The Organization and Management Theory (OMT) division of AOM is "the place to be." We advance robust theoretical understanding of organizations, organizing, and management. The Division promotes and develops the community of researchers, educators, and practitioners who advance OMT scholarship.
Domain Statement
Organization and Management Theory is an inclusive community of scholars who draws on a rich intellectual heritage to build and test theory about organizations, their members, their management, organization-environment relations, organizing processes and broader markets and fields. We pursue theoretically significant and methodologically rigorous research across analytical levels and phenomena to generate impactful insights in management and organizing. We value work that advances theory and has practical implications on a broad range of organizational, managerial and societal issues.
Keywords
Curious about whether to submit to OMT? Below is a list of keywords used to classify papers submitted to the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, which may be helpful in seeing if your paper might fit (updated as of Jan 9, 2022).
Level of Analysis
- Ecological; Population or Field
- Group; Team
- Individual; Social-Psychological
- Industry
- Organization; Structure
- Societal; Transnational
Methods
- Archival or Historical
- Experimental (Lab or Field)
- Empirical, Big Data
- Empirical, Qualitative
- Empirical, Quantitative
- Empirical, Ethnography
- Empirical, Qualitative Comparative Analysis
- Mixed Methods
- Simulation
- Theoretical/Conceptual (No Data)
Theories
- Institutional Theory
- Behavioral Theory and Decision Making
- Sensemaking and Cognition
- Networks and Embeddedness
- Practice Theory
- Social Movement Theory
- Power / Resource Dependence
- Upper Echelons Theory
- Agency Theory
- Complexity and Systems Theory
- Evolutionary Theory, Path Dependence and Imprinting
- Ecology (Organizational, Population, Community)
- Performativity
- Transaction Cost Economics
- Critical Theory
- Actor-Network Theory / Science and Technology Studies
Topics
- Entrepreneurship
- Institutional Logics/Complexity
- Institutional Processes
- Change
- Innovation and Creativity
- Social Responsibility and Ethics
- Strategy and Strategizing
- Culture
- Economic Sociology
- Organizational Design, Structure and Control
- Organizational Identity
- Societal Impact / Grand Challenges
- Categories and Categorization
- Status and Reputation
- Learning, Adaptation, Routines, and Knowledge Management
- Process Organization Studies
- Diffusion and Adoption
- Corporate Governance
- Occupations, Professions and Work
- Leadership
- Inequality/Stratification
- Social Capital
- Technology and Open Innovation
- Interorganizational Relations
- Discourse, Rhetoric, Communication
- Capabilities and Competencies
- Trust and Cooperation
- Diversity
- Groups, Top Management Teams and Executives
- Careers and Mobility
- Communities
- Human Resource Management and Employment Relationship
- Deviance
- Markets and Economies
- Materiality / Visuality
- Social Media
- Performance and Effectiveness
- Paradox Studies