We welcome submissions for inclusion in the Organizational Behavior (OB) Division's scholarly program at the 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2024). Details about the mission and research domain of the OB Division can be found  here.

2024 Program Development Team

• Gilad Chen
• Keith Leavitt
• Division Leadership
• Elizabeth George
• Rebecca Bennett
• Bradley Kirkman

Submission Timeline

• Early December 2023 - Submission Center opens
• Submission deadline - 9 January 2024 17:00 ET (UTC-5/GMT-5)
• PDW Acceptance notifications
• Late March 2024 - Papers & Symposium Acceptance notifications
• Late May 2024 - Online Program available
• 84th Annual Meeting - 9-13 August 2024 held in person in Chicago, IL, USA

Conference Details

All program sessions will be held on-site in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The conference schedule will be organized with PDWs Friday-Sunday, and papers and symposia Sunday through Tuesday. Consortia will be offered Friday-Sunday and Plenary Sessions Sunday – Tuesday.

Reviewing for OB

The OB community aims to provide high-quality, developmental feedback to submitters. To achieve this aim, however, we need your support. Please sign up to review for the OB division in early December 2023. Your reviewer assignment will be based on the keywords that you indicate to be your areas of expertise. We are grateful for your willingness to volunteer and contribute to the program in this important way. To help you, we will provide reviewers with helpful guidance to complete a review of a conference paper, symposium, or PDW.

Description of Paper and Symposia Submissions

The scholarly program at AOM's annual meeting consists primarily of two main types of sessions, paper sessions and symposia:

1. Paper sessions are composed of presentations of original and fully developed manuscripts. Author(s) submit a manuscript for consideration to be included in the annual meeting's scholarly program. If accepted, the manuscript is typically assigned by the Program Chair to a session that includes other papers on related topics.
2. Symposia can be submitted as either panel or presenter format: 

• Panel Symposia
• Presenter Symposia

Additional details about the submission process can be found here.

Direct any questions about the submission process to the OB Division's Program Chair Gilad Chen, or the OB Division's Symposium Chair, Keith Leavitt.

Theme for AOM 2024: Innovating for the Future: Policy, Purpose, and Organizations.

OB Division Spotlight 2024: Elevating Research Integrity: Focusing on Trustworthy Science

The OB Division will continue the Spotlight, an initiative to focus attention on a pertinent issue that is relevant to organizational research and practice. For the 2024 meeting, our Spotlight is on Research Integrity, and its implications for the future of OB research. The Spotlight program track will address the critical importance of research ethics, transparency, and accountability in the academic and scientific communities. We welcome submissions investigating any aspect of research integrity; some possible examples include:

• The Ethics of Discovery:  Sessions exploring the moral dimensions of research, addressing issues such as authorship, data management, and conflicts of interest.
• Transparency and Open Science: Sessions focusing on using digital information to enhance research integrity through the transparency of open access and data sharing.
• Culture, Training and Accountability:  Sessions on how to nurture a culture of research integrity. This includes discussions on ethics training for researchers, promoting responsible mentorship, and fostering a shared sense of responsibility within the research community.

We invite submitters to propose sessions that are engaging, provocative and meaningful.  All sessions will go through the usual submission process and be classified afterwards into a “Spotlight Track.” If you have any questions, please contact the Past Organization Behavior Division Chair, Rebecca Bennett.

OB Division Awards

The Division celebrates many awards at the Annual Meeting. Among these are the following awards given for submissions to the conference.