Management and
Organization (ICMO 2026)
"Sustainability is not an endpoint, but a principle of design for the future."
About the Conference
The 8th International Conference on Management and Organization, with the theme “Sustainability by Design: Rethinking Strategy, People & Digital Futures,” will be held from June 3–6, 2026, at Hotel Maestral, Pržno, Montenegro. The conference aims to provide an international platform for critical debate, cross-disciplinary engagement, and collaborative exploration of how strategy, people, and digital futures can shape a more sustainable world. It seeks to advance management and organization research that informs, inspires, and impacts society at large.
The quest for sustainability has become one of the most pressing imperatives of our age. It transcends environmental concerns to reshape how organizations strategize, how people work and thrive, and how digital futures are imagined and governed. Sustainability by design calls for a fundamental rethinking: it cannot remain an add-on to existing systems, but must be intentionally embedded into the way strategies are conceived, human potential is organized, and digital technologies are deployed.
This integrative perspective calls for moving beyond familiar trade-offs between economic, social, and environmental goals. Sustainable design embraces paradoxes and complexity—long-term versus short-term, efficiency versus resilience, global integration versus local responsiveness, innovation versus stability—inviting both/and solutions that are not only viable today but regenerative for tomorrow.
Sustainability by Design
The quest for sustainability has become one of the most pressing imperatives of our age. It transcends environmental concerns to reshape how organizations strategize, how people work and thrive, and how digital futures are imagined and governed.
ICMO 2026 aims to provide an international platform for critical debate, moving beyond familiar trade-offs to embrace paradoxes: efficiency versus resilience, global integration versus local responsiveness.
Rethinking Strategy
Embedding sustainability into the core of organizational design.
Conference Organizers
Conference Tracks
We encourage discussion around the paradoxical challenges in organization and management through the following themes.
Theory and Practice of Sustainability by Design
Regenerative systems; circular organizing; embodied sustainability; design justice; temporal design; human–AI symbiosis; sustainable materialities; multispecies organizing; systemic coherence.
Strategy & Sustainable Organization
Strategic choices under uncertainty; sustainable business models; organization design; paradox management; impact-oriented KPIs; portfolio design for resilience and growth; business models addressing climate change.
People, HRM & Well-being
Engagement, burnout, psychological safety; DEI; rewards; sustainable careers and skills; people analytics; unethical behavior; human-centered work design; distributed, gig, and fluid forms of work; the future of work.
Digital Futures: AI, Data & Tech Governance
GenAI at work; human–AI teaming and communication; data governance & privacy; cybersecurity; platform governance; responsible AI and evaluation.
Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Ecosystems
Open/corporate innovation; university–industry collaboration; deep-tech & funding; regional ecosystems; mission-driven innovation.
Governance, Ethics & ESG Integration
Board oversight of AI/ESG; responsible finance; investor engagement; impact measurement & assurance; compliance and anti-corruption.
International Business & Resilient Supply Chains
Re/near-shoring; geopolitics; sustainable trade; standards & interoperability; risk analytics; emerging markets; cross-cultural analysis.
Public Sector, NPOs & Cross-sector Partnerships
New public management; policy implementation; digital government; social innovation; PPPs; collaborative governance and service design.
Methods, Open Science & Replication
Causal identification (experiments/quasi-); longitudinal modeling; multilevel research; computational text/network analysis; qualitative methods; preregistration; data/code sharing.
Teaching & Learning
Transformative pedagogy; experiential and reflective learning; learning ecosystems; digital and immersive education; design thinking in management education; lifelong and intergenerational learning; sustainability literacy; learning from failure; AI-assisted learning and assessment.
Submission & Publications
Papers and discussions will not be restricted to the aforementioned topics; manuscripts connecting different track themes are also invited. Papers from organization science, strategic management, corporate governance, human resource management, organizational behavior, organizational and work psychology, sociology of work and organizations, computer science, information systems, and other fields are welcome since the conference promotes an interdisciplinary approach, but should relate to business issues. Theoretical and empirical papers employing qualitative or quantitative methods, work-in-progress, PhD research, and practical cases are welcome.
