Best Book Award Nominations, 2026
Call for nominations! The AOM PNP division is requesting nominations for the division's 2026 Best Book Award. Send nominations of books published in 2023, 2024, or 2025 to @stevebholt.bsky.social
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🗓️ March 9, 2026
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AOM PNP Professional Development Workshops 2026
Call for submissions! The AOM PNP Division is inviting professional development workshop proposals that are inclusive, interactive, and which enhance the skills of public & nonprofit scholars & practitioners #pasky #nonprofitsky
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🗓️ January 13, 2026
2025-26 PNP Division Election Results Division Program Chair: **Emily Nwakpuda**, University of Texas, Arlington Fundraising Chair: **Dan Heist**, Brigham Young University Awards Chair: **Marlene Walk**, University of Freiburg Chair, Best Article Award Committee: **Jason Coupet**, Georgia State University Chair, Best Book Award Committee: **Stephen B. Holt**, University at Albany, SUNY
2025-26 PNP Division Election Results Chair, Keith G. Provan Award Committee: **Donna Sedgwick**, Virginia Tech Chair, Best Dissertation Award Committee: **Alexander Kroll**, Florida International University Chair, Best International Conference Paper Award Committee: **Rebecca Tekula**, Pace University Membership Committee: **Nicola Capolupo**, Università San Raffaele di Roma
The PNP Division is pleased to announce the election results and 2025-2026 Executive Committee members.
Congratulations to all and thank you to each candidate who ran for a position and thanks to everyone for voting!
(@marlenewalk.bsky.social, @professajay.bsky.social , @stevebholt.bsky.social)
Muhammad Ali Hussain and Qing Miao Runners up for the 2025 IJPA Best International/Comparative Paper Award "From Self-Reflection to Reality: Unmasking the Dark Shadows of Stereotypical View on Volunteer Outcomes"
Philine Van Overbeeke, Lucas C.P.M. Meijs, and Corinna Frey-Heger Runners up for the 2025 IJPA Best International/Comparative Paper Award "Beyond Cost Savings and Interchangeability: Towards a Value-Based Framework for the Contributions of Volunteers and Volunteering to Nonprofit Organizations" Academy of Management, Public and Nonprofit Division
Congrats to Muhammad Ali Hussain and Qing Miao & Philine Van Overbeeke, Lucas C.P.M. Meijs, and Corinna Frey-Heger, runners up for the AOM-PNP 2025 / IJPA Best International/Comparative Paper Award! #AOM2025 #pasky #nonprofitsky
Adam Frost and Sandeep Pillai Winners of the 2025 IJPA Best International/Comparative Paper Award "Selective Deinstitutionalization: Informal Institutional Adaptation in Maoist China" Academy of Management, Public and Nonprofit Division
Congrats to @dr-frost.bsky.social and Sandeep Pillai, winners of the AOM-PNP 2025 / IJPA Best International/Comparative Paper Award for "Selective Deinstitutionalization: Informal Institutional Adaptation in Maoist China"! #AOM2025 #pasky
Silvia Lässer University of Bern Winner of the 2025 Best Doctoral Student Paper "Revisiting Volunteering Research: A Systematic Literature Review" Academy of Management, Public and Nonprofit Division
Congrats to Silvia Lässer, winner of the AOM-PNP 2025 Best Conference Paper by a Doctoral Student Award for "Revisiting Volunteering Research: A Systematic Literature Review"! #AOM2025 #pasky
Robin Bachmann Winner of the 2025 Charles H. Levine Award for Best Conference Paper "Money Silences 'Us': Financial Topics Erode Collective Identity in the German Parliament" Academy of Management, Public and Nonprofit Division
