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2025 Annual Meeting Program Awards

These All-Academy awards are nominated by an inclusive process through Division or Interest Groups. A winner is chosen from the finalists by dedicated award committees. Questions about the Annual Meeting Program Awards?  Contact awards@aom.org. To view historical recipients of the Annual Meeting Program Awards, click here.


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. 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.

Carolyn Dexter Award Committee:

  • Nina Sirola (Chair), Singapore Management University
  • Sofya Isaakyan, Erasmus University
  • Grace Jia Hui Lim, Nanyang Technological University
  • Nikhil Madan, Indian School of Business
  • Sae-Seul Park, University of Toronto
  • Thomas Taiyi Yan, University College London

The 2025 Carolyn Dexter Award recipients are recognized in a special award presentation video (coming soon) as part of the 2025 Annual Meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark 25-29 July 2025. 

2025 Carolyn B. Dexter Award Finalists

Navigating Authoritarian Contexts Through NGO-Government Partnership For Sustainable GVCs 
Submitted to Social Issues in Management Division (SIM) Division 
Author: Sarah Castaldi, Anna Nadolska, and Marleen Wierenga

Ontological Violence in the case of the ‘Paiter Suruí Carbon Credit REDD+ Project 
Submitted to Critical Management Studies Division (CMS) Division 
Authors: Stephanie DaherLucas Stocco, and Gasodá Surui 

Value Chain Configuration to Mitigate Threats of Expropriation in Times of Nationalism 
Submitted to International Management Division (IM) Division 
Authors: Minyoung Kim, Marcelo Bucheli, and Thomas DeBerge 


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.

William H. Newman Award Committee

  • Yu Tse Heng (Chair), University of Virginia
  • Emily Block, University of Alberta
  • Stefano Brusoni, ETH Zurich
  • Ryan Fehr, University of Washington
  • Jia Hu, Tsinghua University

The 2025 William H. Newman Award recipient will be recognized in a special award presentation video (coming soon) as part of the 2025 Annual Meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark 25-29 July 2025.

2025 William H. Newman Award Finalists

How Acknowledgment of Leader Emotions Encourages Reciprocal Acknowledgment and Team Performance
Submitted to Organizational Behavior (OB) Division
Author: Christina Bradley

It’s Not You, It’s The Role: Hierarchically Distributed Emotion Work in Organizations
Submitted to Managerial and Organizational Cognition (MOC) Division
Author: Suvi-Tuuli Vuori

Lean Thinking, Deep Impact? Exploration Strategies and Commercialization of Deeptech Ventures
Submitted to Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) Division
Author: Vinay Subramanian

Mitigating Disruption: Hiring for Social Skills and Post-Acquisition Performance
Submitted to Strategic Management Division (STR) Division
Author: Piyush Gulati

When Social Worlds Merge Inclusion Happens: A Case of Embodied Financial Inclusion in Ghana
Submitted to Strategizing Activities and Practices (SAP) Interest Group
Author:  Jadwiga Karolina Supryn

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