Organizations, Occupations, and Work

James D. Thompson Graduate Student Paper Award
The James D. Thompson Graduate Student Paper Award is given for an outstanding graduate student paper in the area of organizations, occupations, and work, written or published within the last three years (2023, 2024, 2025).  Publication date is based on print publication for traditional journals (i.e., not online-first date) and release date for online-only journals.  Paper co-authored with faculty members are not eligible for this award. Self-nominations are welcome.  All nominations must come from members in good standing of the Organizations, Occupations, and Work Section.  However, nominated candidates need not be members of the Section or the ASA in order to be eligible for the award.

To nominate a paper, please submit the following materials via email to all members of the committee: (1) a PDF of the paper, (2) a brief letter highlighting the paper’s contributions to scholarship on organizations, occupations, and work, and (3) contact information for the nominee.  Use “Thompson Paper Award Nomination 2026” as the subject line of your email.  To receive full consideration, nominations must be submitted by February 15, 2026 to:

Aliya Hamid Rao (Committee Chair)
London School of Economics 
a.h.rao@lse.ac.uk

Committee members: 
Julia Dessauer, Indiana University
Nino Bariolo, University of Toronto

W. Richard Scott Article Award
The W. Richard Scott Article Award is granted for an outstanding article in the area of organizations, occupations, and work published within the last three years (2023, 2024, 2025).  Publication date is based on print publication for traditional journals (i.e., not online-first date) and release date for online-only journals.  Self-nominations are welcome.  All nominations must come from members in good standing of the Organizations, Occupations, and Work Section.  However, nominated candidates need not be members of the Section or the ASA in order to be eligible for the award.

To nominate an article, please submit the following materials via email to all members of the committee: (1) a PDF of the article, (2) a brief letter (PDF or MSWord) highlighting the article’s contributions to scholarship on organizations, occupations, and (3) contact information for the nominee.  Use “Scott Article Award Nomination 2026” as the subject line of your email.  To receive full consideration, nominations must be submitted by February 15, 2026 to:

Youngjoo Cha (Committee Chair)
Indiana University
cha5@iu.edu

Committee members: 
Leroy Gonsalves, Boston University
Angelina Grigoryeva, University of Toronto
Jennifer Merluzzi, George Washington University

Max Weber Book Award
The Max Weber Book Award is granted for an outstanding book in the area of organizations, occupations, and work published within the last three years (2024, 2025, 2026).  Self-nominations are welcome.  All nominations must come from members in good standing of the Organizations, Occupations, and Work Section.  However, nominated candidates need not be members of the Section or the ASA in order to be eligible for the award.  

To nominate a book, please submit via email a brief nomination letter highlighting the book’s contributions to scholarship on organizations, occupations, and work and including contact information for the nominee.  Use “Weber Book Award Nomination 2026” as the subject line of your email.  In addition, send a hard or digital copy of the book to each committee member at the mailing addresses or the email addresses provided below.  Books should be received by the submission deadline.  To receive full consideration, nominations must be submitted by February 15, 2026 to:

Laura Doering (Committee Chair)
University of Toronto
laura.doering@utoronto.ca
Mailing address:
University of Toronto
105 Saint George St
Toronto, ON M5S 3E6, Canada

Malissa Alinor, UNC Chapel Hill
malinor@unc.edu
Mailing address:
UNC Chapel Hill 
Abernethy Hall 
131 S. Columbia St.
Chapel Hill, NC 27516

Xi Wang, Northwestern University
XiWang2026@u.northwestern.edu
Mailing address:
6000 N Sheridan Rd #509 
Chicago, IL 60660

Kim de Laat, University of Waterloo
kim.delaat@uwaterloo.ca
Mailing address:
125 St. Patrick Street
Stratford School of Interaction Design and Business
University of Waterloo
Stratford, ON 
N5A 0C1
Canada

Heba Alex, University of Chicago
halex@uchicago.edu
Mailing Address:
University of Chicago
Department of Sociology
1126 E. 59th Street
Chicago, IL 60637

Tiantian Yang, University of Pennsylvania
yangtt@wharton.upenn.edu
Mailing address:
University of Pennsylvania
Office 2025 SH-DH
3620 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Rosabeth Moss Kanter Distinguished Career Award
The Rosabeth Moss Kanter Distinguished Career Award recognizes and celebrates a career of outstanding contributions to the area of organizations, occupations, and work.  Nominations are judged on the depth and breadth of impact through scholarship, teaching and/or service over an extended time and across multiple projects, initiatives, and roles.  All nominations must come from members in good standing of the Organizations, Occupations, and Work Section.  However, nominated candidates need not be members of the Section or the ASA in order to be eligible for the award.

The section retains and considers nominations for the Kanter Award over a 3-year cycle.  Thus, this year’s committee will consider nominations submitted in 2024, 2025, and 2026.  Nominations submitted in 2026 but not selected will remain in the pool for the 2027 and 2028 award years.

To submit a nomination, send the following materials to the selection committee: (1) a letter of nomination, which outlines the candidate’s contributions to the field, (2) a copy of the nominee’s most recent curriculum vitae, and (3) contact information for the nominee (including email address). Nomination materials may also include supporting letters and up to 10 of the nominee’s publications in electronic form.  All nomination materials should be in PDF or word format and submitted as email attachments (a single email if possible).  Use “Kanter Career Award Nomination 2026” as the subject line of your email.  To receive full consideration, nominations must be submitted by February 15, 2026 to:

Eunmi Mun (Committee Chair)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
eunmimun@illinois.edu

Committee members: 
Callen Anthony, New York University
Caroline Hanley, College of William & Mary
Malte Reichelt, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität