The Critical Management Studies (CMS) Division is inviting scholarly submissions on the AOM 2024 theme, "Innovating for the Future: Policy, Purpose, and Organizations". At the heart of this theme is ‘rethinking conventional ways of leading, managing, and organizing’ innovation (AOM 2023).
The CMS Division interprets ‘rethinking’ as a process of considering alternative ways of engaging in and with innovation, based on an understanding of the shortcomings of past, current and emerging forms of innovation and approaches to innovation. Critical thinking exposes imperialist, capitalist, neo-colonial, managerialist, essentialist, masculinist and exploitative agendas that drive simplistic views of innovation while threatening to undermine its potential for progressive change. One progressive goal for CMS scholars is to understand and identify potential solutions for promoting social innovation for the good of organizations and society.
We therefore invite paper submissions including but not limited to the following:
We also welcome papers that don’t engage explicitly with the theme but are otherwise of direct relevance to the CMS community. Please do not hesitate to email us if you wish to discuss a potential submission or obtain more details about the CMS Division scholarly program. The AOM 2024 conference will be in-person in Chicago, USA, 9-13 August 2024.
In collaboration with select critical journals, we offer awards to recognize the contributions made to the scholarly program by our members. More details on this are available on the CMS website. There is a dedicated award for the Best Developmental Reviewer and we encourage members to sign up to review submissions. This year we will support reviewers by hosting a workshop on Reviewing Critical Work. Please look out for announcements and contact us if you would like to be involved.
The submission deadline is 09 January 2024 at 17:00 ET (GMT-5/UTC-5). Scholarly sessions (paper sessions and symposia) will take place Sunday, 11 August through Tuesday, 13 August 2024, after Professional Development Workshops (PDWs) that will take place Friday, 9 August through Sunday, 11 August 2024.
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