Dear Colleagues,
Would you like to represent your country in the HR Division?
The HR Division Ambassadors Program was launched in 2007 to attract and welcome international members to the HR Division. There are currently 69 ambassadors from 47 countries, charged with helping to promote engagement with AOM and create stronger connections among members across the globe.
Why should this be of interest to you?
As an HR Division Ambassador you will be able to make a real impact for the HR community in your country, and beyond.
Our HR Ambassadors participate in a variety of activities such as:
- Developing initiatives which involve, engage, and serve our global community.
- Leveraging the knowledge within the division and developing events/ideas in your country or together with ambassadors from other countries that contribute to the research, teaching, and service objectives of division members.
- Connecting and building allegiances with other learned societies in your home country, with a view to enhancing collaboration between AOM and international partners.
- Connecting HR Division members within their own country (and global region) in order to enhance knowledge creation and promote research and education excellence.
- Connecting with local scholarly HR/management associations to strengthen connections with associations and members within the country/region.
- Staying actively involved with the AOM HR Division (e.g., attending annual meeting, HR International Conference, or virtual events) and sharing knowledge and experiences with members in your country/region.
- Hosting virtual or face to face events of interest to HR Division members (e.g., paper development workshops, webinars, HR International Conference). This could be in combination with other learned societies in your home country.
Ambassadors should have a strong, active connection with the HR scholarly community in their representing country (ideally they are currently living and working in that country).
Applications from early-career researchers are actively encouraged.
We especially encourage applications from countries in Africa, the Middle East, China, and South America as these regions are not currently well represented in the ambassador network. We will consider your application if you are from other countries and would like to join the program. Whichever country you are from, we encourage you to work with others from the program. We have this year set up 3 regional Ambassador groups: Oceania and South Pacific; the Americas; Middle East, Africa, and Europe.
Self-nomination process:
The nomination statement should be no longer than 250 words, including:
- Your motivation to be an ambassador,
- Details of how you are connected to the HR scholarly community within that country,
- An idea for how you might connect with local HR Division members in the country and neighbouring countries in partnership with other ambassadors.
To complete a self-nomination, please complete your application using this link before Friday 24th July 2026.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Ambassadors Committee
Helen Shipton, Nottingham Trent University, UK (helen.shipton@ntu.ac.uk)
Amy Tian, Curtin University, Australia (amy.tian@curtin.edu.au)
Troy Smith, University of Oklahoma, USA (troy.smith@ou.edu)
Aneeqa Suhail, Tilburg University, The Netherlands (a.suhail_1@tilburguniversity.edu)
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Aneeqa Suhail
Assistant Professor
Tilburg University
Tilburg
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