMD\, and how it can be developed further to enhance the potential for success. The process of giving and receiving feedback to and from others in their breakout groups will also help participants get a better understanding of crafting ideas into manuscripts for AMD. The template reviewers are encouraged to use for AMD submissions may be found here: AMD reviewer template. \n\n\n\nWorkshop Instructions\n\n\n\nIf you are interested in having your paper included in the workshop\, you should prepare an extended abstract of 1\,000 to 2\,000 words to explain your research question and how it connects to the central themes of this Spotlight; why it is important (potential theoretical and practical implications); why empirical exploration is justified (e.g.\, a brief summary of the undertheorized\, neglected\, and potentially important facets of the phenomenon or puzzle you study); how empirical exploration will provide the necessary insight to address your research question; and an overview of your study context and research methods. Upload your Abstract via the registration link above. There will be an initial screening to make sure abstracts align with AMD and this Research Spotlight. Registrants will be notified by 20 December  2025 whether their abstract was selected\, and an event link will be provided at that time. Accepted authors should prepare a 4–5-minute presentation of their paper to share at the workshop that concisely provides the necessary information. Presentation and discussion sessions will be organized according to complementary themes. Discussion will be facilitated to generate insight on how to clarify the paper’s central discovery\, execution of the empirical exploration\, plausible explanations for observed patterns\, and compelling implications. \n\n\n\nWho Should Register?\n\n\n\nAuthors who intend to submit a paper to the AMD Circularity to Regeneration Research Spotlight by the 16 March 2026 deadline. Scholars seeking to attend this paper development workshop must indicate their intentions by 9 December 2025 by registering here and uploading an extended abstract (no more than 2\,000 words) describing their research. \n\n\n\nIf you are interested in submitting research related to the topics this Spotlight encompasses but will not be ready to submit by 16 March 2026\, please wait to join a subsequent workshop. AMD article submissions on organizational and management topics central to circular and regenerative economy will be considered at any time following the inaugural Spotlight issue\, and accepted articles will be tagged as part this research stream at AMD. Don’t hesitate to reach out to the Guest Editors with any questions at any time!
URL:https://www.aom.org/calendar/amd-virtual-paper-development-workshop-from-circularity-to-regeneration-in-management-and-organizations/
CATEGORIES:Discoveries,Event Calendar,Journal Workshops,Journals
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SUMMARY:AMD Special Research Spotlight: From Circularity to Regeneration in Management and Organizations
DESCRIPTION:Submission Deadline: 16 March 2026 \n\n\n\nSubmission window for Special Research Spotlight: 1 February – 16 March 2026 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGuest Editors\n\n\n\n\nOana Branzei\, Western University\n\n\n\nSusan K. Cohen\, University of Pittsburgh\, AMD Deputy Editor\n\n\n\nNancy Bocken\, Maastricht University\n\n\n\nStefano Pascucci\, University of Exeter\n\n\n\n\nOverview\n\n\n\nToday’s pressing need for organizations to operate within planetary boundaries (Williams et al.\, 2024) dates to the 1960s\, when Kenneth Boulding and Herman Daly[1] famously employed the analogy of “Spaceship Earth” to problematize the standing premise of endless growth. Building on this analogy\, the concept of a circular economy promises to “decouple economic growth from resource depletion” (Kitchherr et al.\, 2023: 6). Concretely\, a circular economy (CE) refers to an economic system based on business models that emphasize reducing\, reusing\, recycling and recovering materials in both production and consumption processes\, with the aim of advancing environmental quality\, economic prosperity and social equity\, in current and future generations. The underlying assumption of a circular economy is that “materials never become waste and nature is regenerated” because closed-loop cycles optimize resource utilization\, maintain financial\, natural\, and social capital\, and minimize waste and pollution[2]. A CE thus requires evolving away from linear production systems at the micro level (products\, companies\, consumers)\, meso level (industry value chains\, industrial districts\, regional clusters or ecosystems) and macro level (city\, region\, nation\, or pan-national systems). \n\n\n\nSince the 2010s\, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation has advocated closed-loop economic systems to reduce waste\, conserve resources and promote economic resilience. Definitions of CE have proliferated\, reflecting a growing range of applications across industries and contexts. By 2017\, Kirchherr\, Reike and Hekkert counted 144 different definitions of circular economy. By 2023\, Kirchherr and colleagues referenced 221 (see also Lacy et al.\, 2020; Lehtimäki et al.\, 2022). The European Parliament succinctly describes the circular economy as “less raw materials\, less waste\, fewer emissions”[3]. The World Economic Forum advocates for the circular transformation by “adopting circularity at scale.”[4] Common to these definitions is faith in free-market capitalism (neoliberal ideology) and the belief that addressing environmental challenges it poses can further fuel economic growth through ecological modernization (Dzhengiz et al.