Read the latest edition of the TIM Division Newsletter (March 2026).

News and Updates

Call for Nominations: Emerging Scholar Award 2026

The Technology and Innovation Management Division (TIM) of the Academy of Management seeks nominations for the TIM Emerging Scholar Award. This award is given annually to an emerging scholar whose scholarly contributions show exceptional quality and great promise of becoming influential in the area of technology and innovation management and who has already achieved an outstanding publication record. Deadline is March 31, 2026 (Form).

TIM Distinguished Scholar 2025 (Video)

Since 1996, the Technology & Innovation Management Division has been presenting the Distinguished Scholar Award to scholars whose contributions have been central to the intellectual development of the field. As individuals, each recipient embodies a career of scholarly achievement and has had a significant impact on TIM scholarship. Join the TIM Division to hear from Professor Kwaku Atuahene-Gima (Nobel International Business School). Here is the Video Record.

We thank our 2025 sponsors for their support in making our events possible.

Looking Back

TIM Panel 2025

Our TIM Panel 2025 on"Universities and Innovation: Evolving Roles in Uncertain Times" will debate how universities contribute to economic development and why open inquiry and intellectual risk-taking are key to innovation. The panel will feature a stellar group of experts: Janet Bercovitz (University of Colorado), Mickael Bikard (INSEAD), Jerry Davis (University of Michigan), and Adam Jaffe (Brandeis University). Keld Laursen (Copenhagen Business School), former chair of our TIM Division, will moderate the panel. Link to the event.

TIM Emerging Scholar Award 2025

Please join us in congratulating this year's recipient of the TIM Emerging Scholar Award: Professor Maria Roche, Harvard Business School. Dr. Roche will tell us more about her work and her path at this year's annual Academy of Management conference.

TIM Lifetime Award 2024

The Academy of Management’s Technology & Innovation Management (TIM) division was pleased to present Professor Paula Stephan with a lifetime achievement award in recognition of her many intellectual contributions to the study of technological innovation, her extraordinary record of mentorship and equally impressive record of institution building. Watch the video.

AoM 2025 TIM Mid-Career Consortium

Are you entering the middle part of your career and want to optimise your career moves to reach full professorship? How should you plan your research, teaching, service, and outreach activities? Join the TIM MCC on 26 July to learn from senior mentors (Karin Hoisl, Riitta Katila, Marc Gruber, Markus Perkmann, Henning Piezunka, and Erkko Autio FBA FFASL, co-organised by Dietmar Harhoff. Registration (limited seats).

Announcements List

Find your AOM 2026 sessions with Making Connections Committee menus

By: Harry Wang , 4 days ago

AOM 2026 · Philadelphia

Build your AOM schedule with MCC's PDW menus

Seven focused menus gather five sessions at a time around a career stage or question. They complement the broader PDW categories: scan 45 highlights across twelve pathways, then use a menu to build a more-curated plan.
Browse MCC PDW menus

https://ob.aom.org/year-round-programming/making-connections-committee-programming
Welcoming the 2026 OB Division Global Ambassadors

By: Harry Wang , 8 days ago

Global Committee · Announcement

Welcoming the 2026 OB Division Global Ambassadors

The Global Committee is delighted to welcome the inaugural cohort of Global Ambassadors: nine colleagues representing scholarly communities across South and Southeast Asia and Latin America.

Ambassadors serve as local connectors between the OB Division and scholars in their countries and regions — sharing Division opportunities, building connections with local and regional scholarly communities, and supporting broader participation in OB Division activities. Please join us in warmly congratulating and welcoming them.

South and Southeast Asia

Nurul Liyana Mohd Kamil

Associate Professor
Universiti Malaya
Malaysia

Fizza Kanwal

Assistant Professor
Lahore University of Management Sciences
Pakistan

Ranjeet Nambudiri

Professor
Indian Institute of Management Indore
India

Apurva Sanaria

Assistant Professor
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
India

Nosheen Sarwat

Associate Professor
Bahauddin Zakariya University
Pakistan

Latin America

Maria Ximena Hincapie

Associate Professor
Universidad de los Andes
Colombia

Valentina Reyes

Assistant Professor
Universidad de Chile
Chile

Joana Sabrina Pereira Story

Associate Professor
FGV EAESP
Brazil

Gustavo Moreira Tavares

Associate Professor
Insper
Brazil

Learn how the Global Ambassador Program connects our members across 60+ countries, and how to reach the ambassador for your region.
Visit the Global Ambassador Program page

https://ob.aom.org/year-round-programming/global-committee-programming/global-ambassador
Celebrating 55 Years of OB Division — Awards Ceremony & Social at AOM 2026

By: Harry Wang , 10 days ago

AOM 2026 · Philadelphia · OB at 55

OB Division Awards & Social

The OB Division turns 55 — and we're celebrating in Philadelphia. Join us for an evening honoring the best of our field and community: drinks, appetizers, conversation, and more than 15 award recipients recognized for scholarship, service, mentorship, and impact.

Rigor. Relevance. Relationships.

