Lifetime Achievement Award - Sponsored by
Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior
The OB Division's Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes senior scholars who have contributed to our discipline throughout their careers.
The 2016 recipient of this award is Blake Ashforth. Blake delivered an engaging and meaningful address on the topic of "How Not to Kill Your Passion for Research" which can be viewed online.
Blake is a Professor of Management and holds the Horace Steele Arizona Heritage Chair at Arizona State University.
Many thanks to the award committee: Martin Kilduff (Chair), Linda Trevino, Anne O'Leary-Kelly and Gary Johns.
2016 Cummings Award - Sponsored by the OB Division
Each year the OB Division honors the achievement of an early- to mid- career scholar with the Cummings Scholarly Achievement Award. The award was created in honor of the late Professor Larry Cummings and is sponsored by the OB Division Endowment.
The 2016 recipient of the Cummings Scholarly Achievement Award is Dave Mayer.
Dave is Associate Professor at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Maryland.
Thank you to the award committee: Christina Shalley (Chair), Soon Ang, Greg Oldham, Maria Kraimer and Sally Maitlis.
2016 Mentorship Award - Sponsored by the Antwerp Management School
Each year the OB Division honors a scholar with the Mentorship Award. The award is sponsored by Antwerp Management School.
The 2016 recipient of the Mentorship Award is
Sharon Parker.
Sharon is the Winthrop Professor at the UWA Business School, University of Western Australia.
Thank you to the award committee for their efforts in making this happen: Susan Ashford, Dan Cable, Lisa Dragoni, John Hollenbeck, Elizabeth Morrison, and Daan van Knippenberg.
2016 Outstanding Publication in OB Award - Sponsored by the OB Division
This award recognizes the publication that represents the most significant contribution to the advancement of the field of organizational behavior.
Thank you to the award committee: Hui Liao (Chair), Tiziana Casciaro, Emilio Castilla, James Detert, Michelle Duffy, Michael Johnson, Aparna Joshi, Lisa Leslie, David Mayer, Madan Pillutla, and Zhen Zhang.
"Paradoxical Leader Behaviors in People Management: Antecedents and Consequences", Academy of Management Journal, 58: 538-566.
Yan Zhang
Peking University
David Waldman
Arizona State University
Yu-Lan Han
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Xiao-Bei Li
Eact China University of Science and Technology
2016 Outstanding Practitioner-Oriented Publication in OB Award - Sponsored by Google's People Innovation Lab
This award recognizes the publication that provides the most significant contribution to the practice of management in the field of Organizational Behavior.
Thank you to the award committee: Gretchen Spreitzer (Chair), Jean Bartunek, Ethan Bernstein, Suzanne Peterson, Gianpiero Petriglieri, Christine Quinn Trank, and Sumita Raghuram.
"The Authenticity Paradox", Harvard Business Review, January-February 2015, 52-59
Herminia Ibarra
INSEAD
2016 Best Paper Award - Sponsored by SAGE Publications on behalf of Group & Organization Management
This award recognizes the empirical and/or conceptual paper submitted to the Academy of Management meeting that offers the most significant contribution to the field of OB.
Thank you to the award committee: John Mathieu (Chair); Susan Ashford, Michael Bashshur, Jason Colquitt, John Hollenbeck, William Maddux, and Vijaya Ventakaramani
"Jolted into Dominance or Prestige? How Jolts to Groups Affect Status-Striving and Status Conferral"
Elijah Wee
Maryland
Rellie Derfler-Rozin
Maryland
Jennifer Carson Marr
Georgia Tech
2016 Best Symposium Award - Sponsored by the OB Division
This award recognizes the symposium on the program that best exemplifies interesting, important, and high-impact research.
Thank you to the award committee: Abbie Shipp (chair), Mark Bolino, Colin Fisher, Olivia (Mandy) O'Neill, Nancy Rothbard, and John Trougakos.
"Behavioral Ethics at Work: A Move Towards Developing Interventions that Mitigate Unethicality"
Julia Lee
Michigan
Ting Zhang
Harvard University
2016 Best Paper with International Implications Award - Sponsored by the OB Division
This award recognizes the paper whose theme and content best reflects an awareness of business and management across national boundaries.
Thank you to the award committee: Dong Liu (Chair), John Antonakis, Bart de Jong, Crystal Farh, Michael Frese, Brad Kirkman, and Yih-Teen Lee.
"Cultural Uncertainty as Moderator of the Organizational Formalization Puzzle"
Ronald Fischer
Victoria University of Wellington
Maria Cristina Ferreira
Salgado de Oliveira University
Kubilay Gok
Winona State University
Nathalie van Meurs
Middlesex University
Ding-Yu Jiang
National Chung Cheng University
Donna Achmadi
Canterbury District Health Board
Ma. Socorro Mendoza
UBHC Rutgers University
Arif Hassan
International Islamic University Malaysia
Johnny Fontaine
Ghent University
Charles Harb
American University of Beirut
Mustapha Achoui
Arab Open University
Andrew Mogaji
Benue State University
Jan Cieciuch
University of Zurich
2016 Outstanding Practical Implications for Management Paper Award - Sponsored by Mercer Workforce Sciences Institute
This award recognizes the paper with the best practical implications for management.
Thank you to the award committee: Alicia Grandey (chair), Kay Bartol, Gary Ballinger, Mark Griffin, Joshua Margolis, and John Wagner.
"The Duality of Boundary Spanning: Its Positive and Negative Effects on Team Effectiveness"
David DeGeest
Groningen
Thom de Vries
Groningen
Gerben van der Vegt
Groningen
2016 Best Dissertation-Based Paper Award - Sponsored by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Journal of Organizational Behavior
This award recognizes the empirical and/or conceptual paper based on the first author's dissertation, which offers the most significant contribution to the field of OB.
Thank you to the award committee: Mo Wang (Chair), David Dwertmann, Charlice Hurst, Sewon Kim, Christopher Porter, Kelly Schwind Wilson, and Cindy Zapata
"Servant Leadership Transmission and a Female Advantage: Building and Testing a Contingent Theory"
James Lemoine
SUNY University at Buffalo
Terry Blum
Georgia Tech
Daniel Watts
Georgia Tech
Wesley Kean
Georgia Tech
2016 Most Innovative Student Paper Award - Sponsored by Sage Publications
This award recognizes an empirical or conceptual paper led by a student that builds or tests theory in an unusually creative manner, investigates a novel organizational phenomenon, or uses a path-breaking design to illuminate an important problem.
Thank you to the award committee: Spencer Harrison (chair), Roy Chua, Alexandra Gerbasi, Christopher Hartwell, Nora Madjar, and Ned Wellman.
"Economic Consequences of Unethical Behavior: An Organizational Context Model"
Bradford Baker
Maryland
Michael Johnson
Washington