\, 2023: 270). \n\n\n\nIn the past two decades\, circular practices like maintenance\, reuse\, refurbishment\, remanufacture\, recycling\, and composting have been widely adopted: organizations such as Adidas\, H&M\, IKEA\, Patagonia\, Unilever and Walmart now champion the transition from linear to circular economies as one way to mitigate problems created by over-production and over-consumption (see also Kopnina & Poldner\, 2021). Many studies have documented why and how organizations embrace circularity (Bocken et al.\, 2023; Geissdoerfer et al.\, 2017; González-Sánchez et al.\, 2023; Kopnina & Poldner\, 2021). Recent reviews (Dzhengiz et al.\, 2023; Hossain et al.\, 2021) confirm that circular systems can help firms produce less waste and convert more of the waste they do produce into something of value\, a practice referred to as waste valorization (Bojovic et al.\, 2025). In the context of a circular economy\, valorizing waste refers to the process of reusing\, recycling\, or converting outputs into new products or forms of energy\, such as biofertilizers\, bioplastics\, or biofuels\, instead of discarding them (Patala et al.\, 2022). \n\n\n\nThe conceptual landscape of circularity continues to broaden (Alexander\, Pascucci\, & Charnley\, 2023)\, driven largely by practical agendas (Frishammar & Parida\, 2019; Hopkinson et al.\, 2018; Huikkola\, Kohtamäki & Rabetino\, 2025; Patala\, Albareda & Halme\, 2022). There is evidence that micro-shifts in consumer preferences can motivate\, and macro-shifts in global policies can incentivize\, the transition from linear to circular economies\, in sectors such as food\, fashion\, construction and transportation. \n\n\n\nNonetheless\, the original premise that the circular economy can eventually replace the linear take-make-waste model as it “tackles climate change and other global challenges\, like biodiversity loss\, waste\, and pollution\,”[5] remains largely unexplored[6]. Notably\, important concerns remain regarding the efficacy of CE’s unifying principles\, such as efficiency (Parte & Alberca\, 2024) and valorization (Bojovic et al.\, 2025). CE research has also recently been criticized for its assumptions of continued economic growth (Corvellec et al.\, 2022) and tendency to reinforce power asymmetries by marginalizing certain stakeholders\, making them more vulnerable to exploitation\, or rendering them invisible to decision-making processes (Lobbedez\, Pascucci\, & Panico\, 2025). \n\n\n\nPartly in response to these debates\, some scholarly research has begun reorienting towards more radical socio-ecological principles that could reconcile the ecology with the economy of circularity (Colluci & Vecchi\, 2024). By focusing on Ellen MacArthur’s third principle\, “to support natural processes and leave more room for nature to thrive by moving from a take-make-waste linear economy to a circular economy”[7]\, regeneration foregrounds the mutuality within and among living systems. It underscores that “one form of life is inseparably connected to the healthy development of all others […] so human and nonhuman living beings coevolve in a way that nurtures diversity\, creativity\, complexity\, and life” (Muñoz & Branzei\, 2021: 510). \n\n\n\nThe World Economic Forum broadly describes regeneration as “a way to create a positive impact on the planet and society”[8] (Das & Bocken\, 2024). Natural scientists view regeneration as a set of dynamic processes of renewal or re-creation of desired outcomes such as respecting planetary boundaries and protecting biodiversity. Social scientists showcase regeneration practices that actively restore\, renew\, or revitalize natural systems (Albareda & Branzei\, 2024). A focus on regeneration reorients managers\, organizations\, and supply chains to protecting and restoring rather than simply limiting further harm to socio-ecological systems (Gualandris et al.\, 2024). \n\n\n\nDespite growing attention to ecological regeneration[9]\, how it manifests as a formative and constitutive principle in business and economic systems is poorly understood and warrants empirical exploration. We particularly call for discovery-oriented research to examine the foundational premise that business and economic systems designed to be circular “can regenerate nature”. Studies that empirically explore how regenerative principles affect the design of organizational and economic systems could characterize dynamics and illuminate mechanisms that distinguish socio-ecological from socioeconomic systems\, for example. We need meticulous qualitative and quantitative exploration within and across distinctive institutional\, industrial\, and organizational contexts to identify important antecedents and theorize mechanisms underlying the assimilation of regenerative principles and their observed consequences. To advance understanding of whether\, when\, and how circularity can drive regeneration\, we require new insight into micro\, meso\, and macro level phenomena constitutive of regenerative processes. This AMD Spotlight provides a premier outlet for such research. With this initial call\, and a commitment to highlight and connect research on regeneration going forward\, this AMD Spotlight aims to catalyze and accumulate richly descriptive empirical accounts of and plausible theoretical explanations for regenerative processes that distinguish effective circular economic and socio-ecological systems. This knowledge is prerequisite to deductive research on circular economy and thus central to advancing robust and resilient regenerative business practices. \n\n\n\nCircular Economy Frontiers in Management and Organizations \n\n\n\nAs the global economy continues to expand and industrialize\, there is emerging consensus that closing the loop via circularity can begin to address some problems created by over-production and over-consumption (González-Sánchez et al.