Academy of Management

Ask An AMR Associate Editor: Writing with Clarity, Coherence, and Conciseness
2025-11-11 21:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York)
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Presenter: Kris Byron

Learn more about clear, coherent and concise writing techniques. In this session, Kris Byron, editor of AMR, will offer tips and answer questions about how to improve your academic writing skills.

Just click the “Join the Session” to join; registration is not required.

Call for Nominations for Editor: AMD
2025-11-15 00:00 (America/New_York)
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Nominations are sought for the position of Editor for Academy of Management Discoveries.

The 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.

The 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.

In general, qualifications for an AOM Editor includes:

Significant scholarly contributions in management, including publications associated with the mission of the journal.

Extensive experience and an excellent reputation as a reviewer.

Experience 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.

Demonstrated commitment to diversity as reflected in the statement of values below.

Ability to work constructively with authors, reviewers, and the Academy’s Board of Governors.

Demonstrated administrative skills, capacity to handle a demanding workload and meet deadlines.

Ability to work with the Managing Editor virtually. The Managing Editor is an employee of the Academy’s headquarters office.

Familiarity with, and ability to use, a web-based submission and review system.

Rank of tenured Full Professor or equivalent.

A doctoral degree in a management-related discipline.

Member of the Academy of Management.

In 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.

Nomination process and procedures

Nominees may only apply to one of the journals listed above. Nominees who apply to more than one journal will be disqualified.

Nominations 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.

All 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.

Nominees 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.

The selection process will move through three stages:

Stage 1: The CPC will review the initial nominations and request additional materials from the nominees that best fit the criteria above.

Stage 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.

Applicants will be asked to provide references to support their editorial background and skills.

Applicants may be asked to meet (virtually) with the CPC.

Stage 3: The CPC will forward a recommendation to the full Board of Governors who will finalize the recommendation.

Nominations, including self-nominations, for AMD will be considered through 15 November 2025. Please contact Susan Zaid with any questions.

Call for Nominations for Editor: Proceedings
2025-11-15 00:00 (America/New_York)
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Nominations are being sought for the position of Editor of the Academy of Management Proceedings (Annual Meeting Proceedings). The next Editor will work closely with the current editor of the Annual Meeting Proceedings during the first half of 2026 and may assist in the production of the content for that year. The incoming editor will assume full responsibility for the preparation of the 2027 Annual Meeting Proceedings.

The Academy of Management Proceedings features 250-word abstracts of all papers and symposia presented at the Academy’s Annual Meeting and shortened versions of the “Best Articles” that have been accepted for inclusion in the program (approximately 10% of all accepted submissions). Papers selected for the Annual Meeting Proceedings are shortened to a 6-page format because publication of papers at their full length may preclude subsequent journal publication.

The editorial term starts in January 2026. The current Editor will facilitate the Proceedings for AOM’s 2026 Annual Meeting. The Proceedings Editor-elect shadows the current editor during the first year and takes over the process for the 2027 Annual Meeting Proceedings and is responsible for the 2027, 2028 and 2029 AOM Annual Meeting Proceedings.

Recommended qualifications include the following:

Scholarly contributions in management.

Demonstrated administrative skills, capacity to handle a demanding workload and meet deadlines, and ability to work constructively with authors, reviewers, and the Academy’s Division and Interest Group representatives.

Member of the Academy of Management.

Familiarity with, and ability to use, a web-based submission and review system.

Experience and interest in electronic publications.

The Content Portfolio Committee (a committee of the Academy of Management Board of Governors) will review the nominations and will request complete applications from those that best fit the criteria above. Applicants that move to the second stage will be asked to submit a letter describing the nominee’s qualifications and experience relevant to the selection criteria. The Committee will forward a recommendation to the full Board of Governors who will finalize the recommendation.

Nominations, including self-nominations, will be accepted until 6 October 2025.

Submissions should include:

The nominee’s name, full address, telephone number, and email address

A letter describing the nominee’s qualifications and experience relevant to the selection criteria.

Applicants are asked to submit their CV and a letter of qualifications and experience.

Nominate here. Please contact szaid@aom.org with any questions.

