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Organizational Behavior Division (OB)
2025 Division Scholarly Program: Call for Submissions
Program Chair: Keith Leavitt, Oregon State University Symposium Chair: Marie Mitchell, University of North Carolina
We welcome submissions for inclusion in the Organizational Behavior (OB) Division's scholarly program at the 85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2025). Details about the mission and research domain of the OB Division can be found here.
2025 Program Development Team
- Marie Mitchell
- Keith Leavitt
- Division Leadership
- Elizabeth George
- Gilad Chen
- Bradley Kirkman
Submission Timeline
- Early December 2024 - Submission Center opens
- Submission deadline - 7 January 2025 17:00 ET (UTC-5/GMT-5)
- Late March 2025 – PDW, Papers, Posters, & Symposium Acceptance notifications
- Late May 2025 - Online Program available
Conference Details
All program sessions will be held on-site in Copenhagen, Denmark. 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. Poster sessions will take place Friday, 25 July through Tuesday, 29 July 2025.
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 2024. 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, Poster, and Symposia Submissions
The scholarly program at AOM's annual meeting consists primarily of three main types of sessions, paper sessions, poster sessions (new this year), and symposia:
- 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.
- Poster sessions are composed of presentations intended to foster professional connections and immediate feedback. This format is ideal for (but not limited to) early career scholars and first-time AOM attendees. Author(s) submit an extended abstract manuscript. If accepted, participants will prepare a visually engaging poster summarizing their research findings, methods, and conclusions. These posters often feature graphs, images, and text to clearly present the information and facilitate discussions.
- 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, Keith Leavitt, or the OB Division's Symposium Chair, Marie Mitchell.
OB Division Awards
The Division celebrates many awards at the Annual Meeting. Among these are the following awards given for submissions to the conference.
- OB Division AOM Meeting 2025 Best Paper Award, recognizing the best overall paper (may be co-authored); sponsored by Sage on behalf of Group & Organization Management
- OB Division AOM Meeting 2025 Best Dissertation-Based Paper Award, given to the best paper based on a doctoral dissertation completed within the past three years (must be sole-authored; sponsored by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Journal of Organizational Behavior)
- OB Division AOM Meeting 2025 Innovative Student Paper Award, for the best paper in which a student was in the lead role (a student must be the sole or first-author)
- OB Division AOM Meeting 2025 Outstanding Practical Implications for Management Paper Award, for the paper with the most significant managerial implications (may be co-authored; sponsored by the Mercer Workforce Sciences Institute)
- OB Division AOM Meeting 2025 Best Paper with International Implications Award, recognizing the paper whose theme and content best reflects an awareness of business and management across national boundaries (may be co-authored)
- OB Division AOM Meeting 2025 Best Symposium Award, given to the symposium on the Academy program that best exemplifies interesting, important, and high impact research
- OB Division AOM Meeting 2025 Best Paper with Entrepreneurship Implications Award, given to the paper with the most significant implications for entrepreneurship scholarship (sponsored by the Kaufmann Foundation)
OB Division AOM Meeting 2025 Best Student Paper with Entrepreneurship Implications Award, given to the paper in which a student was in the lead role (a student must be the first or sole author), and that has the most significant implications for entrepreneurship scholarship (sponsored by the Kaufmann Foundation)
Please note: To be considered for any of the following awards, you could select the appropriate orientation when you submit your paper in the online Submission Center, as follows:
- For the OB Division AOM Meeting 2025 Best Dissertation-Based Paper Award, select "Newman Award Nominee"
- For the OB Division AOM Meeting 2025 Most Innovative Student Paper Award, select "Student Paper"
- For the OB Division AOM Meeting 2025 Most Outstanding Practical Implications for Management Award, select "Practice"
- For the OB Division AOM Meeting 2025 Best Paper with International Implications Award, select "International"
- For the OB Division AOM Meeting 2025 Best Paper with Entrepreneurship Implications, select "Entrepreneurship"
- For the OB Division 2025 AOM Meeting Best Student Paper with Entrepreneurship Implications Award, select "Kauffman student paper"
Visit the OB Division website for additional information about the Division, criteria for these awards, or past winners.
85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
(AOM 2025)
25-29 July 2025
Copenhagen, Denmark
Key Dates
- Submission Center Opens:
Early December 2024 - Reviewer Signup Opens:
Early December 2024 - Submission Deadline:
7 January 2025
17:00 ET (GMT-5/UTC-5) - Review Period:
16 January-13 February 2025 - Registration & Housing Opening:
Mid/late February 2025 - Decision Notifications:
Late March 2025 - Program Available:
May 2025 - 85th Annual Meeting:
In-person
25-29 July 2025
Copenhagen, Denmark
85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
(AOM 2025)
25-29 July 2025
Copenhagen, Denmark
Key Dates
- Submission Center Opens:
Early December 2024 - Reviewer Signup Opens:
Early December 2024 - Submission Deadline:
7 January 2025
17:00 ET (GMT-5/UTC-5) - Review Period:
16 January-13 February 2025 - Registration & Housing Opening:
Mid/late February 2025 - Decision Notifications:
Late March 2025 - Program Available:
May 2025 - 85th Annual Meeting:
In-person
25-29 July 2025
Copenhagen, Denmark