\, 2023; Webster & Pascucci\, 2024). Substantial research in industrial ecology and engineering provides insight into the implementation of closed loop production systems and the validation of life cycle metrics. But the body of work on circularity has paid limited attention to managerial and organizational dilemmas regarding how to reduce\, let alone reverse\, ecological impacts of the linear economy (Hahn & Tampe\, 2021). Research has not deeply examined or systematically mapped the diverse agencies\, designs\, temporalities\, or interfaces between organizations and socio-ecological systems that may underpin their regenerative capacity and affect transition towards more climate just and biodiversity positive futures (Dzhengiz et al.\, 2023: 283). \n\n\n\nMuñoz and Branzei (2021: 510) introduce the notion of regenerative organizing as “the process of sensing and embracing surrounding living ecosystems\, aligning organizational knowledge\, decision-making\, and actions to these systems’ structures and dynamics and acting in conjunction\, in a way that allows for ecosystems to regenerate\, build resilience and sustain life. Regenerative organizations are ecologically embedded by design and designed to go beyond minimizing harm to purposefully reverse the degradation of living ecosystems. Regenerative business models (Konietzko\, Das & Bocken\, 2023) are premised on recognizing and respecting the paces and patterns of living interactions. Regenerative strategies help actors “enhance\, and thrive through\, the health of social-ecological systems in a co-evolutionary process” (Hahn & Tampe\, 2021: 456). \n\n\n\nWe invite exploratory empirical research that enriches or challenges extant conceptualizations of the circular economy by advancing our understanding of how the concept of regeneration is shaping business practice and thinking. Three lenses: sufficiency\, biomimicry\, and rhythmicity\, inform how regeneration is accomplished and foreground specific principles and dilemmas related to how regeneration might advance economic and societal well-being. Empirical exploration of how each lens transforms the design and management of businesses and economic systems\, and with what impacts\, are of particular interest. \n\n\n\n1. Sufficiency \n\n\n\nThe principle of sufficiency goes beyond recycling and reuse to emphasize the need to consume less. Socio-ecological systems designed for sufficiency must be economically and ecologically regenerative. This implies designing within sufficiency constraints\, like reducing demand for end products and their constitutive materials\, and might include requirements for positive ecological impacts\, such as promoting biodiversity or nature-positive emotions like awe or biophilia. Sufficiency thus takes issue with neoliberal ideology and ecological modernization theory underpinning much extant circularity thinking and practice. Building on Alexander’s (2012: 2) notion of the sufficiency economy\, which “can be understood in direct contrast to the dominant macro-economic paradigm based on limitless growth\,” Bocken and Short (2016: 41) define a sufficiency-driven business model as one that seeks “to moderate overall resource consumption by curbing demand through education and consumer engagement\, making products that last longer and avoiding built-in obsolescence\, focusing on satisfying ‘needs’ rather than promoting ‘wants’.” Heikkurinen and colleagues (2024) define a sufficiency ethos as “one in which limits\, boundaries\, optimums\, enoughness\, and ‘not toomuchness’ take center stage.”  \n\n\n\nEmpirical exploration of sufficiency as practiced in specific contexts could help us better understand variation in how it manifests in business models and economic systems\, mechanisms through which it advances regeneration\, as well as the impacts of regenerative circularity when it replaces traditional linear approaches (Jungell-Michelsson & Heikkurinen\, 2022; Heikkurinen et al.\, 2024). Discovering new contexts or modalities for organizing and measuring the efficacy of sufficiency-based business models and business ecosystems could advance the circularity frontier by illuminating how managers and other economic and political actors come to understand and define sufficiency and how this shapes their efforts to innovate and collaborate (Dzhengiz et al.\, 2023; Colluci & Vecchi\, 2024). Exploratory research could usefully reveal how the practice of sufficiency affects power (im)balances and social equity\, such as by altering opportunities to participate in the economy\, particularly for actors who are closely embedded within or dependent on nature (Van Hille et al.\, 2021; Vlasov\, 2021). \n\n\n\n2. Biomimicry \n\n\n\nWhereas sufficiency challenges us to rethink end goals for productive systems\, biomimicry advocates learning from and replicating designs found in nature. Natural ecosystems encompass innumerable designs – in their constitutive biomaterials (e.g.\, proteins like collagen or materials like chitin)\, in the tissues and organs that biomaterials interface with\, and in interdependencies among organisms comprising an ecosystem (Benyus\, 1997).  As solutions to challenges posed by specific environments\, designs in nature offer models for creating manmade materials and technological and business systems with regenerative properties (Fisch\, 2017). For instance\, the unique structures and compositions of natural biomaterials have served as models for manmade materials with self-healing and self-repair properties (Raman et al.\, 2024). Natural ecosystems thrive on closed-loop cycles\, in which waste generated by one organism becomes a valuable resource for another. In addition to being generative for manmade designs\, biomimicry can sensitize human actors to vital but often invisible roles of nonhuman actors in socio-ecological systems\, enroll different forms of agency\, and cultivate more symbiotic relationships between human and non-human actors (Sommer et al.\, 2025). \n\n\n\nWhile promising examples exist\, there is much we do not understand about how complex ecological designs can be translated into scalable solutions for regenerative socio-ecological systems. Research has emphasized technical aspects of biomimicry\, and we lack empirical evidence and deep theorization of biomimicry’s social and economic implications and potentiality. Systematic empirical work to determine when and how highly localized regenerative solutions can scale to regional or supra-regional solutions is scarce. Consensus regarding how to define\, measure\, and benchmark regeneration in socio-ecological systems does not exist (Barros et al.