OMT Awards

Each year the OMT Division presents a number of awards at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting.

The Distinguished Scholar Award recognizes scholars who have been central to the intellectual development of the field of organization and management theory.

The Joanne Martin Trailblazer Award recognizes scholars who have blazed trails and paved the way for new ideas during the course of their careers.

The Distinguished Educator Award recognizes scholars who have had a significant impact through their teaching and interactions with students.

The Best Published Paper Award recognizes a journal article published in the previous year that advances our theoretical understanding of organizations, organizing, and management.

The Best Paper Award recognizes an empirical or conceptual paper submitted to the annual meeting that offers significant contributions to the field of organization and management theory.

The Louis Pondy Best Dissertation Paper Award recognizes the best paper based on a dissertation in the refereed scholarly program.

The Best International Paper Award recognizes research regarding themes and content of interest internationally.

The Best Paper on Environmental and Social Practices recognizes research that advances our understanding of environmental and social dimensions of organizing.

The Best OMT Entrepreneurship Paper recognizes a paper in the scholarly program that advances understanding of entrepreneurship drawing on organization and management theory.

The Best Student Paper recognizes a paper authored solely by students and included in the refereed program.

The Best Symposium Award recognizes an event submitted to the annual meeting that stimulates, integrates, or extends discussions about organization and management theory.

The Research Committee Awards recognizes reviewers who were deemed worthy of special acknowledgment for the helpfulness, extensiveness and insight of their reviews.