AOM's Annual Meeting has been a primary component of the Academy's function since the organization's founding in 1936. This page lists every historical meeting, and the more recent also include a link to more information.
| Year | Location | Theme |
| 2000 | Online Only | 20/20: Broadening our Sight |
| 2019 | Boston, MA | Understanding the Inclusive Organization |
| 2018 | Chicago, IL | Improving Lives |
| 2017 | Atlanta, GA | At The Interface |
| 2016 | Anaheim, CA | Making Organizations Meaningful |
| 2015 | Vancouver, BC, Canada | Opening Governance |
| 2014 | Philadelphia, PA | The Power of Words |
| 2013 | Lake Buena Vista, FL | Capitalism in Question |
| 2012 | Boston, MA | The Informal Economy |
| 2011 | San Antonio, TX | West Meets East: Enlightening, Balancing, and Transcending |
| 2010 | Montréal, Québec, Canada | Dare to Care |
| 2009 | Chicago, IL | Green Management Matters |
| 2008 | Anaheim, CA | The Questions We Ask |
| 2007 | Philadelphia, PA | Doing Well By Doing Good |
| 2006 | Atlanta, GA | Knowledge, Action, and the Public Concern |
| 2005 | Honolulu, HI | A New Vision of Management in the 21st Century |
| 2004 | New Orleans, LA | Creating Actionable Knowledge |
| 2003 | Seattle, WA | Democracy in a Knowledge Economy |
| 2002 | Denver, CO | Building Effective Networks |
| 2001 | Washington, DC | How Governments Matter |
| 2000 | Toronto, ON, Canada | A New Time |
| 1999 | Chicago, IL | Change and Development Journeys into a Pluralistic World |
| 1998 | San Diego, CA | What Matters Most |
| 1997 | Boston, MA | Call to Action |
| 1996 | Cincinnati, OH | Learning from Unusual Events |
| 1995 | Vancouver, BC, Canada | Transforming Work and Organizations for the 21st Century |
| 1994 | Dallas, TX | Reducing Barriers to Understanding |
| 1993 | Atlanta, GA | Managing the Boundaryless Organization |
| 1992 | Las Vegas, NV | The Management of Diversity |
| 1991 | Miami, FL | International Dimensions of Management |
| 1990 | San Francisco, CA | Enhancing Organizational Vision and Vitality |
| 1989 | Washington, DC | The Social Consequences of Management |
| 1988 | Anaheim, CA | The Marriage of Theory and Practice |
| 1987 | New Orleans, LA | Internationalizing the Field of Management |
| 1986 | Chicago, IL | Celebrating the Centennial of Management and the 50th Anniversary of the Academy of Management |
| 1985 | San Diego, CA | |
| 1984 | Boston, MA | |
| 1983 | Dallas, TX | |
| 1982 | New York, NY | |
| 1981 | San Diego, CA | |
| 1980 | Detroit, MI | |
| 1979 | Atlanta, GA | |
| 1978 | San Francisco, CA | |
| 1977 | Kissimmee, FL | |
| 1976 | Kansas City, KS | |
| 1975 | New Orleans, LA | |
| 1974 | Seattle, WA | |
| 1973 | Boston, MA | |
| 1972 | Minneapolis, MN | |
| 1971 | Atlanta, GA | |
| 1970 | San Diego, CA | |
| 1969 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 1968 | Chicago, IL | |
| 1967 | Washington, DC | |
| 1966 | San Francisco, CA | |
| 1965 | New York, NY | |
| 1964 | Chicago, IL | |
| 1963 | Boston, MA | |
| 1962 | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 1961 | New York, NY | |
| 1960 | St. Louis, MO | |
| 1959 | Washington, DC | |
| 1958 | Chicago, IL | |
| 1957 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1956 | Cleveland, OH | |
| 1955 | New York, NY | |
| 1954 | Detroit, MI | |
| 1953 | Washington, DC | |
| 1952 | Chicago, IL | |
| 1951 | Boston, MA | |
| 1950 | Chicago, IL | |
| 1949 | New York, NY | |
| 1948 | Cleveland, OH | |
| 1947 | Chicago, IL | |
| 1941 | New York, NY | |
| 1940 | Chicago, IL | |
| 1939 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1938 | Ann Arbor, MI | |
| 1937 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1936 | Chicago, IL |