\, 2024). Biomimicry challenges ingrained engineering and economic mindsets rooted in extractive practices and linear models\, but it is unclear where and how economic and political actors are successfully reconceptualizing fundamental concepts such as value creation and reimagining the boundaries of business and economic systems to encompass the ecologies they depend on. Given the lack of theory on these issues\, empirical exploration into relationships between biomimicry and regenerative business and socio-ecological systems is needed. \n\n\n\n3. Rhythmicity \n\n\n\nBoth natural and manmade systems embody distinctive rhythmicity: the temporal pacing of recurring cycles that are fundamental to their organization and operate at multiple time scales. In ecological systems\, an example of daily rhythmicity is the circadian rhythm to which cellular activity is attuned\, whereas ecosystems respond to seasonal shifts that occur with predictable regularity. Economic systems likewise exhibit rhythmicity shaped by daily patterns of consumption and production as well as macro-economic patterns that recur over longer time periods. Observed rhythmicity reflects myriad unobserved interconnections and interdependencies that orchestrate system function. Rhythmicity in nature is central to regenerative processes including resource cycling\, renewal and repair. It operates at every level\, from cellular to organism to ecosystem\, and underlies the resilience of each. Understanding rhythmicity is crucial for designing regenerative socio-ecological systems that can self-organize and self-repair amidst recurrent ecological degradation and unpredictable disturbances. \n\n\n\nGualandris et al. (2024: 60) underscore the need to recognize and reconcile the multiple rhythms inherent to socio-ecological systems that can either augment or counteract one another: “the polyrhythmicity principle requires supply chain members to consider the simultaneous rhythms characterizing social–ecological systems and to make strategic\, tactical\, and operational decisions that align with such rhythmic patterns”. This is not so different from how entrepreneurs synchronize their ventures to multiple ecosystems (techno-economic\, socio-cultural as well as ecological) except that human actors might miss the rhythmicity governing the natural systems they engage with (Muñoz and Cohen\, 2017). Muñoz and Branzei (2021) suggest that organizing with and for nature can sensitize managers and organizations to a broader range of temporalities than those managers and organizations typically attend to (Bansal et al.\, 2022).  \n\n\n\nDespite a large body of work on temporality and temporal work within traditional organizational settings (Bansal et al.\, 2022)\, the literature on circularity has yet to fully account for temporal complexity and cyclicality involved in regenerating nature (Vlasov\, 2021; Albareda & Branzei\, 2024). There is little theory and limited empirical evidence to explain when and how managers can orchestrate regenerative rhythmicity in socio-ecological systems (Gualandris et al.\, 2024). We encourage empirical exploration of rhythmicity applied to specific roles in socio-ecological systems such as actors who intermediate between ecological and economic processes. Discovery-oriented research could reveal how polyrhythmicity is orchestrated or designed into regenerative business models\, start-ups or ecosystems (Klofsten et al.\, 2024; Konietzko et al.\, 2023; Lacy\, Long & Spindler\, 2020; Lehtimäki et al.\, 2023). Further empirical exploration is needed to drive theorizing on how digital technologies\, algorithms\, and architectures can alleviate tensions among social and ecological rhythms; how understudied actors and intermediaries take on roles of custodians of natural\, cultural\, and historical heritage[10]; and to identify novel modes of organizing across distinctive ecological and socioeconomic temporalities.  \n\n\n\nGoals of the AMD Spotlight \n\n\n\nAMD publishes research that presents “clear and compelling discoveries: empirical findings that challenge existing assumptions while opening new theoretical paths or that otherwise promote future\, ‘down-the-road\,’ theorizing.” (AMD website). The goals of this Spotlight are well-aligned with this mission and successful submissions will go beyond documenting circularity principles to explore dilemmas associated with organizing for sufficiency\, biomimicry and rhythmicity. We encourage work that moves us beyond observing\, cataloguing\, and comparing actual\, concrete practices and toward novel and rigorously established empirical patterns and plausible theoretical explanations of the underlying mechanisms; the latter should be informed by deep contextual understanding as well as relevant literature. Authors may wish to engage practitioners to surface generative lenses for their research (Ben-Menahem\, 2024).  \n\n\n\nSample Topics \n\n\n\nThe following is a non-exhaustive list of topics that fall within the scope of this Spotlight. We welcome diverse disciplinary lenses and methodological approaches\, provided the research is relevant to management and organizational scholars and their stakeholders.  \n\n\n\n\nLevels. Are circularity principles best conceptualized and theorized at the level of business models and ecosystems\, regional or national economies\, local or global communities? What are the implications of designing for regeneration across different levels of organizing?\n\n\n\nEcosystems. What ecosystem actors and dynamics (e.g.