AMD "Open Mic" Virtual Paper Development Workshop
2025-11-17 16:00 - 17:30 (America/New_York)
Academy of Management Discoveries “Open Mic” Virtual Paper Development Workshop

Join this virtual session to share exploratory empirical research related to AMD’s Research Spotlight: From Circularity to Regeneration in Management and Organizations.

Workshop Leaders

Guest coeditors of the Special Research Spotlight: From Circularity to Regeneration in Management and Organizations

Oana Branzei, Western University

Nancy Bocken, Maastricht University

Stefano Pascucci, University of Exeter

Susan Cohen, Deputy Editor, Academy of Management Discoveries

Purpose

We 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!

Whether 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.

Agenda

Open 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.

Workshop Instructions

If 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.

Registration Information

Be sure to check the appropriate participation box on the registration form if you plan to share your research.

AMLE Virtual Paper Development Workshop on Special Section: Learning to Hope In and Through Management Learning & Education
2025-12-01 00:00 (America/New_York)
Virtual Paper Development Workshop on AMLE Special Section: Learning to Hope In and Through Management Learning & Education

Led By

Dirk Lindebaum, Editor AMLE

AMLE Associate Editors: Katrin Muelfeld, Laura Colombo, Stuart Middleton, Todd Bridgman, Diego M. Coraiola

About the Workshop

This virtual Paper Development Workshop (PDW) is for interested authors to receive feedback on their ideas on the call for papers to the AMLE Special Section: Learning to Hope In and Through Management Learning & Education. While we encourage interested contributors to participate in this PDW, participation is not a prerequisite for, or a guarantee of, eventual acceptance for the special section.

Workshop Requirements

Those interested in participating in the virtual workshop should submit either (a) a full draft paper or (b) a 4,000–5,000 word proposal (including an indication of the structure of the proposed paper, its aims, key arguments, theoretical contribution to and practical implications for AMLE) by the 10th of November 2025.

Workshop Structure

This workshop will consists of small groups and random assignments.

CAP: Bibliometrics and Systematic Reviews for Crafting Theory and Review Papers: How Can We Do It Without Access to Major Databases?
2025-12-05 00:00 - 2025-12-07 00:00 UTC
Course Overview

This workshop provides students and early-career academics (professional development) with knowledge, practical skills, and experience to understand the scientific and systematic methods to perform literature reviews using Bibliometric and Systematic Review methods. Furthermore, how the proposed methods could be used to craft and publish theory papers. The primary learning outcome of the course is to prepare for one of the stages of the PhD research project that will be published.

As a result of successful learning, students are to present the first draft of their 1) research aim/purpose, 2) research keywords 3) research design, and on choosing appropriate review methods or synthesis to explore the literature in a specific discipline or topic.

You can also find more information about AOM-CAP here.

AMP Idea Development Workshop, Tallinn, Estonia
2025-12-08 00:00 - 2025-12-09 00:00 (Europe/Moscow)
The Estonian Doctoral School is pleased to host a two-day Idea Development Workshop (IDW) for doctoral students, early-career researchers, and supervisors interested in publishing in Academy of Management Perspectives (AMP). The workshop is designed to help participants generate and refine strong research ideas that can form the basis of high-quality manuscripts suitable for submission to AMP.

Led By

Bonnie Hayden Cheng and Stacey Fitzsimmons, AMP Associate Editors

Purpose

This workshop provides insight into the publishing process at AMP, guidance from journal editors, and personalized feedback on participants’ research ideas. By combining editorial perspectives with hands-on development sessions, the IDW supports early-stage scholars in transforming promising ideas into publishable contributions.

Agenda Overview

Day 1 – December 8, 2025

The first day focuses on understanding what makes a successful AMP submission. Editors will discuss the journal’s expectations, common reasons for rejection, and practical strategies for strengthening manuscripts. The day includes presentations, Q&A sessions, and a detailed overview of how to structure a paper for AMP. Networking opportunities and a group dinner (optional) are also planned.

Day 2 – December 9, 2025

The second day features in-depth roundtable discussions. Participants will present a 200–250-word abstract of their paper idea and receive tailored feedback from an assigned AMP associate editor. Breakout sessions will run throughout the day, with participation limited to ensure high-quality individual guidance.

