William H. Newman Award

The Academy of Management's William H. Newman Award recognizes the best annual meeting paper based on a dissertation.  The award is presented to single-authored papers based on a doctoral dissertation completed within the past three years.  Each of the Academy's Divisions & Interest Groups nominates one annual meeting submission for this prestigious award each year, up to three of these nominations may be selected to receive the award. Each paper nominated for the William H. Newman Award is designated as such on the program.  

The 2018 William H. Newman Award recipient was announced and presented at the New Doctoral Student Consortium at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management in Chicago, Illinois, USA.  

If you have any questions about the selection process for the William H. Newman Award, please feel free to follow up with the award selection committee at awards@aom.org.

William H. Newman Award Committee: Emily Heaphy (Chair), University of Rhode Island, Martine Haas, The Wharton School, Tom Lawrence, University of Oxford, Celia Moore, Bocconi University, Francisco Polidoro, University of Texas at Austin, and Heath Vough, University of Cincinnati   

2018 William H. Newman Award Recipients

"Carbon Risk, the Green Paradox, and Strategic Behavior in the US Petroleum Sector"
Submitted to Organizations and the Natural Environment
Author: Ryan Merrill

“How Does the Innovation Ecosystem Influence Industry Evolution?"
Submitted to Technology and Innovation Management
Author: Yue Song

 2018 William H. Newman Award Finalists

"Why, When, and How Work Engagement Leads to Performance: The Effects of Self-construal and Pride"
Submitted to Human Resources  
Author: Eric Michel

“The Enabling Roles of Bureaucracy in Cross-Expertise Collaboration"
Submitted to Organization and Management Theory
Author: Pedro Monteiro

“Employee Incentives in Microfinance: Examining the Importance of Diversification and Profit Status"
Submitted to Public and Nonprofit Management
Author: Sarah Wolfolds

Carolyn B. Dexter Award

The Carolyn Dexter Award is an all-Academy award given to the paper that best meets the objective of internationalizing the Academy of Management. This serves the mission of the Academy and the charge of the International Theme Committee, which sponsors this Award.  Each of the Academy's Divisions & Interest Groups nominates one annual meeting submission for this prestigious award each year, up to three of these nominations may be selected to receive the award. Each paper nominated for the Carolyn Dexter Award is designated as such on the program.

The 2018 Carolyn Dexter Award was presented at the International Theme Committee's Carolyn Dexter Award Reception at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management in Chicago, Illinois.

Carolyn Dexter Award Committee: Jacob Park (Chair), Green Mountain College, Giovanni Battista Dagnino, University of Rome LUMSA (Palermo Campus), Leonhard Dobusch, University of Innsbruck, Nicole Gillespie, University of Queensland Business School, and Nadine Kammerlander, WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management.

2018 Carolyn B. Dexter Award Recipient

"Polycentric Governance of Privately Owned Resources in Circular Economy Systems"
Submitted to Organizations and the Natural Environment
Authors: Samuli Patala, Laura Albareda, Minna Halme

2018 Carolyn B. Dexter Award Finalists

"Deep Received Cosmologies during Sensemaking: A Mixed Method Study of the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake"
Submitted to Management Spirituality and Religion
Authors: Kari A. O'Grady

"Industry-specific Work Experience and Occupational Interests: The Moderating Role of Culture"
Submitted to Careers
Authors: Jana Gruner, Christopher Schlaegel, Marjaana Gunkel

"Internal Orientation in the Growth of Born-Globals. Learning from Inside"
Submitted to Management Consulting
Authors: María Angeles Rastrollo-Horrillo, Julia Martín-Armario

"Where does Learning come from? An Empirical Study of Performance in Robot-assisted Surgery Teams"
Submitted to Health Care Management
Authors: Valentina Iacopino, Alessandro Lomi, Daniele Mascia, Marco Tonellato

The Carolyn Dexter and William H. Newman Awards are all-Academy awards, selected by an inclusive nomination process and dedicated award committees. Each paper is self-nominated through the Academy's abstract submission entry portal to the division or interest group of their choice. Each of the twenty-five divisions or interest group program chairs then nominates one paper to be considered by the respective award committee. From this pool, the award committees formally review and select recipients for the awards.

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To review historical recipients of the Annual Meeting Program Awards, click here.