This year at the OMT Business Meeting at AOM, we will briefly remember OMT members lost since AOM 2025. If you know someone to remember, email or message Wendy Smith with their name and photo before July 30th 🙏🏻 OMT Business Meeting 🗓️ August 3rd, 6:30 pm 📍 Sheraton Downtown; Freedom Ballroom

Award 🏆✨ Congrats to Peer Fiss and Charles Ragin on winning the OMT Joanne Martin Trailblazer Award for their trailblazing work advancing set-analytic methods and introducing QCA! Join us in celebrating our award winners in Philly 🗓️ Aug 3rd, 6:30- 7:30 PM 📍 Sheraton, Liberty Ballroom D

Award announcement 🏆 Join us in celebrating Michael Lounsbury for receiving the OMT Distinguished Scholar Award 👏 Distinguished Scholar Address and Breakfast at AOM 2026 in Philadelphia ✨ 🗓️ Monday, August 3rd: 8:30 – 10:00 AM 📍 Sheraton, Liberty Ballroom D

We are so so excited to announce our newly appointed officers: 🌺 Pursey Heugens (RSM), Incoming PDW Chair 🌺 Eunice Rhee (Seattle U), Incoming Rep 1 🌺 Giulia Cappellaro (Bocconi), Incoming Rep 2 🌺 Evelyn Zhang (Nanyang Technological University), Incoming Rep 3 Join us in welcoming them 😁

One of the many exciting initiatives that makes OMT "the place to be"! If you're an OMT member heading to AOM this year, we have some funding available to help support your travel and registration for the conference. [LINK]: tinyurl.com/4akjrvm8 @aom-omt.bsky.social

“Music is an important context for management scholars because it's an activity where we can be fully human.” - Ed Freeman Join us at #AOM2026 for a concert-symposium on what management can learn from music. Featuring live performances and discussion. @aom-omt.bsky.social

𝗢𝗠𝗧 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 ⚡️ Time to vote in our division elections 🏃🏿‍♂️🏃 whoop whoop 💗 Voting is a small act of having a voice and influence in our division. How to Vote? 1️⃣ Go to your email. 2️⃣ Find the personalized link to vote and click it 3️⃣ Read the candidates' bios. 4️⃣ Vote #OMTtheplacetobe

As tradition, we are hosting our 3 flagship consortia/PDW this year in Philly: 🔥 Doctoral consortium: omt.aom.org/discussion/o... - extended deadline ✨ Junior faculty consortium: omt.aom.org/discussion/o... ⛵️ Navigating the first years of your PhD: drive.google.com/file/d/1LpJA... #AOM2026 #OMT

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This year’s Winter Executive Meeting is off to a great start with discussions on strategy, growth, priorities, and awards for #AOM and beyond 🔭 Thanks to Alfred Lerner College of Business & Economics at the U. of Delaware and Women's Leadership Initiative for sponsoring it ❤️ #OMTtheplacetobe

As the #AOM2026 submission deadline nears, please sign up as a reviewer for the OMT Division (review.aom.org). Reviewing is a vital act of engagement and care for our field and our community. OMT thrives because of your generosity and commitment 🌱♥️ #OMTtheplacetobe #AcademyofManagement

Join us in Philly this summer 🌞 🌸 Call for Proposals - OMT PDWs: www.aom.org/events/annua... 🌼 Call for submissions of symposia, papers, and posters: www.aom.org/events/annua... 🌷Sign up to review for OMT: review.aom.org/2026/default... Deadline: 13 January 2026 at 17:00 ET (UTC-5/GMT-5)

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❄️ Our Winter Newsletter is out ❄️ From record-breaking submissions and PDWs in Copenhagen to year-round mentoring and community building, this issue shows why OMT is “the place to be.” We hope you enjoy reading it, as we look forward to #AOM2026 📖 omt.aom.org/newsletters/... #OMT #OMTtheplacetobe

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We look forward to receiving your #symposia proposals, #papers, and #posters 💎 Join us in Philadelphia this summer ♥️ www.aom.org/events/annua...

Call for Submissions | OMT Scholarly

The Organization and Management Theory Division (OMT) seeks scholarly submissions of papers and symposia for the 2026 Annual Meeting.

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Calling all OMT senior scholars 📣 This November, we are initiating the 8𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐌𝐓 #𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬 and would love for you to be a part of this popular and extraordinarily successful initiative again – will you please join us? Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #OMTtheplacetobe

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📢 Call for Proposals: 2026 OMT Professional Development Workshops We are seeking innovative PDW proposals for the Academy of Management Annual Meeting in Philadelphia (July 31-Aug 3, 2026) 📅 Deadline: January 13, 2026 (17:00 ET) www.aom.org/events/annua... #OMT #AOM2026 #OMTtheplacetobe

Call for Submissions | OMT PDW

The Organization and Management Theory Division (OMT) invites submissions for Professional Development Workshops (PDWs) at the 2026 Annual Meeting.

