Updated January 11, 2012

2012 Division Awards

Best Article Award

What was the best public or nonprofit management article in 2011 (i.e. published between January 1 to December 31, 2011)? If you would like to make a suggestion for the division's Best Article Award, send the selection committee a brief statement nominating the article and stating why it is worthy of the award. Nominations should be placed by February 1, 2012.

The new winner will be announced during the Public and Nonprofit Division's business meeting at the 2012 Academy of Management meeting in Boston.

Nominations, with a copy of the nominated article, should be sent to:

Best Book Award

Best Dissertation Award

Dear Colleagues,

The Best Dissertation Award Selection Committee for the Public and Nonprofit Division of the Academy of Management is requesting nominations for the division's 2011 Best Dissertation Award.  As you know, this is an outstanding opportunity to honor important academic work and high quality intellectual contributions to the field. 

This prestigious award is sponsored generously by Jossey-Bass publishers.  Dissertations defended January 1, 2011-December 31, 2011 are eligible for this award. (NOTE: any dissertations considered by last year’s committee for the 2010 award may not be submitted for reconsideration).

Nominations must be postmarked by February 28, 2012.  (Submissions from outside the United States should be mailed early enough so that we will have them by the beginning of March.)

Send nominations to: barthildreth@gsu.edu

W. Bartley Hildreth

Georgia State University
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
PO Box 3992
Atlanta, GA 30302-3992
Work phone: (404) 413-0271
Fax: (404) 413-0004
E-mail: barthildreth@gsu.edu

Matthew Liao-Troth

Georgia College & State University
J. Whitney Bunting College of Business
231 W. Hancock Street
College Box 10
Milledgeville, GA 31061
Work phone: (478) 445-5497
Fax: (478) 445-5249
E-mail: matthew.liao-troth@gcsu.edu

Masini Award         

The Carlo Masini Award for outstanding scholarship in the fields of public and nonprofit management will be presented to the best paper from across the entire Academy of Management which examines the behavior of public and/or nonprofit organizations.  Winners of the award will receive a $2000 prize in recognition of their achievement.  This award is created by IPAS (Institute for Public and Health Administration) – Bocconi University of Milan in recognition the lifetime achievements of Prof. Carlo Masini to the field of public management.

 How the Award Works:

Eligibility:  Only papers that have been submitted to and accepted by the Public and Non-profit Division will be eligible for the award.  All accepted papers are eligible including those that have been nominated or selected for other awards given by the PNP division.

Selection:  A panel of international scholars from public and non-profit management will constitute a selection committee which will be responsible for making the award.  The Chair of the selection committee will review the pool of accepted papers in conjunction with the PNP program chair and        develop a short list of nominated papers for consideration by the selection committee.  The selection committee will review papers on the basis of the overall creativity and innovativeness of the research as well as the significance of the contribution to PNP scholarship. 

Recognition:  The winner of the Masini Award will be recognized at the business meeting of the Public and Nonprofit Division.  Nominated papers will also be invited to participate in a discussion of their work in the Masini         Symposium.  

Charles H. Levine Award for Best Conference Paper

Each year, the Division presents the Charles H. Levine Award for Best Conference Paper, sponsored generously by Routledge, to the author (or authors) of the best paper presented at the annual Conference. The winning author(s) will be announced in the Conference program and will receive a plaque recognizing the award during the Public and Nonprofit Division's business meeting at the 2012 Academy of Management conference, as well as a gift certificate for books published by Routledge. All papers submitted to the division for consideration at the annual conference are eligible for the award. The award selection is based on the evaluations received from reviewers of conference papers submitted to the Division.

Best Conference Paper by A Doctoral Student

Each year, the Division presents an Award for the Best Conference Paper by a Doctoral Student, sponsored generously by Sage Publications, to the author of the best paper presented at the annual Conference by a doctoral student. All papers submitted to the division for consideration at the annual conference, whose author identifies herself or himself as a doctoral student, are eligible for the award. The award selection is based on the evaluations received from reviewers of conference papers submitted to the Division.

The winner will be announced in the Conference program and will receive a plaque recognizing the award during the Public and Nonprofit Division's business meeting at the 2012 Academy of Management conference in Boston, as well as a gift certificate for books from Sage Publications.