Call for Submissions
Careers Division (CAR)
2026 Call for Professional Development Workshop (PDW) Proposals
Division PDW Chair: Caitlin Porter, University of Missouri-Kansas City
The Careers Division (CAR) has a strong track record of innovative, research-oriented, provocative, and inspiring PDWs and we would like to continue this trend for the upcoming 2026 Academy of Management meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. To achieve this goal, we encourage you to submit proposals for PDW sessions. The PDW program for 2026 will take place on Friday, 31 July through Sunday, 2 August 2026.
Aim
The aim of CAR PDW sessions is to engage with each other in professional development with a primary focus on sharing careers expertise and insights. Successful PDWs are typically interactive, innovative, and timely, covering topics and approaches that offer new insights on a variety of topics related to the study of careers. These sessions often inspire us to consider enhancements to our ways of thinking, doing, and being, regarding research, teaching, or practice. PDWs may also support AOM members, both within and outside the Division, in developing their own careers, whether in traditional academic or alternative paths.
Topics
Suggested topics for CAR PDW sessions include but are not limited to: Enhancing careers-related scholarship, teaching, and practice; increasing the impact of careers research, broadly defined; supporting the career development of AOM members; incorporating innovative methods in careers research; and exploring strategies for interdisciplinary study of topics related to careers (including with other AOM divisions). PDWs can also focus on a specific theme, and we encourage timely topics such as the future of work, sustainable careers, meaningful work and purpose, and career transitions.
Format
The format for PDW sessions is highly flexible. Examples from recent years include paper development workshops, panel debates, round table discussions, statistical analysis tutorials, networking events, or discussions of innovative career-related research fields. However, these are just examples, and we encourage novelty and creativity in designing an impactful session. These workshops lend themselves well to innovation and experimentation and as such, we welcome new ideas and formats that support the active engagement in the learning process of participants. Please see AOM’s PDW guidelines for further details.
Submission
All proposals should be submitted using the online Submission Center, which opens in early December 2025. The deadline for submission is Tuesday, 13 January 2026 at 17:00 ET (UTC-5/GMT-5). Proposals require a statement that all named participants have consented to participate in the PDW. AOM’s “Rule of Three” for the PDW program is that “no one may submit or be associated with more than three PDW submissions or appear in more than three PDW sessions during the conference.”
We look forward to receiving your proposals! If you have any questions or want to discuss potential workshop ideas, please contact the CAR Division PDW Chair, Caitlin Porter at [email protected].