Health Care Management Division (HCM)

2025 Division Scholarly Program: Call for Submissions 

Program Chair:  Amber Stephenson, Clarkson University

Invitation

On behalf of the Health Care Management (HCM) Division, I welcome you to submit your papers, symposia proposals, and posters (new this year!) for consideration for the 85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, from 25 to 29 July 2025.

The HCM Division invites submissions addressing all facets of management in the health care sector. Topics may include management of health care organizations, public policy issues, health care finance and marketing, comparisons of health care across countries; and empirical or conceptual applications of theory in health care organizations and care settings.

Instructions & Further Considerations

Symposium 

In symposium sessions, several speakers discuss a common topic or theme in a manner that brings new insights to the subject. There are two types of symposia: Panel Symposia engage a group of panelists in a formal interactive discussion while Presenter Symposia involve a series of authored presentations on a preset theme.  Unlike papers and posters, symposia may be submitted to multiple Divisions or Interest Groups (DIG). 

Posters

As a new submission option, poster submissions will require an extended abstract manuscript that will be reviewed by the selected DIG. If accepted, submitters will be expected to create a poster presentation to be displayed visually that summarizes their research findings, methods, and conclusions.  Poster presentations will be scheduled in one-hour in-person poster sessions taking place in a highly visible location at the Annual Meeting. 

PhD Students 

Papers with a PhD student as the first or sole author should be clearly identified at the time of submission.

Division Awards

The HCM division honors the following papers: 

• Best Health Care Management Paper
• Outstanding Paper Based on a Dissertation
• Best Health Care Management Theory-to-Practice Paper
• Best Global Health Care Management Paper
• HCM Division Best Student Paper Award

**Be sure to identify your paper as award eligible at the time of submission.

Submission Process

All submissions must be made through the AOM Submission Center. The Submission Center will open in early/mid December 2024. The submission deadline is Tuesday, 7 January 2025 at 17:00 ET (GMT-5/UTC-5), but earlier submissions are encouraged. Please carefully review the submission guidelines and formatting instructions before submitting.  If you have questions, please contact the HCM Division’s Program Chair, Amber Stephenson.

Division Reviewer

We need your help!  Each year, our HCM scholarly program is entirely dependent on the generous contributions of reviewers like you.  Please help the division by signing up as an HCM Reviewer. We welcome your involvement whether you are a new or long-standing AOM Annual Meeting attendee.

What’s in it for you?  That’s easy! Reviewing…

• gives you an opportunity to be directly involved in the Academy's program planning process,
• is a way to learn about what constitutes excellent and interesting work in your field,
• is an opportunity to add a line to your CV, and
• is an easy and much appreciated way to give back to your professional community

You can sign up and access  AOM Reviewer Guidelines for any additional information. The actual review period is 16 January 2025 and 13 February 2025, so please plan accordingly.

When you sign up, you will be asked to select keywords/subject areas for each division or interest group you select.  These are really important!  Keywords will be used to assign papers and symposia that most closely match your interests and expertise.  Select as many keywords as you can to ensure that the system is able to make the match.

We look forward to your participation!