Dear OMTers,
I am delighted to announce to you that Professor William Ocasio has been selected as the receipient of the 2023 Distinguished Scholar for the Organization and Management Theory (OMT) Division of the Academy of Management.
This award recognizes a scholar whose contributions have been central to the intellectual development of the field of organization studies. As individuals, each Distinguished Scholar embodies a career of scholarly achievement and has had a significant impact on OMT scholarship. This is indeed the case for this year’s recipient, William Ocasio, who has made many theoretical contributions to our field. These include the development of the institutional logics perspective, seminal research on organizational attention, and myriad further contributions to understanding strategic processes, corporate governance, and organizational and institutional change. Beyond his direct production of scholarship, William Ocasio has also inspired and touched many OMT scholars through mentoring and generosity over his career.
William Ocasio is currently James F. Towey Professor of Business and Leadership and Director, Illinois Strategic Organization Initiative, at the Gies College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
William Ocasio will be recognized for this award when he presents the OMT Distinguished Scholar Address at the AoM Annual Meeting in Boston, on Monday August 7. Please join us there to hear from him!
Forrest
Forrest Briscoe
OMT Division Chair-Elect
More information about the OMT awards in 2023 can be found in the OMT preconference newsletter 2023 for those interested.
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Shipeng Yan
Assistant Professor
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
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