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Check out this nice lil' video by Jo-Ellen Pozner, our new addition to OMT leadership and 2026 PDW chair 😍 and consider submitting your PDW proposals to our division 👏🏻 #AOM2026 #PDW #workshops

Interested in our division? Join the Academy of Management NDSC conversation with Wendy Smith, Ilaria Orlandi, and @emilyblock.bsky.social. They discuss what OMT is, why students should consider joining OMT, the events OMT hosts, and more 💃🕺 open.spotify.com/episode/0pTX...

Sponsor Spotlight: Organization & Management Theory Division of AOM

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Congratulations to our award winners! 🏆 OMT Division Best Paper Award: Madeleine Rauch 🏆 Louis Pondy Best Dissertation Paper Award (sponsored by IESE): Susie Choe 🏆 Best International Paper Award (sponsored by Organization Studies): Stefanie Beninger, Bernadette Bullinger and Leila Rakib Ortega

Yesterday, we bid farewell to our fearless and visionary outgoing OMT chair, Forrest Briscoe (who, among many other things, got us through the pandemic). Join us in thanking Forrest for the amazing service to our community ✨✨✨✨

𝗢𝗠𝗧 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁 Join us for the 2025 OMT Distinguished Scholar event, where we will honor Renate Meyer 🏆 This award honors a scholar whose contributions have been central to the field of organization studies 🙌🏾🙌🙌🏿🙌🏻 Save the date: cdmcd.co/k96xgM #OMTtheplacetobe

Join our #TeachOMT PDW tomorrow to learn and share how fun, energizing, and interactive teaching OMT can be 👩🏽‍🏫👨🏻‍🏫🧑‍🏫 Info: cdmcd.co/yKAjzW) 🗓️ Saturday 26 July from 14.30-16.00 📍CBS, Kilen building, room K150 #OMTtheplacetobe

Our program has started wonderfully! You are invited to join us this week for more insightful and enjoyable sessions 🎯 #OMTtheplacetobe #AOM2025 Cc: @aomconnect.bsky.social

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📣 Time to plan the 2025 off-program 💃 Are you planning a fun activity, a landmark visit, or a cozy coffee shop crawl in Copenhagen? The OMT off-program is your platform to make it happen 🥳 Sign up to host an event here: forms.gle/QCkVTNNSV9YB... Cc: Ilaria Orlandi #OMTtheplacetobe #AOM2025

📣 Time to plan the 2025 off-program 💃 Are you planning a fun activity, a landmark visit, or a cozy coffee shop crawl in Copenhagen? The OMT off-program is your platform to make it happen 🥳 Sign up to host an event here: forms.gle/QCkVTNNSV9YB... Cc: Ilaria Orlandi #OMTtheplacetobe #AOM2025

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🌿 We’re thrilled to invite you to a Joint Reception at EGOS 2025 in Athens, co-hosted by Organization Theory (OT), Meet OMT@EGOS, and SCANCOR! 📍 Athens Lawn Tennis Club 🗓️ Thursday, July 3 | 19:00–21:00 📌 Leof. Vasilissis Olgas 2, Athina 105 57 #EGOS2025 #OrganizationTheory #OMT #SCANCOR

📣 Time to plan the 2025 off-program 💃 Are you planning a fun activity, a landmark visit, or a cozy coffee shop crawl in Copenhagen? The OMT off-program is your platform to make it happen 🥳 Sign up to host an event here: forms.gle/QCkVTNNSV9YB... Cc: Ilaria Orlandi #OMTtheplacetobe #AOM2025

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"Scholarly Dialogue on Academic #Freedom" 🌈 Join the session on #policy #restrictions' impact on academic work 🌍🌎 Open to all @aomconnect.bsky.social members, led by the DEI division with support from OMT, SIM, MSR, CMS, and ONE When: May 28, 11-12 ET connect.aom.org/dei/events/e... #DEI

Kicking off the 7th edition of #OMTmeetups 💃🕺 If you're a junior scholar, especially a PhD student or postdoc, sign up to chat online with a senior scholar—we have a fantastic roster! 👉🏽 omt.aom.org/discussion/o... Cc: Anupama Kondayya, Christine Moser and Richard Haans #OMTtheplacetobe

Vote. Vote. Vote 👏👏🏻👏🏾 OMTers – Wanna help out? Help OMT win a (friendly!) competition. VOTE (now!) in the OMT elections ✔️ You should have received an email with a personal link to vote this past week. ✔️ No email? Write us at OMT@aom.org #OMTtheplacetobe #votenow 😁