Join us for WAM's 65th conference in Long Beach, Calfornia   around the theme "Work and Well-being"

March 13-16, 2024

We will meet in beautiful Southern California for the 65th Western Academy of Management (WAM) conference. The conference will be held at the Hilton Long Beach, in Long Beach, California, 25 miles south of downtown Los Angeles.

This year's conference theme is "Work and Well-being."The increased emphasis on physical, mental, and emotional well-being has emerged as a priority to employees and employers alike. Topics from avoiding burnout to enhancing psychological safety to addressing affordable healthcare solutions are frequent in popular media and scholarly work. We hope WAM can provide an engaging atmosphere to advance our understanding of well-being from a broad range of perspectives.

WAM will continue our partnership with the Western Case Writers Association (WCA) and
enhance a new partnership with the Consortium for Research Methods and Analysis (CARMA),
offering workshops and paper tracks for quantitative and qualitative methods. We are excited that Paul Godfrey is teaching a Theory Development Workshop.

The conference will honor our Journal of Management Inquiry (JMI) Scholar, Ascendent Scholars, and Best Paper Awardees.

Key Information

Abstract submission deadline: 

October 16, 2023 11 PM PST

The Submission System will open in early September at wamonline.org. 

You can already see the detailed Submission Guidelines.

Theme - Work and Well-being:

The conference theme will appeal to scholars and practitioners across a broad range of topics related to "work and well-being". Potential topics include individual differences, the role of stress, well-being in hybrid work, leadership implications, work and family considerations, case studies assessing organizational well-being interventions, well-being in teams, mental health in the classroom, and workshops focused on enhancing our well-being.

Submission tracks:

• Management Education
• People & Workplace
• Research Methods
• The Environment
• The Firm
• The Professoriat
• Relationships/ Leadership/ Communication

Submission types:

• Traditional Papers
• Developmental Papers
• Symposia
• Workshops
• Panels

Program at a glance:

• Doctoral Student & Junior Faculty Consortia
• Quantitative and Qualitative Methods Workshops supported by CARMA
• Traditional & Developmental Paper Presentations
• Symposia; Workshops; and Panel Presentations
• Awards

Highlights from WAM 2023 in Reno, Nevada

Get in touch with us

WAM website: www.wamonline.org

2024 WAM Program Chair - Dr. Carol Flinchbaugh cflinch@nmsu.edu

Western Academy of Management 

An independent affiliate of the National Academy of Management since 1960