AMLE Paper Development Workshop, Doha, Qatar
2025-12-08 09:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Paris)
In-person Paper Development Workshop hosted by HEC Paris

Editorial Organization

Diego M. Coraiola

Simy Joy

Local Organizer

Pablo Martin de Hollan

About AMLE

Academy of Management Learning & Education (AMLE) is part of the portfolio of journals published by the Academy of Management along with AMJ, AMP, AMP, Annals, and AMD. AMLE is rated as 4* in the UK AJG list and A* in the Australian Business Deans’ Council list of journals.

AMLE publishes theory-driven studies on management learning, management education, or the business of business schools. For empirical papers, this means that where the research sample is composed of learners, they are higher education students in business school(s) or school(s) of management, or they are managers learning in executive contexts. Where the sample is composed of faculty, then they are situated within a business school(s) or school(s) of management.

Registration

There is no registration fee, but participants are responsible for arranging their own travel and accommodation. Registration, submission of a short paper, and commitment to attend are required for all participants wishing to attend both parts of the PDW. The places in Part 2 are limited and are allocated to the first 15 submissions that meet the requirements below.

You can still attend and participate if you do not have work to discuss in Part 2. Please let us know by 15 November 2025 if you wish to register without submitting work for Part 2.

Catering

Refreshments and lunch will be provided. HEC Paris, Doha generously sponsored catering and lunch for a limited number of participants.

Requirements

Short papers (approximately 3,000 words) that fit the aim and scope of AMLE. Prior editorials can serve as guideposts to clarify AMLE’s focus and content areas (Caza et al., 2024; Coraiola & Caza, 2025; Hibbert, in Rockmann et al., 2021; Hibbert et al., 2023; Lindebaum, 2024; Vince and Hibbert, 2018).

Workshop Structure

This workshop has two main parts:

Part 1 comprises a general introduction to AMLE. The main focus is on writing manuscripts that advance our theoretical understanding of MLE phenomena for the research article and essay sections of the journal. This first part of the workshop is open to all interested participants, including those who do not submit a short paper.

Part 2 is focused on supporting and advising researchers on how to develop and refine their papers with submission to AMLE in mind. Those wishing to participate in Part 2 should note the requirements.

Approximate schedule for the day:

09:00–09:30 – Welcome reception

09:30–10:30 – Introduction to AMLE and Q&A

10:30–10:45 – Refreshments

10:45–11:45 – Developing a theoretical contribution for AMLE

11:45–12:00 – Coffee break

12:00–13:30 – Roundtable discussion of submitted papers

13:30–14:30 – Lunch

14:30–16:00 – Continuation of roundtable discussion and Q&A

Submission

Your submission must include: (1) a cover page with the author(s) name(s) and affiliation(s), three to four keywords, and an email address for the lead author; and (2) your short paper (~3,000 words). Please note that by submitting your paper, you

Agree to your paper being discussed in a small group with other participants, as arranged by the workshop facilitators, and be willing and able to provide a short (5-minute maximum) overview of your paper to others in the discussion group.

Commit to attending the whole workshop if your submission is accepted.

References

Caza, A., Harley, B., Coraiola, D. M., Lindebaum, D., & Moser, C. 2024. What Is a Contribution and How Can You Make One at AMLE? Academy of Management Learning & Education, 23(4): 523–528.

Coraiola, D. M. & Caza, A. 2025. Publishing Impactful Literature Reviews in AMLE. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 24(1): 9–17.

Hibbert P, Caza A, Coraiola DM, et al. 2023. Why Be an Editor? Academy of Management Learning & Education. DOI: 10.5465/amle.2023.0435.

Lindebaum D. 2024. Management Learning and Education as “Big Picture” Social Science. Academy of Management Learning & Education 23(1): 1–7.

Rockmann K., Bunderson J.S., Leana C.R., et al. 2021. Publishing in the Academy of Management Journals. Academy of Management Learning & Education 20(2): 117–126.

Vince, R., and Hibbert, P. 2018. From the AMLE Editorial Team: Disciplined Provocation: Writing Essays for AMLE. Academy of Management Learning & Education 17(4): 397–400.

