🚨 Calling all mid-stage PhD students in OB! 🚨

Have you finished comps or completed at least one year of your PhD? Join us for “Halfway There”, a virtual AOM PDW designed to help you transition from coursework to dissertation and prepare for the academic job market.

🌍 Tailored sessions by time zone (Western, Central, Eastern Hemisphere)
📅 June 23–25 (via Zoom)
👥 Panels + small group discussions with faculty
🤝 Optional in-person networking at AOM in Copenhagen
🔗 Register here (limited to 100 participants): https://forms.gle/y5zNVaZ5shr4BNhQ8  

📘 Program Overview

🔹 Opening Plenary | Monday, June 23 | 10:00 AM–1:00 PM ET
Designed for all participants. Topics include:
• Crafting Your Scholarly Identity (Dr. Anthony Klotz and Dr. Mark Bolino)
• Launching the Dissertation (Dr. Margaret Luciano)
• Setting Your Path (Dr. Allie Gabriel)

🔹 “Success in the Second Half” Regional Sessions
Includes a faculty panel on dissertation and job market prep, followed by two rounds of small-group breakout discussions:

• Central Hemisphere Session – Tuesday, June 24 | 2:00–4:00 PM UTC / 10:00 AM–12:00 PM ET
• Eastern Hemisphere Session – Wednesday, June 25 | 9:00–11:00 AM ChinaST & Australia WST (Equivalent to Tuesday, June 24 | 9:00–11:00 PM ET)
• Western Hemisphere Session – Wednesday, June 25 | 12:00–2:00 PM ET / 4:00–6:00 PM UTC

🔹 Optional In-Person Networking @ AOM
Copenhagen Botanical Gardens | July 28 or 29 (TBD)
• Join fellow participants for an informal networking hour during AOM in Copenhagen. Space limited to 30 attendees.

📧 Questions? Contact Lauren Locklear at lauren.locklear@ttu.edu

We hope to see you there!

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STR Named Awards 

Call for Pre-Proposals

The Strategic Management (STR) Division requests expressions of interest for the sponsorship of awards named in honor of prominent academics who contributed significantly to the field of strategic management and are no longer active (e.g., retired or deceased). Currently, two annual STR Division awards are available to be named—the STR Outstanding Educator Award (which honors outstanding Ph.D. and MBA/ Executive educators in alternate years) and the STR Best Dissertation Award. Each award is expected to carry an honoree’s name for a period of ten years, and the expected sponsorship for each award is $50,000. These awards were previously sponsored by publishing houses, but the sponsorship agreements have now expired, and the Division Officers believe that named awards would be a better alternative at this time.

Financial contributions towards such an award may come from multiple sources, such as colleagues, students and the former institution(s) of the honoree. Because the Academy of Management (AOM) does not accept donations from individuals, these financial contributions will need to be collected by the honoree’s former institution and transferred to AOM as a single sponsorship amount. The sponsorship funds will help provide finances for annual expenses related to the award and support important STR division outreach activities that strengthen the field, engage and develop doctoral students and junior scholars, and expand globally to serve more disadvantaged and disconnected members of our field.

At this time, we are requesting pre-proposals or expressions of interest for each award listed above, which should include the following:

1.     The name of the proposed honoree, and a brief description (100 words) of why the individual is an appropriate honoree for the award, highlighting their contributions to the strategic management field and the STR Division (formerly BPS Division).

2.     Separately, please list other awards or recognitions that are named after the nominated individual, whether in the field (at an academic association, journal, etc.), at their associated academic institutions, or more broadly in society.

3.     The names and contact details of at least two (and no more than four) individuals who will lead the effort to collect the funds in a timely manner (within one year).

4.     A commitment from the honoree’s (former) institution to accept funds from various sources (in addition to contributing their own, as appropriate), keeping records, and transferring the collected funds to AOM.

5.     Expressions of financial commitment from individuals and/or institutions to contribute towards the award in the honoree’s name.

All submitted pre-proposals will be evaluated in confidence. After a positive decision is communicated, the individuals leading the effort and the institution accepting funds on the honoree’s behalf will have a period of one year to complete their efforts and transfer the funds to AOM.

The deadline for submitting pre-proposals is July 15^th. Please email the pre-proposal to STR Division Chair (Deepak Somaya, dsomayaaom@gmail.com) and STR Division Treasurer (Paul Drnevich, pldrnevich@ua.edu).

The Making Connections Committee (on behalf of the OB Division) is offering the Welcome-a-Member program ahead of this year’s annual meeting. This program is meant to help new members navigate the annual meeting and to provide them with somebody to connect with while there. New members will be matched with an existing member and will have the opportunity to meet with them ahead of AOM to ask questions and receive guidance on navigating the conference.

If you are new to the OB division or this is your first time attending AOM, we encourage you to sign up as a new member/mentee: https://tinyurl.com/OBnewmember2025   

Anybody who has been to the annual meeting at least once has all the experience needed to be a mentor. If you are interested in supporting this program, please sign up as a volunteer/mentor: https://tinyurl.com/OBvolunteer2025

The sign-up surveys will close Friday, June 13th.

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