Cognition in the Rough

CIR
Cognition in the Rough

Annual Meeting 2026 – Philadelphia

Date: TBD

Time: TBD

Location: TBD

Contact: cirpdw@gmail.com

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Overview

Are you working on cognition-related research? Would you like to discuss your work with major scholars in the field? The Cognition in the Rough workshop (CIR) provides an excellent opportunity to discuss your research in an informal, collegial roundtable setting. Each roundtable will have 2 facilitators to give feedback on 3-4 early-stage research papers, allowing plenty of time for discussion. Regardless of whether you are a senior or a more junior researcher, this workshop offers you an invaluable opportunity to receive detailed feedback from scholars who are often editors or on the editorial board of top journals.

Key people

Organisers:

Angela Ianniello (Boston College)

Preeti Varma (INSEAD)

Facilitators:

Sal Affinito, Neal Ashkanasy, Dana Bement, Barnini Bhattacharyya, Yevgen Bogodistov, Shelley Brickson, Andrea Casey, Kevin Corley, Andrew Dhaenens, Kyle Ehrhardt, Lyndon Garrett, Jerry Guo, Brian Hilligoss, Gerard P. Hodgkinson, Erik Hoempler, Ben Innis, Ninja Janardhanan, Zoe Jonassen, Jennifer Kish-Gephart, Thorbjørn Knudsen, Zhenyu Liao, Natalie Longmire, Jeraul Mackey, Luis Martins, Chet Miller, Frances Milliken, Jonathan Pinto, Kevin Rockmann, Ben Rogers, Philip Rogiers, Gabriel Sala, Sim Sitkin, Basima Tewfik, Sherry Thatcher, Elisabeth Yang, and Dani (Yidan) Yin

Key dates

Submission due date: TBD

Send submissions to: cirpdw@gmail.com

Acceptance notices and registration codes will be sent out after TBD

Who?

This roundtable workshop is open to junior and senior scholars who are doing research related to managerial and organizational cognition. Pre-registration for the PDW is required and space is limited.

Submissions will be evaluated to ensure fit with the session and priority will be given to early submissions and first-time attendees. Given space constraints, the expectation for this PDW is that, even for co-authored papers with multiple authors, only one author will attend the PDW to represent the paper.

This PDW is intended to help authors develop work in progress and, as a result, we cannot accept papers that have already been accepted for presentation elsewhere at the AOM 2026 Annual Meeting. Please review and follow the submission guidelines carefully.

What?

Your submission should include the following five sections:

  • I. Title page
    On the title page, in addition to the paper’s title and the names and affiliations of the authors, please also indicate whether each author is a doctoral student or faculty member.
  • II. Abstract (NOT to exceed 150 words) and four keywords (from the following list):
    • Emotions
    • Leadership
    • Motivation
    • Trust
    • Attributions, Biases & Heuristics
    • Cognitive Schema, Scripts, Mental Models/Maps
    • Creativity, Innovation & Improvisation
    • Decision Making/Distributed Decision Making
    • Intuition/Dual process theories
    • Knowledge Management
    • Learning: Individual/Organizational
    • Corporate image/reputation
    • Individuals' identification, commitment or "fit"
    • Organizational identity
    • Social Identity
    • Institutional Change
    • Institutional Logics, Beliefs or Norms
    • Legitimacy, Isomorphism, Institutionalization Processes
    • Archival
    • Computer Simulation
    • Experimental/Laboratory Study
    • Qualitative (case study, content analysis, interview, narratives...)
    • Survey
    • Culture
    • Design/Structure
    • Diversity/Demography
    • International/Cross-cultural
    • Networks
    • Organizational Change
    • Resilience
    • Social/Human/Intellectual Capital
    • Strategy/Strategic capabilities and resources
    • Technology
    • Positive or Generative Organizing
    • Positive Relationships & Relational Practice
    • Virtues & Values
    • Language: Rhetoric, Metaphor, Labeling
    • Meaning-making at work, task design, job crafting
    • Sensemaking/Social Construction
    • Symbols & Artifacts
    • Community/Communities of practice
    • Team/group dynamics, processes, and outcomes
    • Top Management Teams
    • Virtual Teams
  • III. Overview of research (NOT to exceed 1500 words), including
    • Research topic
    • Conceptual framework
    • Research questions
    • Methods
    • Anticipated contributions to research/practice and/or key findings (if research is complete)
  • IV. Challenges (the area on which you would like to focus discussion) (not to exceed 250 words)
  • V. References