Event details

📅 When: Saturday, August 1, 2026, 5:30–7:00 PM

📍 Where: The Liberty View at Independence Visitor Center (2nd floor)

📬 Address: 599 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19106 — about a 12-minute walk from the convention center

🍷 Provided: Drinks & appetizers

🎁 Swag: First 55 attendees receive OB Division swag

Career awards to be honored

Lifetime Achievement
Linda K. Treviño, Pennsylvania State University

Early- to Mid-Career Scholarly Achievement
Michael D. Baer, Arizona State University

Mentorship
Katherine L. Milkman, University of Pennsylvania

Societal Impact
Dolly Chugh, New York University

Also being celebrated

More than 15 awards recognizing the very best work across our field — in scholarship, teaching, practice, and community.

Conference Awards

◆  Best Conference Paper

◆  Best Conference Symposium

◆  Best Conference Paper with International Implications

◆  Best Conference Paper with Practical Implications

◆  Blake Ashforth Best Dissertation-Based Conference Paper

◆  Most Innovative Student Conference Paper

◆  Most Innovative Format PDW Award

◆  Best Broad Relevance PDW Award

◆  Best Community Building PDW Award

Publication Awards

◆  Outstanding Publication in Organizational Behavior

◆  Outstanding Practitioner Publication in Organizational Behavior

Leadership transition

The evening also marks a leadership transition, as Keith Leavitt assumes the role of Division Chair from Gilad Chen, and we welcome our newly elected Executive Committee members and thank those completing their service.

Whether you're coming to cheer on colleagues, reconnect with friends, meet new members of the OB community, or simply celebrate the Division's 55th birthday — we hope you'll join us.

View the event & add to my AOM schedule

Highlights from last year

See the full OB program at AOM 2026 →

https://ob.aom.org/annual-meeting/division-events
Reviewing Well Part 2 comes to Philadelphia — register now

By: Harry Wang , 12 days ago

Initiatives · Reviewing Well · Part 2

Best practices in reviewing well

The OB Division's Reviewing Well series continues in person at AOM 2026 — moving from Part 1's foundations into the judgment calls that separate a good review from a great one.

In-person PDW · Sunday, August 2, 2026 · 12:30 – 2:30 p.m. EDT

Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Level 4, Franklin 6

Short warmup talks, an editors' panel, and in-person roundtables facilitated by Associate Editors and Editors-in-Chief from top journals: Katie Badura, Gilad Chen, Kaifeng Jiang, John Kammeyer-Mueller, Wu Liu, Yihao Liu, Jennifer Nahrgang, Kevin Rockmann, Chris Rosen, Kristie Rogers, Betty Zhou, and Luke Zhu.

Pre-registration is required and space is limited. Priority access goes to Part 1 attendees; remaining spots open to the broader OB membership first-come, first-served.

Register for Part 2 See full details

Part 1 recording

Catch up on the foundations before Philadelphia

Part 1, The foundations of reviewing well, was held virtually on June 30, 2026. Watch the full session below — a useful primer whether or not you attended live.

Questions about the series? Contact Alex Rubenstein (alex.rubenstein@ucf.edu) or Shannon Taylor (sgtaylor@ucf.edu).

https://ob.aom.org/initiatives/reviewing-well
OB PDW categories: your guide to AOM 2026

By: Harry Wang , 14 days ago

AOM 2026 · Philadelphia · July 31–August 4 · New this year

New this year: your OB Division PDWs, sorted into twelve categories

The OB Division sponsors 207 Professional Development Workshops at AOM 2026 — more than any one guide can hold. So this year, as a new Division initiative built to improve the OB member experience, we curated 45 highlights and sorted them into twelve plain-language categories that map to who you are and what you need — from your first Annual Meeting to your next book. Browse the category that fits your year and build your meeting from there.

The twelve categories

New Members 1 session → Student Development 5 sessions → Career Development — Early Stage 2 sessions → Career Development — Mid Stage 2 sessions → Career Development — All Stages 4 sessions → Academic Life 4 sessions → Teaching 3 sessions → Research Skills 6 sessions → Research Communities 9 sessions → Research Impact 2 sessions → Publishing 5 sessions → International 2 sessions →

Curated by

Jennifer D. Nahrgang

PDW Chair and Program Chair-Elect of the OB Division. The categories and highlights are her work, with thanks to the many organizers whose workshops fill out the full program.

Limited spaces remaining — register soon

Six of the highlighted workshops have limited spaces left; several fill quickly and move to a waitlist. Each contact is glad to answer questions.

1. OB Division Junior Faculty Workshop · Sat, Aug 1 · Register → · Talya Bauer · talyabauer@pdx.edu

2. OB Division Mid-Career Faculty Workshop · Fri, Jul 31 · Register → · Marjo-Riitta Diehl · marjo-riitta.diehl@aalto.fi

3. The 10th Annual Behavioral Ethics Pecha Kucha Springboard and Networking Session · Sat, Aug 1 · Register → · Niki Den Nieuwenboer · niki@ku.edu

4. New to OB? Navigating The OB Division and AOM · Fri, Jul 31 · Marla White · wmarla@vt.edu

5. Halfway There, But Now What? Advice for Pre-Dissertation Doctoral Students (18th Annual) · Sat, Aug 1 · Edwyna Hill · EDWYNA.HILL@moore.sc.edu

6. Halfway to Tenure, Already?! Advice for Mid-Tenure Junior Faculty Members · Fri, Jul 31 · Benjamin Rogers · benjamin.rogers@bc.edu

Start with the twelve categories

The categories are a doorway into the full program, not the whole of it. Browse the one that fits your year, then add the workshops that are right for you.
Find your PDWs by category
Or browse all 207 OB PDWs →