AMD Publishing and Paper Development Workshop, Calcutta, India
2025-12-08 09:00 - 19:00 (Asia/Kolkata)
In-person workshop hosted by Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

Workshop Leaders

C. Chet Miller & Prithviraj Chattopadhyay, Coeditors-in-Chief,Academy of Management Discoveries (AMD)

Other Associate Editors, Editorial Review Board members, and Authors from the journal will be in attendance

Purpose

This 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.

Agenda

9:00-9:30Registration/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

The 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.

Workshop Instructions

If 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.

Registration Information

Abstract 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.

Hotel, transportation, and city information will be provided to registrants and accepted authors closer to the event.

Andes Connect Workshop, Santiago, Chile
2025-12-15 00:00 - 2025-12-16 00:00 (America/Santiago)
The Andes Connect Workshop is an academic initiative organized by the Academy of Management (AOM), as part of its Community Accelerator Program (CAP). This event is designed for young researchers, doctoral students, and early-career academics in the areas of organization and strategy in Chile and Argentina.

The event will feature keynote speakers, research presentations, and interactive workshops designed to foster collaboration and knowledge exchange among researchers in the field of management.

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Joint AMR and Annals Idea Development Workshop, Malibu, CA, USA
2025-12-16 08:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
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Where and When:

Tuesday, December 16, 2025, 8:00 am–6:00 pm PST

Pepperdine University, 24255 Pacific Coast Hwy Malibu, California, USA 90263

Purpose and Agenda

This idea development workshop (IDW) is aimed at those who are interested in publishing in the Academy of Management Annals – the preeminent journal publishing reviews that integrate and redirect fields of study – and the Academy of Management Review – the highest-ranked journal publishing conceptual and theoretical manuscripts. The workshop is open to anyone but is primarily geared toward early career researchers (e.g., assistant professors and postdoctoral fellows) and doctoral students. It is designed to help participants develop great ideas that are the foundation for well-crafted manuscripts suitable for submission to Academy of Management Annals (Annals) or Academy of Management Review (AMR).

The workshop has two parts. Participants can apply to participate in the first part (morning session) only or to participate in the first and second parts (morning and afternoon sessions).

In the first part, we will provide information about publishing in Annals and AMR. The Annals and AMR teams will discuss what makes a successful paper, why papers are rejected, and how to address the core challenges often seen in rejected papers at these respective journals.

In the second part, we offer roundtable discussions of participants’ ideas for papers to be submitted to either Annals or AMR (i.e., you choose which journal you aim to submit your idea to). We will match participants with a facilitator such as an Associate Editor or Editorial Board member from the corresponding journal, who will discuss and provide feedback on your idea. Participation in this part of the workshop is limited.

Registration Information

Application is required for all participants and the deadline to apply is October 10, 2025. To also participate in the roundtable discussions of ideas in the afternoon, please submit a 350-word abstract of your paper idea.

IDW Timeline

Proposal Submission Deadline: October 10, 2025

Registration for the Morning Plenary Session Deadline: October 30, 2025

Acceptance to IDW Decision: October 31, 2025

Registration and Payment Required: November 14, 2025*

Attending morning session only: US$10.00

Attending morning and afternoon sessions: US$25.00 (lunch included)

*IDW nonrefundable registration fee for accepted workshop participants.

Please note:

Submitting a proposal does not guarantee acceptance to the workshop.

An accepted proposal does not guarantee acceptance of the associated full-text manuscript to either Annals or AMR and does not provide special preference in the review process.

The registration fee is nonrefundable. Paid registrations may be transferred to another member of the accepted author’s team.

Pre-workshop Activities for those Submitting to the Afternoon Session with AMR

Please read these From the Editors’ essays prior to submitting your abstract.

Cornelissen, J. (2017). From the Editors: Developing propositions, a process model or a typology? Addressing the challenges of writing theory without a boilerplate. Academy of Management Review, 42(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2016.0196

Campbell, J.T. & Aguilera, R.V. 2022. From the Editors: Why I rejected your paper: Common pitfalls in writing theory papers and how to avoid them. Academy of Management Review, 47(4). https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2022.0331

Thatcher, S.M.B. & Fisher, G. 2022. From the Editor: The nuts and bolts of writing a theory paper: A practical guide to getting started. Academy of Management Review, 47(1): 1-8. https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2021.0483

Pre-workshop Activities for those Submitting to the Afternoon Session with Annals

Please read these essays prior to submitting your abstract.

