We are excited to organize a PDW on Research Impact at the Early Stages of the Academic Career to be held at the 2025 Academy of Management Annual Meeting in Copenhagen. This workshop will bring together scholars from around the globe to explore the intersection of Research Impact and the Early Career Stage. At AOM 2024, we organized a PDW on the topic, delving into the implications of actual impact and the challenges scholars can face in the pursuit of impact. For AOM 2025, we want to organize a follow-up session, in which we intend to move the discussion toward learning how to create impact and how to overcome the most prevalent challenges. We invite you to join what will be the second edition of an engaging and thought-provoking session.
Organizers
- Julian Jonathan (JJ) Markus (WU Vienna, U. of Economics and Business)
- Bradley Hastings (U. of New South Wales)
We are searching for people who would like to join the session as presenter and round table host. The PDW will feature two presented segments, 1) on the current standing of research or Impact and the Early Stage of the Career and 2) two hands on success stories of scholars who have created impactful work early on. For the round table, we will facilitate materials to host a conversation and learning opportunity for everyone involved, focusing on means that enable Impact. A draft abstract of the session can be found below.
- "Between the Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2023 and 2024, hundreds of sessions were hosted focusing on research impact. Yet, these discussions and, to some extent, research impact itself seem reserved for 'senior' scholars. Where impact is an important personal goal for many early career researchers, PhD programs and tenure tracks often mention the relevance of impactful research, yet theoretically and practically, we treat impact as the pinnacle of a research career contingent on seniority. The key challenge to impact is its popularized perception as something groundbreaking (finding AOM 2024). Aggrandizing impact both deters and inhibits early career researchers from creating impactful work, which is exacerbated by little, if any at all, training, education, and open discussion. This session, following a 2024 edition, aims to continue the dialog and enable research impact among early career researchers. Specifically, this PDW addresses three key topics: (1) the current standing of early career research impact; (2) the antecedents of overcoming the challenges in generating research impact; and (3) the means and tools for early career researchers to conduct impactful research. After a brief introduction, these topics will be addressed in a plenary session. In round table discussion, we aim to address the most pertinent challenges to early career impact and create tangible guidance on navigating them."
Interested in these roles during the workshop? Simply send a short email to julian.jonathan.markus@wu.ac.at to indicate your interest before January 4th, 2025. Please include a brief description of your work and connection to Research Impact. The Rule of 3 + 3 applies to being listed as a presenter on the proposal.
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Julian Jonathan (J.J.) Markus
PhD Candidate
WU Vienna U. of Economics and Business.
Vienna
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