Do you do research at the intersection of organizations and AI, digital technology, data science, computational social science, communications, information systems and that sort of thing? Join us in Chicago in August for the Academy of Management!
The Academy of Management (AOM) is the world's largest management conference, and in 2024 it is in Chicago - by far the coolest city in the U.S. with the best food and phenomenal activities and history (August 9-13).
The CTO (Communication, Digital Technology, and Organization) Division of the AOM is the community for those interested in studying the intersection of organizations and technology. It is a vibrant and growing interdisciplinary community. In any given session you might find an ethnographer, an economist, and a data scientist. What unites us is our passion for interdisciplinary research of sociotechnical phenomena. Last year there were tons of folks interested in AI and organizational, human, and ethical implications. Of course, a lot of research on digital innovation, digital transformation, online communities and social media, and much more.
How can you be involved? There are five ways:
1. Submit your paper! We love the diversity of the community and literally any approach is welcome in submitting research papers - qualitative, conceptual, econometric, computational, experiments, whatever you like, as long as it is at the intersection of organizations, digital technology, and communications somewhere.
2. Submit a symposium! Symposia involve including multiple perspectives on a theme. There are paper symposia and panel symposia. Paper symposia aggregate papers in an area, and panel symposia have a panel of experts and a facilitator. Symposia are always fun.
3. Submit a PDW proposal! Professional Development Workshops (PDWs) are my favorite part of AOM. They are longer form - typically go from 2-3 hours - and are a mix of experts in a topic, hands-on activity, and lots of discussion. Past CTO PDWs involve AI in the Wild, AI in Healthcare, Video Games and Management Research, Bots in Management Research, Computational Theory Construction, and others.
4. Sign up to be a reviewer. Reviewing is a wonderful service to the community - we are growing and can use as many reviewers as we can get. If you submit something you should definitely review. Even if you don't, reviewing is a great way to get a sense of the community.
5. Look out for the Doctoral Consortium (DC) and Junior Faculty Consortium (JFC) announcements in a couple of months. Before the conference we have one day consortia if you are a doctoral student or an early career researcher.
Submission system (by Jan 9):
https://submit.aom.org/2024/default.aspx
Review system:
https://review.aom.org/2024/default.aspx
On behalf of the organizing team:
Michael Barrett
Marco Marabelli
Susan Winter
Dr. Roberta Bernardi
Paul Leonardi