Academy of Management

We look forward to supporting nominees to our Executive Committee that reflect the remarkable diversity of our global membership. The Program-Chair elect (also known as the PDW Chair) position is a five-year commitment to the Interest Group leadership track, with progressive responsibilities each successive year for the Interest Group executive leadership and the membership. During the first year, the elected individual serves as MSR Professional Development Chair for annual AOM conference. By MSR tradition, the PDW chair also plans the MSR Social, the MSR Executive Committee dinner and the off-site MSR Community Dinner, when a physical conference occurs. In the second year responsibilities include the Scholarly Program Chair of the MSR Interest Group for the AOM conference. By tradition, the Scholarly Program Chair helps the PDW chair in social planning and also plans the MSR Business Meeting,the MSR Plenary session, the MSR and Friends event, and the MSR morning meditation sessions, when a physical conference takes place. Then, the Chair-Elect year is mostly a year off for a break, but also helping the Chair, participating in the MSR Executive Committee meetings and otherwise becoming engaged in whatever might be needed, by way of early preparation for the Chair position role. In the fourth year, the elected individual serves as MSR Chair, perhaps the most critical role. The fifth year of service involves acting as Nominating Committee Chair for the annual MSR Elections and continuing participation in the MSR Executive Committee meetings.

Important candidate requirements for this continuing position not only involve MSR domain expertise, scholarly work, and commitment to the MSR mission, but also good follow-through and attention to detail. The MSR leadership track seeks visionary and strategic leadership, an ability to encourage the engagement of membership and others in a common cause, effective team-building and communication skills, creativity and resourcefulness, an appreciation of MSR's rich history, open-mindedness and inclusiveness, the ability to work across geographic and cultural boundaries, organizational and administrative prowess, and the capacity to understand appropriate AOM policies, processes, and practices. As with all MSR leadership positions, the individual elected to this role should have a positive action orientation, amicability, perseverance, high ethics, and values. Additional skills for success include time management, adaptability, sound decision-making abilities, an aptitude for development, comfort with virtual collaboration, and a firm commitment to attend each annual Academy conference. Please review the MSR Domain Statement and Bylaws for further information: https://msr.aom.org/about-us/domainstatement.