COMMUNICATION, DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY, AND ORGANIZATION (CTO)
Program Chair: Roberta Bernardi, University of Bristol, roberta.bernardi@bristol.ac.uk
2025 Division Scholarly Program: Call for Submissions
Specific Domain: The Communication, Digital Technology, and Organization (CTO) Division of the Academy of Management (AOM) promotes an interdisciplinary approach to further the understanding of the behavioral, social, and economic processes at the intersection of communication, digital technology, and organizing. CTO emphasizes topics that reflect changes in organizing related to digital technologies, data, and information and communication systems. It constitutes a vibrant, inclusive, and intellectually stimulating community, open to scholars from a wide range of disciplines, theoretical frameworks, and research methods, who are conducting novel and cutting-edge research based on rigorous and creative scholarship.
Major topics of interest integrate digital phenomena and organizing, such as some combination of technologies, communications, data science, or computing in organizations, and can include:
- Sociotechnical perspectives on work and organizational change, organizational forms, organizational design, strategy, and innovation, including digital transformation processes and outcomes as well as Information system implementation.
- Organizing and artificial intelligence and machine learning; autonomous technologies; human-machine augmentation; and the changing nature of work.
- Knowledge work on digital platforms; digitally-enabled design and creativity; autonomous design, generative machine learning, and digital innovation.
- Distributed and virtual work; virtual worlds; virtual/augmented reality; and the Metaverse.
- Organizational implications of data privacy, security, and bias; algorithmic explainability and interpretability; and the ethical implications of data, algorithms, and technologies.
- Online communities; the sharing economy; user-generated content and social media; and digital social networks.
- Organizational benefits and limitations of digital technology-enabled communication practices for inter-personal, inter-group, cross-organizational, intercultural, and mass communication.
- Technology diffusion and infrastructure; design and development; platform governance; processes of digitalization; Internet of Things; digital twins.
- Organizing and computational social science; data science; network science; and process science.
CTO: Come for the research, stay for the network!
The CTO invites the submission of innovative empirical and conceptual papers, symposia, and posters on all themes of interest to the Academy that relate to digital technologies, data, communication, and organizing. More generally, we seek research that critically engages with important issues associated with the design, implementation, and use of digital technologies in organizations and networks, as well as their broad impact on society.
Posters are a new type of submission introduced this year. Poster session presentations will be held in high-visibility areas of the conference, offering a visual format for sharing research and ideas, while also providing networking opportunities.
Division Awards: Division awards will be given for best program paper, best student paper, best reviewers, and best associate editors. The Gerardine DeSanctis Dissertation Award will also be presented. The award, inaugurated by the CTO division at the 2007 Annual Meeting, is open to solo-authored papers based on a dissertation completed within the past three years (see the CTO Division website for more details). The winner of the DeSanctis Award will be automatically nominated for the Academy-wide William H. Newman Award. The CTO Division will also nominate one paper for the Academy-wide Carolyn Dexter Best International Paper Award (see the Orientation and Awards section in the submission guidelines for more details). In addition to these program-related awards, an award will be given to the best paper published by a CTO member during 2024. Finally, the division will award one or more Lifetime Service awards.
The deadline for submissions is January 7, 2025 at 17:00 ET (UTC-5/GMT-5).
We accept submissions made only through the AOM submission system: https://submit.aom.org/2025/default.aspx
The Academy of Management Conference will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, July 25-29, 2025.
Please direct any inquiries to the Program Chair with the subject line "AOM2025 Inquiry" using the contact information provided below.
Roberta Bernardi
2025 CTO Program Chair
roberta.bernardi@bristol.ac.uk
Join Us as a Reviewer!
We invite you to contribute to the success of our conference by signing up as a reviewer. Serving as a reviewer offers a valuable opportunity to engage deeply with the latest research, connect with fellow experts, and help shape the quality and direction of our field. It also provides a unique opportunity for emerging scholars to gain valuable experience that supports their career. Your insights and expertise will be crucial in building an outstanding program and advancing the collective knowledge in our community.
Reviewer sign-up will open in early December. Further information on how to sign up and the reviewer guidance can be found at this link, Alternatively, you may contact the Program Chair, Roberta Bernardi (roberta.bernardi@bristol.ac.uk) via email with the subject line 'AOM2025 Inquiry'.
We greatly appreciate your support and look forward to your participation!
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Roberta Bernardi
2025 CTO Program Chair
roberta.bernardi@bristol.ac.uk
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