Submission Guidelines
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Extended Abstracts: 500-1000 words (excluding title, authors’ info,
references). Include title, affiliations, track preference, and author status on the
first page.
Format: Times New Roman, size 12, single spacing. - Full Papers: 5000-12000 words all-inclusive. Published in online proceedings with ISBN.
- File Formats: .doc or .docx.
Submission Start: January 22, 2026
Submit Your PaperPublication Opportunities
Accepted abstracts will be published in the online conference proceedings.
High-quality work may be considered for:
- Dynamic Relationships Management Journal (Scopus-indexed)
- Economic and Business Review
- Book chapter (Springer or Edward Elgar)
- Business Strategy and the Environment (Fast-track)
- International Journal of Emerging Markets (Fast-track, supervised by Prof. Ilan Alon)
Poster sessions might be organized if we receive a larger number of high-quality submissions. Questions? info@maom.org
Ready to participate?
Download Call for PapersImportant Dates
Submission Deadline
Extended abstracts or full papers.
Registration Launch
Payment & Booking.
Notification
Decisions sent.
Registration
Standard window.
Conference
Montenegro.
Note: Participants needing invoices or early booking can contact info@maom.org.
Registration Fees
Registration fee covers conference proceedings (with extended abstracts), refreshments during breaks, lunches, and conference gala dinner.
Members
SAM, CroAM, MAOM, BHAoM, or AOM
(until March 20, 2026)
(until May 10, 2026)
Non-Members
Standard Registration
(until March 20, 2026)
(until May 10, 2026)
Students
PhD / Masters (Member)*
(until March 20, 2026)
(until May 10, 2026)
* For available discount pricing and travel awards please contact your local Academy.
Confirmed Keynote and Plenary Speakers
Including Workshop Convenors
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Amitabh Anand
Excelia Business School, La Rochelle, France. Co-Editor, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research.
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Arnold B. Bakker
Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Professor of Work and Organizational Psychology.
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Peter Bamberger
Coller School of Management, Tel Aviv University, Israel. Past President, Academy of Management.
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Oliver Baumann
University of Southern Denmark. Professor of Strategy and Organization.
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Carole Bousquet
IDRAC Business School, France. Chair of the Management Consulting Division, Academy of Management.
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Xavier Castañer
HEC Lausanne, Switzerland. Past President, IFSAM.
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Jelena Cerar
Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), Austria. Assistant Professor.
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Michael Christofi
Cyprus University of Technology & Vilnius University. Professor.
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Evangelia Demerouti
Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), The Netherlands. President, EAWOP.
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Caroline Viola Fry
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, USA. Associate Professor.
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Bradley L. Kirkman
North Carolina State University, USA. General H. Hugh Shelton Distinguished Professor.
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Carin Isabel Knopp
Harvard Business School, USA. Executive Director.
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Chet C. Miller
Bauer College of Business, University of Houston, USA. Editor-in-Chief, Academy of Management Discoveries.
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Dana Minbaeva
King’s College London, UK & Copenhagen Business School. Associate Editor, Academy of Management Review.
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Milan Mirić
USC Marshall School of Business, USA. Associate Professor of Information Systems.
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Mark Pattison
Business executive, entrepreneur, and former NFL player, USA.
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Stevo Pavićević
Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Germany. Associate Professor.
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Doug Smith
Business executive and advisor, USA. Expert in strategic planning.
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H. Cenk Sözen
Başkent University, Turkey. President, Turkish Academy of Management.
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Alex Stajković
University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA. Dean’s Professor in Business.
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Kayla Stajković
UC Davis Graduate School of Management, USA. Lecturer.
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Taryn Sullivan
Product Leader, Google, USA. Invited Industry Speaker.
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Natalia Vershinina
Audencia Business School, France. Professor of Entrepreneurship.
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Ivana Vranješ
Tilburg University, The Netherlands. Associate Editor, Group & Organization Management.
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Larry J. Williams
Texas Tech University, USA. Founder and Director of CARMA.
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Jelena Žikić
York University, Toronto, Canada. Professor.
+ More distinguished speakers will be announced soon.