2026 OB Division Scholarly Program: Call for Submissions
Program Chair: Marie Mitchell, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
PDW and Symposium Chair: Jennifer Nahrgang, University of Iowa
We welcome submissions for inclusion in the Organizational Behavior (OB) Division's scholarly program at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2026). Details about the mission and research domain of the OB Division can be found here.
2026 Program Development Team
- Eean Crawford
- Lance Frazier
- Mel Fugate
- Mikhail Wolfson
- Division Leadership (Gilad Chen, Bradley Kirkman, Keith Leavitt, Marie Mitchell, and Jennifer Nahrgang)
Submission Timeline
- December 5, 2025 – Submission Center opens
- Submission deadline – 13 January 2026 17:00 ET (UTC-5/GMT-5)
- Late March 2026 – PDW Acceptance notifications
- Late March 2026 – Papers, Posters, & Symposium Acceptance notifications
- Late May 2026 – Online Program available
Conference Details
All program sessions will be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The conference schedule will be organized with PDWs Friday, 31 July through Sunday, 2 August 2026, and scholarly sessions (papers and symposia) Sunday, 2 August through Tuesday, 4 August 2026. Consortia will be offered Friday, 31 July through Sunday, 2 August 2026 and Plenary Sessions Sunday, 2 August through Tuesday, 4 August 2026. Poster sessions will take place Friday, 31 July through Tuesday, 4 August 2026.
Reviewing for OB
The OB community aims to provide high-quality, developmental feedback to submitters. To achieve this aim, however, we need your support. Please sign up to review for the OB Division in early December 2025. Your reviewer assignment will be based on the keywords that you indicate to be your areas of expertise. We are grateful for your willingness to volunteer and contribute to the program in this important way. To help you, we will provide reviewers with helpful guidance to complete a review of a conference paper, symposium, or PDW.
Description of Paper, Poster, and Symposia Submissions
The scholarly program at AOM's annual meeting consists primarily of three main types of sessions, paper sessions, poster sessions (new this year), and symposia:
- Paper sessions are composed of presentations of original and fully developed manuscripts. Author(s) submit a manuscript for consideration to be included in the annual meeting's scholarly program. If accepted, the manuscript is typically assigned by the Program Chair to a session that includes other papers on related topics.
- Poster sessions are composed of presentations intended to foster professional connections and immediate feedback. This format is ideal for (but not limited to) early career scholars and first-time AOM attendees. Author(s) submit an extended abstract manuscript. If accepted, participants will prepare a visually engaging poster summarizing their research findings, methods, and conclusions. These posters often feature graphs, images, and text to clearly present the information and facilitate discussions.
- Symposia can be submitted as either panel or presenter format:
- Panel Symposia
- Presenter Symposia
Additional details about the submission process can be found here.
Direct any questions about the submission process to the OB Division's Program Chair, Marie Mitchell, or the OB Division's PDW and Symposium Chair, Jennifer Nahrgang.
OB Division Awards
The Division celebrates many awards at the Annual Meeting. Among these are the following awards given for submissions to the conference.
- OB Division AOM Meeting 2026 Best Paper Award, recognizing the best overall paper (may be co-authored)
- OB Division AOM Meeting 2026 Best Dissertation-Based Paper Award, given to the best paper based on a doctoral dissertation completed within the past three years (must be sole-authored)
- OB Division AOM Meeting 2026 Innovative Student Paper Award, for the best paper in which a student was in the lead role (a student must be the sole or first-author)
- OB Division AOM Meeting 2026 Outstanding Practical Implications for Management Paper Award, for the paper with the most significant managerial implications (may be co-authored)
- OB Division AOM Meeting 2026 Best Paper with International Implications Award, recognizing the paper whose theme and content best reflects an awareness of business and management across national boundaries (may be co-authored)
- OB Division AOM Meeting 2026 Best Symposium Award, given to the symposium on the Academy program that best exemplifies interesting, important, and high impact research
- OB Division AOM Meeting 2026 PDW awards, three awards given to the PDWs for Most Innovative Format, Best Broad Relevance, and Best Community Building.
Please note: To be considered for any of the following awards, you should select the appropriate orientation when you submit your paper in the online Submission Center, as follows:
- For the OB Division AOM Meeting 2026 Best Dissertation-Based Paper Award, select "Newman Award Nominee"
- For the OB Division AOM Meeting 2026 Most Innovative Student Paper Award, select "Student Paper"
- For the OB Division AOM Meeting 2026 Most Outstanding Practical Implications for Management Award, select "Practice"
- For the OB Division AOM Meeting 2026 Best Paper with International Implications Award, select "International"
Visit the OB Division website for additional information about the Division, criteria for these awards, or past winners.
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