Cronin, M. A., & George, E. (2023). The why and how of the integrative review. Organizational research methods, 26(1), 168-192. https://doi.org/10.1177/1094428120935507

George, E., & Cronin, M. A. (2024). Writing for the Reader. Academy of Management Annals, 18(1), 1-2. https://doi.org/10.5465/annals.2023.0289

Cronin, M. A., Galvin, B. M., George, E., Gruber, M., Lindebaum, D., Markman, G. D., … & Wood, G. T. (2025). From a portfolio of journals to a system of knowledge production. Academy of Management Annals, 19(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.5465/annals.2024.0337

AMP Call for Special Issue Papers: Managing for Our “New Normal”: How to Foresee, Prepare for, and Repair after Extreme Events
2026-01-01 00:00 - 2026-01-31 00:00 (America/New_York)
Guest Editors:

Witold (Vit) Henisz, University of Pennsylvania

Alan Meyer, University of Oregon

Dean Shepherd, University of Notre Dame

Christopher Wright, University of Sydney

Zhaohui Wu, Oregon State University

AMP Associate Editor:

Oana Branzei, Western University, Canada

Background

Once unprecedented, extreme events ranging from climate-related natural disasters and displacements to school shootings, devastating wars, enduring conflicts, and refugee crises have becoming increasingly common.1 Their recurrence compels us to find better ways to organize, not only in their aftermath, but also in anticipation.

Extreme events shape many aspects of our economies, ecosystems, and communities, and though commonly deemed “unthinkable tragedies,” they tend to follow recurring patterns. Some communities are more vulnerable to floods and wildfires and earthquakes than others. Pandemics recur also. So do riots. And wars. And displacement. Treating such extreme events as outliers demotivates initiatives and innovations that could ready existing systems to repeated occurrences of similar events in the future. Yet learning from, and especially across, extreme events pose significant challenges.2 Some organizations prove essential,3 while many remain ill-prepared, even for disasters they should have seen coming.4

This Academy of Management Perspectives (AMP) Special Issue aims to provide actionable, evidence-based insights that clearly and credibly guides managers and their organizations through the extreme events that have become part of our new normal. We seek to shift attention from retrospective reflections5 and actions6 toward prospective ways to ready organizations and occupations for the worst to come. We are especially interested in disruptions that could be better described as becoming common, at least in some new types of organizations.7

Please note that AMP’s mission and format differ from many other leading academic journals. AMP papers are managerially driven, not theory driven. Successful submissions clearly define the managerial issue from the outset and make a compelling case for its importance. They do not simply tack managerial implications on to a standard academic study. Rather, AMP papers provide actionable insights that guide managerial behavior and influence policy decisions. We strongly encourage potential authors to review AMP’s guidelines before submission. Note that we also welcome Practitioner Perspectives essays and Constructive Confrontations papers for this special issue. Guidance for both formats is also on our website.

Scope and Open-Ended Research Questions

For this special issue, we welcome submissions of relevant, rigorous, and readable papers that address a broad range of enduring and/or recurring extreme events, including but not limited to: wars and armed conflicts; refugee movements and forced displacement; natural disasters and climate events; public health crises and pandemics; terrorism and political violence; economic disruptions and financial crises; technological and cybersecurity crises; social unrest and protests; industrial and environmental accidents; complex crises (polycrisis). Our aim is to develop actionable, evidence-based insights into how to better organize for the new normal of extreme events, we focus on eight major themes and suggest several areas of inquiry for each. The open-ended questions suggested for each theme offer tentative starting points and are neither comprehensive nor exclusive of alternative perspectives or phenomena.

Facing Undesirable Futures: How can organizations or occupations come to see and make futures when they expect extreme events to recur with greater intensity and frequency? How should actors reconsider their values and positions when futures become riskier and/or more uncertain? Which collaborative processes best allow for course corrections?

Bracing for Impact: How can practitioners brace for the psychological injury that may accompany exposure to different types of crises? How should protagonists overcome fear to act courageously? How can decision-makers sustain hope and stave off despair when extreme events keep unfolding? What are the best ways for decision-makers to reflect, collect, and communicate key lessons to their stakeholders?