Congrats to Robin Bachmann, the winner of the AOM-PNP 2025 Charles H. Levine Award for Best Conference Paper for "Money Silences 'Us': Financial Topics Erode Collective Identity in the German Parliament"! #AOM2025 #pasky
Benjamin Brunjes and Evelyn Rodriguez-Plesa Honorable mention for the 2025 Best Journal Article Award "Equity in Government Contracting: Analyzing the Performance of Small Disadvantaged Businesses" Academy of Management, Public and Nonprofit Division
Fernando Nieto Morales, Rik Peeters, and Gabriela Lotta Honorable mention for the 2025 Best Journal Article Award "Burdens, Bribes, and Bureaucrats: The Political Economy of Petty Corruption and Administrative Burdens" Academy of Management, Public and Nonprofit Division
And congrats to the honorable mentions for the 2025 Best Journal Article Award, Benjamin Brunjes and Evelyn Rodriguez-Plesa (doi.org/10.1111/puar...) & @fnietomorales.bsky.social, Rik Peeters, and @gabilotta.bsky.social (doi.org/10.1093/jopa...) #AOM2025 #pasky
Nicola Ulibarri Winners of the 2025 Best Journal Article Award "An Analysis of Micro-Scale Conflict in Collaborative Governance" Academy of Management, Public and Nonprofit Division
Congrats to @ulibarri.bsky.social, winner of AOM-PNP's 2025 Best Journal Article Award for "An Analysis of Micro-Scale Conflict in Collaborative Governance" (doi.org/10.1093/jopa...) #AOM2025 #pasky
Aubrey Stewart Office of the Prime Minister, Jamaica Honorable mention for the 2025 Best Dissertation Award “Evaluating Heavy-Handed and Collaborative Crime Control Policies in Jamaica: Impacts on Decision-making, Education, and Safety” Academy of Management, Public and Nonprofit Division
And congrats to Aubrey Stewart (Office of the Prime Minister, Jamaica) who received an honorable mention for the AOM-PNP 2025 Best Dissertation Award, for "Evaluating Heavy-Handed and Collaborative Crime Control Policies in Jamaica: Impacts on Decision-making, Education, and Safety" #AOM2025 #pasky
Sheeling Neo American University Winner of the 2025 Best Dissertation Award “Public Employee Stereotypes: What are they? Do they matter?” Academy of Management, Public and Nonprofit Division
Congrats to @neosheeling.bsky.social from American University, winner of the AOM-PNP 2025 Best Dissertation Award, for "Public Employee Stereotypes: What are they? Do they matter?" #AOM2025 #pasky
Yan Long (University of California, Berkley) Honorable mention for the 2025 Best Book Award Authoritarian Absorption: The Transnational Remaking of Epidemic Politics in China (Oxford University Press, 2024) Academy of Management, Public and Nonprofit Division
And congrats to @yanlong-soc.bsky.social (Berkley) who received an honorable mention for the AOM-PNP 2025 Best Book Award for Authoritarian Absorption: The Transnational Remaking of Epidemic Politics in China global.oup.com/academic/pro... #AOM2025
And huge thanks to the award committee Marlene Walk, Gary Schwarz, Muhammad Azfar Nisar, Samantha Plotner, and Alexander Henderson #AOM2025
Jessica Sowa (University of Delaware) and Jaclyn Piatak (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) Winners of the 2025 Best Book Award Volunteer Management: A Strategic Approach (Routledge, 2024) Academy of Management, Public and Nonprofit Division
Congrats to @sowa75.bsky.social and @jaclynpiatak.bsky.social, winners of the AOM-PNP 2025 Best Book Award, for Volunteer Management: A Strategic Approach (Routledge, 2024)! www.routledge.com/Volunteer-Ma... #AOM2025 #pasky
Division & interest group nominations
AOM-PMP is accepting nominations for leadership roles:
•Program Chair
•Fundraising Chair
•Membership Team
•Awards Chair
•Chairs for best journal article, book, & dissertation
•Provan Award Chair
Please nominate yourself and others here by February 28: www.surveymonkey.com/r/NGRB3DV
Thanks!
