OOW Distinguished Career Award:  The Distinguished Career Award recognizes and celebrates a career of contributions to the area(s) of organizations, occupations, and/or work. Nominations are judged on the depth and breadth of scholarly impact over an extended time and across multiple projects. The members of the 2017 Distinguished Career Award Committee were:  Elizabeth Hirsh (chair), Martha Crowley, Eric Dahlin, Apoorva Ghosh, and George Wilson.

2017 OOW Distinguished Career Award Winner:
Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business School, Harvard University.