A curated opportunity for institutions and scholars to access exclusive AOM resources, build global connections, and strengthen regional academic communities—designed to support management scholars from historically underrepresented regions.
About the Community Accelerator Program
The Community Accelerator Program (CAP) emerged from AOM’s Vision 2030 to connect scholars, institutions, and ideas that had long been underrepresented in our community. CAP is building bridges across continents, strengthening local and regional schools, research centers, and scholarly associations, and expanding the global reach of management scholarship.
When we open our doors wider, we don’t just bring new members in; we expand our body of knowledge, enhance our impact, and elevate the entire field.
Peter Bamberger
Past President
Strengthened Academic Development and Research Capacity
Host High-Impact Academic Development Workshops
AOM will support your organization in faculty development and publishing-focused workshops, offering expert speakers, tools, and guidance.
Mentorship for Emerging Scholars
Connect your PhD students with AOM’s global mentoring programs, enhancing research skills and career readiness.
Support for Regional Research and Publishing
Access AOM’s support in developing and promoting regional research initiatives, special interest groups, and academic journals.
Investment in Early-Career Researchers with Travel and Research Support Fund
Collaborate with AOM to establish a regional fund that provides financial support to PhD students and early-career scholars for conference attendance and research activities.
Participating Regional Journals
AOM Membership and Annual Meeting Support
AOM Membership Support
Offer your organization’s members AOM memberships, providing access to a vibrant scholarly community, career development resources, and professional workshops.
AOM Annual Meeting Support
Enhance your organization’s global presence by sending colleagues to represent your organization at the AOM Annual Meeting.
Increased Visibility and Promotion
Regional and International Collaboration Opportunities
Participate in AOM’s Regional Community Network and International Deans Network to exchange ideas, foster strategic partnerships, and promote international academic collaboration.
Participation in AOM Today
Share thought leadership and highlight regional scholarship through AOM’s platform, offering timely insights and translating research into practice.
Spotlight on AOM Platforms
Gain featured exposure on the AOM website and social media channels, elevating your organization’s visibility within the global academic community.
Job Placement Visibility
Access AOM Career Services to showcase opportunities and attract top academic talent from around the world.
Upcoming CAP Events
The Silk Road Initiative
The Academy of Management’s Community Accelerator Program (CAP) is pleased to launch The Silk Road Initiative, a new effort designed to foster deeper scholarly engagement with emerging academic communities along the historic Silk Road corridor—beginning with Central Asia. This initiative seeks to amplify research voices from the region, strengthen global academic networks, and promote high-impact organizational and management scholarship that reflects the diversity of contexts across the globe.
This initiative will start with a two-day workshop in Almaty, Kazakhstan, bringing together editors from all Academy of Management journals along with scholars and doctoral students from across Central Asia. The workshop aims to serve as a platform for knowledge exchange, capacity building, and the elevation of management research from and about the region.
Here is what program participants are saying about CAP
Milorad Novicevic
The Community Accelerator Program (CAP) has been a transforming impetus for the process how junior and senior management scholars and institutions in the Western Balkans connect and interact both regionally and globally. This process, which began as a simple idea of building bridges across the region, has quickly evolved into a dynamic globalizing network of collaboration, mentorship, and shared learning. I’ve witnessed firsthand as a participant how CAP empowers local scholars to amplify their research, build confidence, and engage across borders. The process has brought visibility and credibility to the region of the Western Balkans in ways that will continue to grow and change for years to come.
Community Accelerator Partners
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