Top Reviewer Award winners Ann Smith, Australian National University Berta Terzieva, WU Vienna University Emma Northcott, George Washington University Gaëlle Cotterlaz-Rannard, University of Sussex Julia Trautendorfer, Johannes Kepler University Linz Katrin Bauer, TU Dortmund University Magnus Emmendoerfer, University Federal de Viçosa Maham Ali, The Ohio State University Philine Van Overbeeke, Erasmus University Shuyao Zhou, IE Business School Academy of Management, Public and Nonprofit Division
Congrats to all the 2024 AOM-PNP Top Reviewer Award winners! #AOM2024
Ann Smith, Berta Terzieva, Emma Northcott, Gaëlle Cotterlaz-Rannard, Julia Trautendorfer, Katrin Bauer, Magnus Emmendoerfer, Maham Ali, Philine Van Overbeeke, and Shuyao Zhou
… and thanks to the award sponsor PMRA! #AOM2024
Thanks to the award committee Alex Kroll, Rebecca Tekula, and Gary Schwarz #AOM2024
Xiao Tang, Zhe Deng, and Mengke Guo Runners up for the 2024 IJPA Best International/Comparative Paper Award "Efforts or Gaming: How Local Governments Respond to Performance Incentives and Bypassing Monitoring" Academy of Management, Public and Nonprofit Division
Congrats to Xiao Tang, Zhe Deng, and Mengke Guo, runners up for the AOM-PNP 2024 IJPA Best International/Comparative Paper Award for "Efforts or Gaming: How Local Governments Respond to Performance Incentives and Bypassing Monitoring"! #AOM2024
Thanks to the award committee Alex Kroll, Rebecca Tekula, and Gary Schwarz #AOM2024
Jolien Muylaert, Adelien Decramer, Beatrice Van der Heijden, and Mieke Audenaert Runners up for the 2024 IJPA Best International/Comparative Paper Award "The Effect of Red Tape on Employability Competences of Teachers"
Congrats to Jolien Muylaert, Adelien Decramer, Beatrice Van der Heijden, and Mieke Audenaert, runners up for the AOM-PNP 2024 IJPA Best International/Comparative Paper Award for "The Effect of Red Tape on Employability Competences of Teachers"! #AOM2024
Thanks to the award committee Alex Kroll, Rebecca Tekula, and Gary Schwarz #AOM2024
Lei Liu and Angela Aristidou Winners of the 2024 IJPA Best International/Comparative Paper Award "A Place-Based Perspective of Cross-Sectoral Collaborations" Academy of Management, Public and Nonprofit Division
Congrats to Lei Liu and Angela Aristidou, winners of the AOM-PNP 2024 IJPA Best International/Comparative Paper Award for "A Place-Based Perspective of Cross-Sectoral Collaborations"! #AOM2024
Thanks to the award sponsor European Management Journal #AOM2024
Simona Morale, Roberta Romano, Gabriella Piscopo, and Paola Adinolfi Winners of the 2024 Charles H. Levine Award for Best Conference Paper "Welcome, Innovation! A Meta-Synthesis of Artificial Intelligence Adoption in the Public Sector" Academy of Management, Public and Nonprofit Division
Congrats to Simona Morale, Roberta Romano, Gabriella Piscopo, and Paola Adinolfi, winners of the AOM-PNP 2024 Charles H. Levine Award for Best Conference Paper for "Welcome, Innovation! A Meta-Synthesis of Artificial Intelligence Adoption in the Public Sector"! #AOM2024
Thanks to the award sponsor, Romney Institute of Public Service and Ethics at BYU #AOM2024
Emma Northcott, Sheila Pandey, Sanjay Pandey and Eiko Strader George Washington University Winners of the 2024 Best Doctoral Student Paper "The Asian American Experience in the Federal Workforce: How Employees Navigate Racialization" Academy of Management, Public and Nonprofit Division
Congrats to Emma Northcott (with Sheila Pandey, Sanjay Pandey, and Eiko Strader), winner of the AOM-PNP 2024 Best Conference Paper by a Doctoral Student Award for "The Asian American Experience in the Federal Workforce: How Employees Navigate Racialization"! #AOM2024
Thanks to the award committee Barbara Allen, Hyunseok Huang, Amanda Crompton, Ben Brunjes, Kayla Schwoerer, and Urs Dellenbach, and award sponsor UCONN School of Public Policy #AOM2024
Gustav Egede Hansen Roskilde University Winner of the 2024 Best Dissertation Award “The Different Consequences of In- and Outsourcing for Employees” Academy of Management, Public and Nonprofit Division
Congrats to Gustav Egede Hansen from Roskilde University, winner of the AOM-PNP 2024 Best Dissertation Award, for "The Different Consequences of In- and Outsourcing for Employees" #AOM2024
Muhammad Azfar Nisar Lahore University Winner of the 2024 Best Book Award Governing Thirdness: State, Society and Non-binary Identities in Pakistan, Cambridge University Press (2022) Academy of Management, Public and Nonprofit Division
Congrats to Muhammad Azfar Nisar from Lahore University, winner of the AOM-PNP 2024 Best Book Award, for Governing Thirdness: State, Society and Non-binary Identities in Pakistan, Cambridge University Press (2022) www.cambridge.org/us/universit... #AOM2024
Thanks to the award committee @stevebholt.bsky.social, @jaclynpiatak.bsky.social, Fiona Buick, Chris Birdsall, Sean McCandless, Ian Kirkpatrick, Jason Coupet, Timothy Fadgen, and Nathan Favero, and award sponsor Rockefeller College #AOM2024