Sustaining Sense and Meaning: How should protagonists engage the moral tensions that often accompany recurrent extreme events? How can dynamics of sense breaking and sense making, sense contracting and sense expanding, or sense asking and sense giving influence learning before, during, and after extreme events? How do vulnerable parties hold on to meaning when catastrophes loom inevitable?

Evolving Supply Chains: How can the thresholds of supply chain vulnerability for different types of extreme events be determined? How can buffers be designed to anticipate critical disruptions? How should vulnerability and resilience be reconceptualized?

Climate-Proofing Systems. How can actors ready their operations, organizations and occupations for climate change? How should preparations vary with different types of events? How can policy makers trigger or renew commitment to regeneration? How can the type of actor (e.g., celebrities, more-than-human actors) influence responses to climate-related extreme events?

Organizing in War and Peace: In wartime vs. peacetime, how can altruistic decisions be promoted over self-interest? How should stakeholder interactions change when peace turns to war? How can the interests of stakeholders be protected when wartime extreme events jeopardize entire categories, markets, or economies?

Bearing the Losses. How should rights and responsibilities change after losses have been incurred? How should rights and responsibilities be fulfilled when extreme events are considered natural disasters versus when they are understood as so-called normal accidents, preventable through high reliability organizing? Through what mechanisms should losses be deemed inevitable and acceptable, perhaps even insurable?

Organizing Far from Equilibrium: How should organizations and occupations anticipate or adapt outside the limits of current knowledge and outside their domains of expertise? How can novel, counterintuitive or alternative forms of anticipation and action become routinized?

We welcome both conceptual and empirical papers that are grounded in rigorous analysis and directly support specific and significant managerial and policy actions. We welcome accounts of embodied, lived experiences of extreme events and use of reflexive methodologies. Quantitative analyses of large databases, qualitative comparative analyses, and extensive data analysis using linguistic programs and algorithms are also needed. In short, we want papers that show what can or does work, in ways that managers and policymakers can use.

Deadline, Submission, and Review Process

The deadline for submission is 31 January 2026 at 23:59 ET (DST+1,UTC-4). All submissions must be uploaded to the AMP Manuscript Central website between 1 January and 31 January 2026.

All papers will be reviewed according to the current policies of Academy of Management Perspectives. AMP papers should be grounded in evidence or robust conceptual frameworks, address relevant real-world managerial and policy issues, offer actionable insights, avoid theory fetish, and be written in a style accessible to non-specialists and practitioners.

We intend to host a Paper Development Workshop at the 2025 AOM Conference in Copenhagen for selected authors to further develop their manuscripts. Participation in this workshop is neither a guarantee nor a prerequisite for publication.

Endnotes

1 Phillip H. Phan, “Redeeming Management Scholarship in a Time of Crisis,” Academy of Management Perspectives, 36, no. 2 (2022), 711-12.

2 Claus Rerup and Mark Zbaracki, “The Politics of Learning from Rare Events,” Organization Science, 32 no. 6 (2021), 1391–414.

3 Russell E., Browder, Stella Seyb, Angela Forgues, and Howard E. Aldrich, “Pandemic Makers: How Citizen Groups Mobilized Resources to Meet Local Needs in a Global Health Crisis,” Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 47 no. 3 (2023), 964-97.

4 Emily Lalonde, Brent McKnight, and François-Nicolas Robinne, “Does Wildfire Exposure Influence Corporate Disaster Preparedness? A Study of Natural Resource Extraction Firms in Canada,” Organization & Environment, 36 no. 4 (2023), 590-620.

5 Graham Dwyer, Cynthia Hardy, and Steve Maguire, “Post-inquiry Sensemaking: The Case of the ‘Black Saturday’ Bushfires,” Organization Studies, 42 no. 4 (2021), 637-61.

6 Trenton A. Williams, and Dean A. Shepherd, D. A., “Bounding and Binding: Trajectories of Community-organization Emergence Following a Major Disruption,” Organization Science, 32 no. 3 (2022), 824-55.

