The Academy of Management Perspectives 2008 Best Paper award winners: Emily Lean, Carol Reeves, Anne O’Leary-Kelly, and Jane Randel (not pictured).
 

The Academy of Management Perspectives Best Paper Award is given on a yearly basis to the selected paper published the previous year. The finalists were selected by the AMP Award Committee: Hugh O’Neil (Chair), Jonathan Doh, and Anne Kovalainen.
 
The Academy of Management Perspectives Best Paper Award is decided by the committee on the basis of the following criteria:

•    Represents an impressive summary and integration of an important set of research findings

•    Done in a style and with a degree of accessibility that will make it a foundational article for management teaching for many years.

•    Provides a model for other authors with respect to how a set of academic ideas and research findings can be framed and communicated in an appealing and compelling manner

•    Advances our understanding of issues that are relevant to managers and executives alike

The finalists are:

Stefan Ambec, Paul Lanoie; “Does it pay to be green? A systematic overview”

Jean Woiceshyn, Loren Falkenberg; “Value creation in Knowledge-based firms: Aligning problems and resources”

The winners of the Academy of Management Perspectives 2008 Best Paper Award:

Anne O’Leary-Kelly, Emily Lean, Carol Reeves, Jane Randel; “Coming into the light: Intimate partner violence and its effects at work”