Reducing structural barriers to scholarly participation

We focus on expanding access to guidance, feedback, and professional know-how across regions, institutional contexts, and career stages. These initiatives broaden the field's understanding of rigor across linguistic, institutional, and methodological contexts.

AOM Submission Incubator — mentoring and feedback for PDW, symposium, and paper submissions, supporting scholars navigating different publishing norms.
Co-Writing Sessions for Early Career Scholars — facilitated virtual writing sessions offering protected time, peer accountability, and cross-regional feedback for scholars with limited local mentoring infrastructure.
Writing and publishing PDWs — including "Publishing in Top International Journals: Why and How?" and "The Art of Writing and Publishing for Non-Native English Scholars."

Supporting access, orientation, and belonging

We help scholars, especially newcomers and internationally mobile academics, navigate the OB community and build durable professional relationships, recognizing that academic careers are shaped by regionally specific labor markets and institutional norms.

First-Time Attendees Workshop — pre-conference virtual programming that helps newcomers orient, build networks, and access OB resources.
Career-oriented PDWs — including "Making the Most of Your Time Away: Practical Advice for Planning an International Experience," "Finding a Job in Europe," and "Thinking of a Position in the Pacific Asia Region? Dos and Don'ts of International Business Schools."

Creating spaces for connection across regions

We foster inclusive community-building that lowers barriers to participation and encourages informal connections across geographies and career stages, treating relationship-building as a core dimension of global inclusion.

OB Division Social Events — informal gatherings at the Annual Meeting that use the host city as a connector, such as a canal architecture cruise co-organized with the International Management Division.
Glocal Events — regionally anchored events that connect local communities with the global OB Division beyond the main conference site.
OB City Coffee Hours — small communities organized around shared topics or regional interests, in collaboration with OB Micro-communities, designed for sustained interaction.

Ensuring global voices shape OB priorities

Across all activities, we work to ensure that insights from diverse regions and institutional contexts inform OB programming and decision-making.

Gathering feedback from global members on barriers to participation and unmet needs.
Translating member input into proposals for globally relevant PDWs, mentoring initiatives, and community activities.
Supporting structures that let members worldwide shape the Division's future, not only participate in it.