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AMR Special Topic Forum: Marginalized Workers and Marginalized Populations in Organizations
2026-01-01 00:00 - 2026-01-31 00:00 (America/New_York)
Submit via the AMR Manuscript Central Site

Submission Deadline: 31 January 2026

Guest Editors

John Amis, Prithviraj Chattopadhyay, Aparna Joshi, Jamie Ladge, Kristie Rogers, Madeline Toubiana, Paul Tracey, and Alexis N. Smith

Special Topic Forum Overview

In recent decades, the nature of work and the composition of the workforce have changed dramatically. As many workplaces have become more diverse, inclusive, and global, and as work itself takes on new forms (e.g., gig work, remote work, nontraditional hours), the Academy of Management Review has led STFs (e.g., diversity; changing nature of work relationships, the “new normal”) and From the Editor articles (e.g., inequality) to advance theory accordingly. Yet, much of management theory still reflects assumptions and constructs developed within a specific socio-cultural and economic context—often implicitly centered around a predominantly white, male, white-collar, 9-to-5 workforce in Western contexts. It is imperative to examine how theories that arose within particular contexts may overlook or marginalize other experiences. For example, constructs that assume access to resources, job security, or linear career trajectories may not capture the lived realities of those in precarious, part-time, or informal work settings. Likewise, theories predicated on homogeneity within worker identity groups may miss key insights from those who navigate multiple, intersecting identities.

This forum will consider theoretical contributions that challenge or extend existing management theorizing and constructs to better represent a diverse range of workers, including those who work outside traditional paradigms and may experience marginalization within their work contexts.

Call for Contributions

We encourage submissions that address the complex and evolving dynamics surrounding marginalized workers and populations in organizations. Topics may include but are not limited to:

Re-evaluating Theoretical Assumptions about Behavior in Organizations

How do historical assumptions underlying core theories in our field impact our understanding of marginalized workers today?

In what ways do traditional or existing theoretical domains that inform workers’ experiences (e.g., employee attitudes, decision making, work-life interface, team dynamics, power and organizational politics, career advancement, motivation, conflict) need to evolve to reflect the experiences of diverse workers, including those who may not conform to professions or office-based work schedules?

Movements, Social Activism, and Institutional Change

How do social movements and grassroots activism influence organizational change, especially in promoting the diversity, equity, and inclusion of marginalized workers?

What roles do marginalized workers play in social activism within organizations, and how do these movements drive institutional change?

How can management theories better incorporate the influence of social activism and the agency of marginalized populations in effecting systemic change?

Social Evaluation: Stigma, Legitimacy, and Reputation

How do processes of stigma, legitimacy, and reputation management play out for marginalized workers and groups within organizations?

What strategies do workers and organizations use to navigate and resist stigma associated with various forms of marginalization, and how do these impact career trajectories?

How can theories on legitimacy and reputation be expanded to capture the experiences and unique challenges faced by stigmatized or nontraditional workers?

Economic Diversity and the Dynamics of Marginalized Communities

How do social class backgrounds influence workers’ experiences and their ability to navigate organizational environments?

What unique challenges and opportunities arise for social class transitioners or those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds entering higher-status professions?

How does economic diversity shape interactions, career progression, and identity within organizational settings, particularly for workers in emerging economies?

How do dynamics of organization-community relations shift in the context of marginalization?

Intersectional Identities and Undertheorized Dimensions of Workplace Inequality

How do marginalized identities (e.g., race, gender, socioeconomic background, neurodiversity, country of origin) impact experiences of inclusion, advancement, and discrimination in organizations in ways that existing theories cannot explain?

How can intersectionality theorizing help us better understand the complexities of marginalized workers’ experiences and contribute to more inclusive organizational practices?

Nontraditional Work Settings and Emerging Workforce Models

How do theories on professionalism and workplace dynamics apply (or fail to apply) in gig work, remote work, and other nontraditional employment arrangements?

What are the implications for marginalized populations who may disproportionately occupy these roles, and how might management research better capture their unique experiences?

How and when do marginalized individuals create new organizations or organizational forms that might better enable inclusive experiences and spaces?

Leadership and Marginalized Populations

How do traditional leadership theories and styles accommodate (or fail to accommodate) the needs and perspectives of marginalized workers and populations?

What new leadership frameworks or practices emerge from marginalized groups, and how can these reshape existing paradigms in management research?

How do marginalized workers navigate leadership roles, and what barriers and enablers influence their success in these positions?

