Congratulations to our Publication Award Recipients!

Each year during the Annual Meeting, the Academy of Management recognizes authors of journal articles that were published in the previous year in each of the Academy's six journals. The selection process for the award committee for each journal is determined by the individual journal. In general, articles selected:

• Advance the mission of the individual publication;
• Bring forth core ideas that are original, important, and provocative;
• Have a clear and important contribution to the field of management

Editors create a separate advisory committee to determine and select the article(s) from the prior year as the "Best Article." Other years' awards have been archived here.

  Academy of Management Discoveries

AMD Best Article Award Committee: Mary Waller (chair), Paul Adler, and Adam Grant

The mission of Academy of Management Discoveries is to publish phenomenon-driven empirical research that theories of management and organizations neither adequately predict nor explain. Data on these poorly-understood phenomena can come from any source, including ethnographic observations, lab and field experiments, field surveys, meta-analyses, construct validation research, and replication studies. AMD welcomes exploratory research at the pre-theory stage of knowledge development, where it is premature to specify hypotheses, and which generates surprising findings likely to stimulate and guide further exploration and analysis. This research must be grounded in rigorous state-of-the-art methods, present strong and persuasive evidence, and offer interesting and important implications for management theory and practice.

  Academy of Management Journal

AMJ Best Article Award Committee: Marc Gruber (chair), Reddi Kotha, Oliver Alexy, Wendy Smith, Riki Takeuchi, Michael Frese, Jennifer Howard-Grenville, Keith Hmieleski, Brent Scott, Zeki Simsek, John Dencker, and Katherine DeCelles

The mission of the Academy of Management Journal is to publish empirical research that tests, extends, or builds management theory and contributes to management practice. The AMJ Best Article Award embodies this mission by recognizing outstanding articles that make strong empirical and theoretical contributions and highlight the significance of those contributions to the management field.

  Academy of Management Learning & Education

AMLE Best Article Award Committee: Danna Greenberg, Megan Gerhardt, Damian O’Doherty

The mission of the Academy of Management Learning & Education journal is to advance the knowledge and practice of management learning and education by publishing theoretical models and reviews, qualitative and quantitative research, critiques, exchanges and retrospectives on any substantive topic that is conceived with, and draws implications for, how managers learn and the educational process and context.

  Academy of Management Perspectives

AMP Best Article Award Committee: Hugh O’Neill (chair), Debra Shapiro, and Janet Marler

The mission of the Academy of Management Perspectives journal is to provide accessible articles about important issues concerning management and business. Articles published in AMP translate research findings for a non-expert audience and rely on evidence based research to advance understanding of management issues that are relevant to a broad audience.

  Academy of Management Review

AMR Best Article Award Committee: Sharon Alvarez (chair), Francisco Polidoro, Michelle Hammond, Eric Anicich, and Ryan Fehr

The mission of the Academy of Management Review journal is to publish new theoretical insights that advance the understanding of management and organizations. The AMR publishes novel, insightful and carefully crafted conceptual work that challenge conventional wisdom concerning all aspects of organizations and their roles in society.

  Academy of Management Annals

Annals Best Article Award Committee: Kathleen Sutcliffe, James Westphal, Miriam Erez, and Alan Meyer

The mission of the Academy of Management Annals is to provide up-to-date, in-depth examinations of the latest advances in various management fields. Each yearly volume features critical and potentially provocative research reviews written by leading scholars exploring an assortment of research topics. Annals reviews summarize and/or challenge established assumptions and concepts, pinpoint problems and factual errors, inspire discussions, and illuminate possible avenues for further study. Research reviews published in the Annals are geared toward academic scholars in management and professionals in allied fields, such as sociology of organizations and organizational psychology.