\, intermediary organizations\, inside or outside activism\, incubation or acceleration) affect the diffusion and scalability of regenerative business models\, and how? When\, why and how do ecosystems embrace sufficiency as a goal\, or turn away from overconsumption and toward enoughness?\n\n\n\nRights and responsibilities. How are rights to use natural resources conferred through legal\, normative\, or ‘in practice’ institutions? What triggers change in established norms (e.g.\, rooted in colonialism or neoliberalism) regarding resource utilization\, in specific communities or in novel types of CEs\, i.e. (bio)circular\, de- or post-growth? How is the responsibility to undo ecological damage distributed among rights holders? How do new norms emerge to offer guideposts for organizing with nature?\n\n\n\nKnowers and ways of knowing. How do particular experts and ways of knowing shape transition towards (bio)circularity and regeneration? How do logics governing socioeconomic systems evolve from efficiency and profitability (or\, neoliberalism and ecological modernization) to logics that support circularity and regeneration? How do the knowers address socioeconomic and socio-ecological tensions and paradoxes central to shifting from linear to circular modes of organizing?\n\n\n\nAttention and ways of attending: How do actors come to notice and connect with non-human actors as partners in socio-ecological systems? What roles do attention-based processes play in the transition to (bio)circularity and regeneration? What aspects of executives’ background (upbringing\, training) affect their attention to downsides of traditional economies (waste\, pollution\, injustice)? How do new patterns of attention emerge and when and how do they encompass new kinds of connections to\, or relationships with\, nature?  What attentional patterns and scaffolds enable the recognition of biophysical anomalies and opportunities?\n\n\n\nAgency. What assumptions implicit in human agency\, when relaxed\, enable human actors to more fully connect and cooperate with non-humans in socio-ecological systems? How do nature-informed processes such as photosynthesis and chemosynthesis\, metabolisms\, symbiosis\, or synchronicity inspire different forms and paths of agency? What paradoxes of non-human agencies (e.g.\, tools like AI can be used to fight climate change also exacerbate it; mycelium can replace plastic as biodegradable packaging but requires industrial processes to scale) persist when economies operate within versus beyond planetary boundaries?\n\n\n\nTechnology. What role do technologies play in accelerating the transition towards (bio)circularity and regeneration? What affordances give voice\, visibility\, or power to more-than-human actors? When and how does technology intermediation (including AI) enable human actors to appreciate non-human actors in new ways\, to radically rethink their qualities and importance\, and to reorganize interspecies relationships? How can digitization and AI inform\, coordinate\, and amplify the positive effects of biomaterial workers and work?\n\n\n\nChange. How do modes of organizing change when economic actors embrace principles of sufficiency\, biomimicry\, and/or rhythmicity? How do theories of self and/or system change intersect when actors commit to enacting these principles? How can we track and analyze the ways organizations start to dramatically change direction\, maybe even doing the opposite of what they used to do\, once they realize the environment can’t support endless growth?\n\n\n\nEthics. What ethical guides do managers rely on when organizations transition towards regeneration? How do existing ethics evolve\, or new ethics emerge\, and how do they portray our responsibilities and relationships with ecologies and non-human actors?\n\n\n\nNature. How does the adoption of sufficiency\, biomimicry\, and/or rhythmicity principles affect organizational commitment to closed-loop solutions? When does reorganizing around these principles alter the balance of resource exploitation and regeneration or engagement with vulnerable human and non-human actors? When and how do sufficient\, biomaterial\, and/or rhythmic processes drive regenerative cycles? How do organizations effectively assess their intended and unintended impacts in socio-ecological systems?\n\n\n\nClimate. When and how do climate disruptions affect the practice of sufficiency\, biomimicry\, and rhythmicity? When and why might these different perspectives accelerate or decelerate climate adaptation?\n\n\n\nFuture. What is the role of sufficiency\, biomimicry\, and/or rhythmicity in seeing and making alternative futures? How do actors come to understand which aspects of the future are (un)desirable? How are futures imagined and implemented\, especially in settings defined by power asymmetries and colonial legacies and in a more-than-human world? \n\n\n\n\nIf you have a specific question about research you would like to contribute to this Spotlight\, please reach out directly to one of the Guest Editors by email.  \n\n\n\nAbout AMD \n\n\n\nAMD is a premier journal for the empirical exploration of data describing or investigating compelling phenomena. AMD is not a journal for deductive theorizing or hypothesis testing. Authors are encouraged to present findings without the need to “reverse engineer” any theoretical framework or hypotheses. AMD publishes discoveries resulting from both quantitative and qualitative data sources. AMD articles are phenomenon-forward rather than theory-forward. This means that AMD papers look quite different in comparison to articles sent to other empirical journals. The goal at the front end of an AMD paper should primarily be to demonstrate the novelty/interestingness of the phenomenon and why current theory fails to explain the phenomenon. It is in the discussion section of an AMD paper where a plausible theoretical explanation—the theoretical contribution—is provided. The goal for every AMD paper is for discoveries derived from empirical exploration to open new lines of research inquiry. For further information about the goals of AMD\, we encourage potential submitters to review recent “From-the-Editors” essays (Miller\, 2024; Rockmann\, 2023) and to visit the AMD website.  \n\n\n\nSubmission Guidelines \n\n\n\nStandard AMD paper guidelines apply to papers submitted for this Spotlight. Manuscripts may be submitted as traditional papers or as Discoveries-through-Prose. Discoveries-through-Prose are crafted in more creative and engaging ways than traditional papers. When composing such manuscripts\, we encourage authors to relax their use of traditional headings and traditional “academic writing” to create a compelling narrative from start to finish. More information about Discoveries-through-Prose can be found on the AMD website.  \n\n\n\nReferences  \n\n\n\nAlbareda\, L.\, & Branzei\, O. (2024). Biocentric work in the Anthropocene: How actors regenerate degenerated natural commons. Journal of Management Studies. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.13080 \n\n\n\nAlexander\, A.\, Pascucci\, S.\, & Charnley\, F. (2023). Handbook of the circular economy: Transitions and transformation. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. \n\n\n\nAlexander\, S. (2012). The sufficiency economy. http://simplicityinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/TheSufficiencyEconomy3.pdf (accessed February 1\, 2025). \n\n\n\nBansal\, P.\, Reinecke\, J.\, Suddaby\, R.\, & Langley\, A. (2022). Temporal work: The strategic organization of time. Strategic Organization\, 20(1)\, 6-19. \n\n\n\nBarros\, M. V.\, Salvador\, R.\, Pieroni\, M.\, & Piekarski\, C. M. (2024). How to measure circularity? State-of-the-art and insights on positive impacts on businesses. Environmental Development\, 50\, 100989. \n\n\n\nBen-Menahem\, S. M. (2024). Engaging practitioners in empirical exploration. Academy of Management Discoveries\, 10(2)\, 155-162. \n\n\n\nBenyus\, J. M. (1997). Biomimicry: Innovation inspired by nature. New York: Morrow. \n\n\n\nBocken\, N.\, Pinkse\, J.\, Darnall\, N.\, & Ritala\, P. (2023). Between circular paralysis and utopia: organizational transformations towards the circular economy. Organization & Environment\, 36(2)\, 378-382. \n\n\n\nBocken\, N.M.P.\, & Short\, S.W. (2016). Towards a sufficiency-driven business model: Experiences and opportunities. Environmental Innovation and Social Transitions\, 18\, 41–61. \n\n\n\nCorvellec\, H.\, Stowell\, A.F.\, & Johansson\, N. (2022). Critiques of the circular economy. Journal of Industrial Ecology\, 26\, 421–432. \n\n\n\nDas\, A. & Bocken\, N. (2024). Regenerative business strategies: A database and typology to inspire business experimentation towards sustainability. Sustainable Production and Consumption\, 49\, 529-544. \n\n\n\nDzhengiz\, T.\, Miller\, E. M.\, Ovaska\, J.-P.\, & Patala\, S. (2023). Unpacking the circular economy: A problematizing review. International Journal of Management Reviews. doi/pdf/10.1111/ijmr.12329 \n\n\n\nFisch\, M. (2017). The nature of biomimicry: Toward a novel technological culture. Science\, Technology\, & Human Values\, 42(5)\, 795-821. \n\n\n\nFischer\, J.\, Farny\, S.\, Abson\, D.J. et al. (2024). Mainstreaming regenerative dynamics for sustainability. Nature Sustainability\, 7\, 964–972. \n\n\n\nGonzález-Sánchez\, R.\, Alonso-Muñoz\, S.\, & Medina-Salgado\, M. S. (2023). Circularity in waste management: A research proposal to achieve the 2030 Agenda. Operations Management Research\, 16(3)\, 1520-1540. \n\n\n\nGualandris\, J.\, Branzei\, O.\, Wilhelm\, M.\, Lazzarini\, S.\, Linnenluecke\, M.\, Hamann R.\, Dooley\, K. J.\, Michael L. Barnett\, M. L.\, & Chien-Ming Chen\, C.-M. (2025). Unchaining supply chains: Transformative leaps toward regenerating social–ecological systems. Journal of Supply Chain Management\, 60(1)\, 53-67. \n\n\n\nHahn T.\, & Tampe M. (2021). Strategies for regenerative business. Strategic Organization\, 19(3)\, 456–477. \n\n\n\nHeikkurinen\, P.\, Bocken\, N.\, Gossen\, M.\, & Princen\, T. (2024). Call for Papers-Sufficiency: An ethic for ecologically constrained organizations. Journal of Business Ethics. https://link.springer.com/collections/hicgjgfhjd?trk=public_post_comment-text \n\n\n\nHossain\, M.\, Park\, S.\, Suchek\, N.\, & Pansera\, M. (2021). Circular economy: A review of review articles. Business\, Strategy and the Environment\, 33(7)\, 6125-7688. \n\n\n\nKirchherr\, J.\, Reike\, D.\, & Hekkert (2017). Conceptualizing the circular economy: An analysis of 114 definitions. Resources\, Conservation and Recycling\, 127\, 221-232. \n\n\n\nKirchherr\, J.\, Nan-Hua Nadja Yang\, N-H. N\, Schulze-Spüntrup\, F.\, Heerink\, M. J.\, & Hartley\, K. (2023). Conceptualizing the circular economy (revisited): An analysis of 221 definitions. Resources\, Conservation and Recycling\, 194\, 107001\, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2023.107001 \n\n\n\nKlofsten\, M.\, Kanda\, W.\, Bienkowska\, D.\, Bocken\, N.\, Mian\, S.\, & Lamine\, W. (2024). Start-ups within entrepreneurial ecosystems: Transition towards a circular economy. International Small Business Journal\, 42(4)\, 383-395.  \n\n\n\nKonietzko\, J.\, Das\, A.\, & Bocken\, N. (2023). Towards regenerative business models: A necessary shift? Sustainable Production and Consumption\, 38\, 372-388. \n\n\n\nKopnina\, H.\, & Poldner\, K. (2021). Circular economy: Challenges and opportunities for ethical and sustainable business. Routledge. \n\n\n\nLacy\, P.\, Long\, J.\, & Spindler\, W. (2020). The circular economy handbook: Realizing the circular advantage. Palgrave MacMillan. \n\n\n\nLehtimäki\, H.\, Aarikka-Stenroos\, L.\, Jokinen\, A.\, & Jokinen\, P. (2023). The Routledge handbook of catalysts for a sustainable circular economy. Taylor & Francis. \n\n\n\nLobbedez\, E.\, Pascucci\, S.\, & Panico\, T. Theorizing waste as a technique of power in capitalistic stakeholder relations. Journal of Management Studies. Forthcoming \n\n\n\nMuñoz\, P.\, & Branzei\, O. (2021). Regenerative organizations: Introduction to the Special Issue. Organization & Environment\, 34(4)\, 507-516.  \n\n\n\nMuñoz\, P.\, & Cohen\, B. (2017). Towards a social-ecological understanding of sustainable venturing. Journal of Business Venturing Insights\, 7\, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2016.12.001. \n\n\n\nPatala\, S.\, Albareda\, L.\, & Halme\, M. (2022). Polycentric governance of privately owned resources in circular economy systems. Journal of Management Studies\, 59(6)\, 1359-1656. \n\n\n\nRaman\, R.\, Sreenivasan\, A.\, Suresh\, M.\, & Nedungadi\, P. (2024). Mapping biomimicry research to sustainable development goals. Nature: Scientific Reports\, 14 (article no. 18613)  \n\n\n\nRovanto\, S.\, & Virtanen\, Y. (2024). Circular economy capabilities for slowing resource loops at small businesses in China\, Finland and Japan–An institutional logics perspective. British Journal of Management. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12892 \n\n\n\nSommer\, S. G.\,  Christensen\, M. L.\, Norddahl\, B.\, Ambye-Jensen\, M.\, & Roda-Serrat\, M. C. (2025). Bioprocesses: A comprehensive guide to sustainable resources in the non-fossil era. Cambridge University Press. \n\n\n\nVan Hille I.\, De Bakker F. G. A.\, Groenewgen P.\, Ferguson J. E. (2021). Strategizing nature in cross-sector partnerships: Can plantation revitalization enable living wages? Organization & Environment\, 34(2)\, 175–197. \n\n\n\nVlasov\, M. (2019). In transition toward the ecocentric entrepreneurship nexus: How nature helps entrepreneurs make ventures more regenerative over time. Organization & Environment\, 34(4)\, 559-580. \n\n\n\nWilliams\, A.\, Perego\, P.\, Whiteman\, G. (2024). Boundary conditions for organizations in the Anthropocene: A review of the planetary boundaries framework 10 years on. Journal of Management Studies. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.13150 \n\n\n\n[1] https://esgri.com/circular_economy/ \n\n\n\n[2] https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-explainers/what-is-circularity \n\n\n\n[3] https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/article/20151201STO05603/circular-economy-definition-importance-and-benefits#:~:text=What%20is%20the%20circular%20economy\,cycle%20of%20products%20is%20extended. \n\n\n\n[4] https://initiatives.weforum.org/the-circular-transformation-of-industries/home \n\n\n\n[5] https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/topics/circular-economy-introduction/overview \n\n\n\n[6] https://circulareconomy.europa.eu/platform/sites/default/files/emf_completing_the_picture.pdf; https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/capturing-the-climate-change-mitigation#:~:text=Circular%20economy’s%20potential%20key%20role\,50%25%20of%20global%20GHG%20emissions. \n\n\n\n[7] https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/regenerate-nature \n\n\n\n[8] https://www.weforum.org/stories/2024/01/business-resilience-regeneration/ \n\n\n\n[9] https://www.weforum.org/stories/2024/01/business-resilience-regeneration/ \n\n\n\n[10] https://www.undp.org/blog/truly-circular-economy-we-need-listen-indigenous-voices; https://regenexpo.com.au/session/indigenous-knowledge-the-basis-of-circularity/
URL:https://www.aom.org/calendar/amd-special-research-spotlight-from-circularity-to-regeneration-in-management-and-organizations/
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SUMMARY:AMD Publishing and Paper Development Workshop\, Nice\, France
DESCRIPTION:In-person workshop hosted by EDHEC Business School\, Nice\, France\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWorkshop Leaders\n\n\n\n\nC. Chet Miller & Prithviraj Chattopadhyay\, Coeditors\,Academy of Management Discoveries (AMD)\n\n\n\nOther Associate Editors\, Editorial Review Board members\, and Authors from the journal will be in attendance\n\n\n\n\nPurpose\n\n\n\nThis workshop is geared toward all scholars (PhD students\, junior and senior scholars) who are interested in publishing in AMD. In this workshop\, we will work with potential authors to determine whether AMD provides the best fit for their ideas\, and then help them develop well-crafted ideas potentially suitable for submission to the journal. \n\n\n\nAgenda\n\n\n\nTimeSessionRoom9:00-9:30Registration & CoffeeMain Hall9:30-10:45Plenary session:WelcomePublishing in AMD(AMD Co-Editor Chet Miller)Amphitheatre 00210:45-11:15Coffee BreakMain Hall11:15-12:45Breakout Session IAmphitheatres 001 & 00212:45-13:45LunchMain Hall13:45-15:15Breakout Session IIAmphitheatres 001 & 00215:15-15:45Coffee BreakMain Hall15:45-16:45Plenary session:Publishing in AOM JournalsWrap-up and closingAmphitheatre 002\n\n\n\nPlenary sessions\n\n\n\nThe plenary sessions will be geared toward providing general information about publishing in AMD\, such as what makes a successful paper\, the main reasons that papers are rejected\, and strategies for addressing the core challenges that editors and reviewers see in rejected papers. \n\n\n\nSubmission and Registration Information:\n\n\n\nAbstract submission deadline for submitting authors: All participants seeking feedback in the breakout sessions must submit extended abstracts for review by 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on 2 February 2026. These extended abstracts should be no longer than four double-spaced pages and convey the essence of the research questions\, the pertinent research that is missing from existing literature\, proposed/actual empirical methods\, and expected/actual empirical findings. \n\n\n\nThe extended abstracts should be submitted using this link: https://form.jotform.com/253484046923158 \n\n\n\nBreakout sessions and Workshop instructions\n\n\n\nIn each breakout group\, four to six participants will be paired with a facilitator with editorial experience at AMD (a Coeditor or Associate Editor from the journal). See the overview below. Each person whose work is accepted for a breakout session should prepare and bring 10 printed copies of a 1-page summary that describes