The 2016 Career Achievement Awards were presented at the 76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management in Anaheim, California.

2016 Career Achievement Awards Committee: Irene Duhaime (CHAIR), Maureen Ambrose, Prashant Bordia, Joep Cornelissen, Mark Gavin

Distinguished Educator Award

The Distinguished Educator Award is presented annually to an outstanding individual who has excelled in developing doctoral students, effective teaching in the classroom, fostering pedagogical innovations, and/or disseminating new teaching methods and designs.

The 2016 Academy of Management Distinguished Educator Award was presented to Arthur G. Bedeian.

Distinguished Service Award

The Distinguished Service Award is an all-Academy award presented annually to a candidate who has demonstrated excellence in developing or enhancing a field of study, founding or creatively editing a journal, or helping to build institutions through creative or unusually effective service.

The 2016 Academy of Management Distinguished Service Award was presented to Thomas William Lee.

Award for Scholarly Contributions to Management

The Award for Scholarly Contributions to Management is granted on an annual basis for significant contributions that have advanced the field of management and organizational knowledge and practice. Significant scholarly contributions may take the form of conceptual, theoretical, or empirical developments having significant impact upon management knowledge and practice.

The 2016 Academy of Management Distinguished Award for Scholarly Contributions to Management was presented to Denise M. Rousseau.