Current HR Division Award Winners
Each year the HR Division of the Academy of Management recognizes individuals who have made exemplary contributions to our field in research, teaching, practice, and service. We are very pleased to announce the current winners!
Career Awards
Herbert Heneman Jr. Career Achievement Award
The Herbert Heneman Jr. Award for Career Achievement is given by the HR Division of the Academy of Management to an individual who has distinguished themselves in the field of human resource management. This award is sponsored by McGraw Hill Education.
This year's award winner is Herman Aguinis, Avram Tucker Distinguished Scholar and Professor of Management at The George Washington University School of Business.
Thomas A. Mahoney Mentoring Award
The Thomas A. Mahoney Mentoring Award is given by the HR Division of the Academy of Management to an individual who has distinguished themselves in the mentoring of PhD students. This award is sponsored by the Center for Executive Succession at the Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina.
This year's award winner is Rosemary Batt, Alice Hanson Cook Professor of Women and Work Emeritus the ILR School at Cornell University.
Early Career Achievement Award
The Early Career Achievement Award recognizes the early career achievement of HR scholars. The Award is given to an individual who makes distinguished contributions during the early- to mid-career stage (defined as within 7 years of receiving the Ph.D.). This award is sponsored by the Center for Human Resource Management at Texas A & M University, Mays Business School.
This year's award winner is Yixuan Li, an Associate Professor in Management at the Warrington College of Business at the University of Florida.
Dave Ulrich Impact Award
The Dave Ulrich Impact Award honors the extraordinary career of David Ulrich and his contribution to HR practices across the globe. The award recognizes excellence in the application of theory and research in practice and/or public policy.
This year, the winner of the award is Sharon Parker, an ARC Laureate Fellow and Distinguished Professor of Organizational Behaviour at Curtin University and Director of the Center for Transformative Work Design.
Distinguished Human Resource Executive Award
Each year the HR Division recognizes an HR Executive who has distinguished themselves throughout their careers in the field of human resource management through the Distinguished Human Resource Executive Award. The winner is invited to deliver a keynote address at our annual Breakfast Award Ceremony.
This year, the winner is Nickle LaMoreaux, Senior Vice President and CHRO of IBM.
Annual Research, Teaching, and Service Awards
Scholarly Achievement Award
This award is presented to the author(s) of the most significant article in HRM published in recognized journals and research annuals that are generally available to HR Division members. Publications may be empirically or non-empirically-based. Nominated papers must have a publication date of 2024. Award recipients need not belong to the Academy of Management or to the HR Division. This award is sponsored by the Riegel & Emory Human Resources Research Center, Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina.
This year, the award winners are Meng Xi (Tianjin University), Yan Chen (Idaho State University), and Kaifeng Jiang (Peking University) for their paper: All roads lead to Rome? A contingent configurational perspective of HRM systems and organizational effectiveness. Personnel Psychology, 78(4), 491-517.
International HRM Scholarly Research Award
Research excellence in international human resource management is unique because of its intersection among multiple fields of management, such as HRM and International Management. This award is presented to the author(s) of the most significant article in IHRM. Publications may be empirically or non-empirically-based. Award recipients need not belong to the Academy of Management or to the HR Division. This award is sponsored by the Center for International Human Resource Studies, School of Labor and Employment Relations, Pennsylvania State University.
This year, the award winners are Benjamin Korman (Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories), Max Reinwald (University of Mannheim Business School), Florian Kunze (University of Konstanz), and Sebastian Koos (University of Konstanz) for their paper: How political context affects immigrant newcomers' social undermining dynamics and well-being at work. Academy of Management Journal, 68(3), 540-566.
Employee Participation and Financial Ownership Scholarly Research Award
This award is presented to the author(s) of the most significant article in employee participation and ownership published in a recognized journal or research annuals. This award identifies innovative research in management or management-related disciplines that considers high-impact ideas in the context of business and society’s needs for employee empowerment, participative workforces, and wealth creation through broad-based equity and profit-sharing mechanisms, work practices, organizational structures, and innovation and entrepreneurial models. This award is sponsored by the Beyster Foundation for Enterprise Development.
This year, the award winner is Angelina Grigoryeva (University of Toronto) for her paper: The shift to stock-based compensation and gender inequality in wealth in the United States. Socio-Economic Review, 23(2), 541-566.
Innovative Teaching Award
This award recognizes colleagues in the HR Division who have demonstrated innovation in the classroom or leadership in disseminating their innovations in the teaching of HRM. The innovative teaching award is based on the innovative development and dissemination of new teaching methods and new course designs. Special attention is given to methods that are developed as a result of interactions with the business community and those methods and designs that are widely disseminated.
This year, the award winner is Humberta Karinne Da Conceição Santos Silva (Hochschule Bremen).
David P. Lepak Service Award
This award recognizes one or more HR Division members for exceptional services to the Division. The winner is nominated and selected by the HR Division Executive Committee.
This year, the award winner is Mevan Jayasinghe (Michigan State University).
Conference and Dissertation Awards
Best Convention Paper Award
The Best Convention Paper Award is given to the author(s) of the best paper accepted by the Program Committee for the annual conference. This award is sponsored by the Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies at Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations.
This year, the award winners are Susan Zhu (University of Kentucky), Thomas Ptashnik (Providence College), Michael A. Campion (Purdue University), and Alexander Alonso (Chief Knowledge Officer for SHRM), for their paper: Understanding the Influence of Remote Work-Enabling HRM Practices on Organizational Outcomes.
Best Student Convention Paper Award
The Best Student Convention Paper Award is given to the student who is the sole or first author on the best paper accepted by the Program Committee for the annual conference. This award is sponsored by the Personnel Psychology.
This year, the award winners are Fangsheng Zhu (Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University), Yipeng Tang (Zhongnan University of Economics and Law), Shuhong Wang (Zhongnan University of Economics and Law), and Xiaoping Pu (Wuhan University of Technology) for their paper: Employee Referral in Digitally Expanded Networks: Exploring the Role of Idealized Self-Presentation.
Ralph Alexander Dissertation Award
The Ralph Alexander Dissertation Award is given to the author of the best doctoral dissertation in the field of human resource management. This award is sponsored by the Human Resource Management Journal -- Wiley.
This year, the award winner is Kendall Yamamoto (University of Virginia) for her dissertation: What's in it for me? Toward the personal case for diversity as an organizational tool for eliciting broad-based support.
HR Division Dissertation Proposal Awards
The HR Division Dissertation Proposal Awards are given to two promising researchers in the field of HRM at the dissertation stage of their doctoral education. This annual competition is funded by the HR Division.
This year, the winners are:
Madison Mucci-Ferris (University of Iowa) for her dissertation: Can't stand the heat: Understanding the experience of member relationship threats within action teams.
Damian C. Zivic (Indiana University) for his dissertation: Serving two masters: Empirical and theoretical contributions to research on dual-leadership structures.
We gratefully acknowledge the support of all of our award sponsors. Please note that sponsors have no input in the selection of award winners.
2026 Awards Committee
Emily Campion (Chair), University of Iowa
Frederick Scott Bentley, Rutgers University
Michal Biron, University of Haifa
Brian Harney, Dublin City University
Gabrielle Voiseux, University of British Columbia