the research question\, methods for empirical exploration\, and expected/actual findings. Each participant also should prepare a 2-minute presentation in which to present a brief overview of their idea\, and why they believe the paper fits the AMD mission. The facilitator will then lead a discussion (30 minutes per paper) on the fit of that idea for the journal\, and how it can be developed further to enhance the potential for success. The process of giving and receiving feedback by everyone in a breakout group also will help participants get a better understanding of how to craft ideas into manuscripts for AMD. The template reviewers are encouraged to use for AMD submissions may be found here: AMD reviewer template. To enable participants in your breakout group to prepare for your presentation\, you may also share your extended abstract within your breakout group ahead of the PDW using the email list provided.  \n\n\n\nLocation Information\n\n\n\nEDHEC Business School is located close to Nice city center and Nice Airport\, at Promenade des Anglais 393. The building is wheelchair accessible. All plenary and breakout sessions are held at the ground-floor\, rooms 001 and 002. Participants are encouraged to travel by public transport. Public parking is available at Q-Park Arénas Cassin – aéroport de Nice. \n\n\n\nHotel lodgings located near EDHEC Nice\n\n\n\nThe EDHEC building is located near Nice city center and Nice Airport and is close to numerous hotels. Nearby options include: \n\n\n\n\nSheraton Nice\, Aeroporthttps://www.marriott.com/fr/hotels/ncesi-sheraton-nice/overview/\n\n\n\n\n\nOther hotels in the areahttps://www.nice.aeroport.fr/en/guide/local-hotels
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SUMMARY:Joint AMD\, AMLE\, AMP Paper Development Workshop\, Ontario\, Canada
DESCRIPTION:In-person Paper Development Workshop hosted by Ivey Business School\, Western University\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAcademy of Management Perspectives (AMP)\, Academy of Management Discoveries (AMD)\, and Academy of Management Learning and Education (AMLE) are pleased to partner with the Ivey Business School (Ivey) and Western University (Western) to host an in-person Paper Development Workshop (PDW)\, to be held on the London\, ON campus\, on Friday\, 27 March 2026\, from 9:00 – 17:00 local time\, followed by a reception. \n\n\n\nPDW attendees will meet members of the three editorial teams and participate in breakout sessions and plenaries that enhance understanding of how to publish in AMP\, AMD\, and AMLE. \n\n\n\nRegistrants are not required to submit a proposal to attend the PDW. However\, those who wish to obtain individualized feedback on their specific research idea must submit a proposal at the time of registration. Proposals must indicate the target journal (AMP\, AMD\, or AMLE) and contain 3-4 pages that clearly and concisely detail the research idea. Please carefully review the mission and author guidelines on your focal journal’s website and clearly specify in the proposal how your research fits within these guidelines. Applicants will receive notice of acceptance of proposals by no later than 6 March 2026. \n\n\n\nPlease note that participation in the workshop does not guarantee acceptance of the paper to AMP\, AMD\, or AMLE or special preference in the review process. \n\n\n\nRegistration Information\n\n\n\nThere is a nonrefundable US$50 registration fee. Payment must be completed by 11 March 2026 or registration will be cancelled. If a coauthor plans to attend\, each coauthor is required to register separately. \n\n\n\nTo attend\, please register no later than 27 February 2026.  \n\n\n\nPDW Timeline\n\n\n\n\nRegistration and Proposal Submission Deadline: 27 February 2026 (payment is not required at the time of registration)\n\n\n\nProposal Acceptance Decision: 6 March 2026\n\n\n\n\nAccommodation and Logistics\n\n\n\nBreakfast\, lunch\, coffee breaks\, and a closing reception on 27 March are included in the registration fee. Travel and accommodation\, if needed\, are not. Travel suggestions and reasonable hotel options will be provided to those who register. Any questions about accommodations or logistics should be directed to Oana Branzei\, cc-ing her faculty assistant Sara Musa. \n\n\n\nTentative Agenda\n\n\n\nWe have planned a full and exciting agenda\, as follows (subject to change): \n\n\n\n8:00-9:00Registration and Breakfast9:00-9:15Welcome by Dean Julian Birkinshaw9:15-9:30Agenda and Introductions9:30-10:30Opening PanelJournal overviews. AMP\, AMD & AMLE10:30-11:00Coffee Break11:00-12:30Morning Breakouts and PlenariesExperienced scholars with accepted proposals will be assigned to journal-specific breakout sessions to receive focused feedback. Other experienced scholars in attendance are encouraged to join a breakout session. Less experienced scholars should attend one of the following plenaries:Plenary 1a: A beginner’s guide to writing for AMPPlenary 1b: A beginner’s guide to writing for AMDPlenary 1c: A beginners guide to writing for AMLE                      12:30-13:30Lunch13:30-15:00Afternoon Breakouts and PlenariesLess experienced scholars with accepted proposals will be assigned to journal-specific breakout sessions to receive focused feedback. Other less-experienced scholars in attendance are encouraged to join a breakout session. Experienced scholars should attend one of the following plenaries:Plenary 2a: An advanced guide to writing for AMPPlenary 2b: An advanced guide to writing for AMDPlenary 2c: An advanced guide to writing for AMLE                      15:00-15:30Coffee Break15:30-17:00Closing PlenaryWhat research matters to managers and how can scholars and practitioners work together to provide it?17:00-18:00Reception\n\n\n\nWe look forward to seeing you and helping you to develop your work!
URL:https://www.aom.org/calendar/joint-amd-amle-amp-paper-development-workshop-ontario-canada/
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