Emotion, Hate, and Shame in Marginalization

What role do emotions like hate and shame play in shaping marginalized workers’ experiences within organizations, and how do such emotions impact identity, motivation, and sense of belonging?

What strategies do individuals and groups use to navigate or mitigate emotional experiences (e.g., shame, resentment) that arise through stigmatization? How might they impact and inform theorizing on emotions in organizations or other change processes?

Embodiment and Marginalization

How is the body itself implicated in processes of marginalization, and in what ways may these dynamics reinforce social hierarchies within organizational settings?

How might we more fully account for embodied experiences of marginalization, considering how physical and visible aspects of identity influence perceptions, inclusion, and exclusion in organizational spaces?

Timeline and Submission

The deadline for submissions is 31 January, 2026 at 23:59 ET (DST+1,UTC-4). All submissions must be uploaded to the Manuscript Central website between 1 January, 2026 and 31 January 2026. Guidelines for contributors and the AOM Style Guide for Authors must be followed. To answer questions from authors who are planning to submit to the STF, a team of guest editors will host two online Q&A sessions in March and September 2025. Participation in the Q&A session is not a prerequisite for submitting your paper to AMR and does not does affect the manuscript review process and outcome.

For questions about submissions, contact AMR’s Managing Editor. For questions about the content of this STF, contact Kristie Rogers or Paul Tracey.

AMD Virtual Paper Development Workshop: From Circularity to Regeneration in Management and Organizations
2026-01-14 09:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
Workshop Leaders

Guest coeditors of the Special Research Spotlight: From Circularity to Regeneration in Management and Organizations

Oana Branzei, Western University

Nancy Bocken, Maastricht University

Stefano Pascucci, University of Exeter

Susan Cohen, Deputy Editor, Academy of Management Discoveries

Purpose

The 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.

Agenda

9:00-9:15Introductions9:15-10:30First Set of Papers10:30-10:45Break10:45-12:00Second Set of Papers

Each 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.

Workshop Instructions

If 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.

Who Should Register?

Authors 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.

If 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!

AOM 2026 Call for Reviewers
2026-01-22 00:00 - 2026-02-12 00:00 (America/New_York)
The Academy of Management and its Divisions and Interest Groups (DIGs), Affiliates, and Caucus Committee seek reviewers to evaluate conference submissions for the 86th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management to be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 31 July to 4 August 2026.

The DIG Program Chairs and PDW Chairs are enthusiastically anticipating the development of an intellectually vibrant program for 2026. The “Call for Submissions” is available online and the Submission Center opens in early December 2025.

Please visit the Reviewing page for additional information.

Sign up to Review

CAP: TAOM and CARMA Early-Career Winter Workshop
2026-02-11 00:00 - 2026-02-13 00:00 (Europe/Istanbul)
Emerging Research Opportunities and Advances in AI-Driven Research Methods

The Early-Career Winter Workshop is a collaborative initiative organized through the Academy of Management’s (AOM) Community Accelerator Program (CAP), in partnership with the Consortium for the Advancement of Research Methods and Analysis (CARMA) and the Turkish Academy of Management (TAOM). Hosted by Başkent University in Ankara, this three-day event is designed to support early-career scholars who seek to strengthen their methodological capabilities, advance their research trajectories, and engage with emerging developments in AI-driven research methods.

The workshop brings together distinguished scholars and experienced methodologists from CARMA and AOM communities to provide hands-on training, conceptual guidance, and mentoring. Through a combination of keynote talks, interactive workshops, paper-development sessions, and mentoring circles, participants will explore how artificial intelligence is transforming management research—from theory building and literature exploration to data analysis, modeling, and research transparency.

This program reflects AOM’s commitment to fostering global scholarly communities, expanding access to high-quality methodological training, and empowering early-career researchers. CARMA’s long-standing expertise in research methods education, combined with TAOM’s rapidly growing academic network, creates a unique platform to promote collaboration, skill development, and research excellence across regions.

By the end of the workshop, participants will have refined their research ideas, strengthened their methodological toolkits, and built meaningful connections with peers and mentors—laying the foundation for impactful, innovative scholarship in the age of AI.

Learn more about AOM-CAP here.
