Asia Academy of Management (AAOM) Main Conference

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About the conference​

The 14th Asia Academy of Management (AAOM) Main Conference, held jointly with the 2026 Taiwan Academy of Management (TAOM), will be hosted by RMIT Vietnam in the vibrant city of Ho Chi Minh City. This joint conference will serve as an inclusive platform for exploring how organisations and institutions across Asia are responding to and shaping the forces of digital disruption, innovation, and institutional transformation.

From 16 to 20 June 2026, academics, researchers, and practitioners will convene to engage with the conference theme: "Innovation, Digital Transformation, and the Future of Management".

Program Co-chairs

  • Sanjay Singh, University of Dundee
  • Burkhard Schrage, RMIT University Vietnam

Presidential Address

  • Mike Peng, University of Texas at Dallas

Conference tracks and suggested key topics

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  • The Co-evolution of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Institutional Logics: Analysing the processes through which institutional support, venture capital, and policy frameworks co-evolve to foster deep tech, AI, and sustainable-native startups in emerging Asian economies.
  • Cross-Border Corporate Venturing and Knowledge Spillovers: Exploring the role of Asian corporate venture capital in global technology hubs, focusing on how these investments facilitate knowledge transfer, reverse innovation, and the strategic renewal of the parent firm.

  • Algorithmic HRM and Managerial Discretion: Critically assessing the implementation of AI in recruitment, performance management, and talent development in workplaces, with a focus on fairness, algorithmic bias, and its impact on employee autonomy and managerial roles.
  • Sustainable Careers in the Gig Economy: A multi-level analysis of how institutional support, digital labour platforms, and individual agency interact to shape career sustainability, well-being, and social protection for gig workers across different Asian contexts.

  • De-globalisation and Supply Chain Reconfiguration: From an institutional and network perspective, this topic explores how MNEs operating in Asia are reconfiguring their value chains for resilience in response to deglobalisation pressures, geopolitical shifts, and technological decoupling.
  • Overcoming the Digital Liability of Foreignness: Theorising how emerging market MNEs from Asia leverage digital platforms and data analytics to overcome traditional barriers to internationalisation, build legitimacy, and compete in advanced economies.

  • Theorising the Platform-Based Organisation: Developing new or extended theories on the governance, structure, and power dynamics of platform-based organisations, with a particular focus on how Asian institutional contexts shape their architecture and evolution.
  • Navigating Institutional Complexity and Contradiction: Examining how organisations in Asia manage the paradoxical tensions between demands for rapid digital innovation, pressures for social and environmental legitimacy, and the persistence of traditional institutional norms.

  • Leadership and Trust in Human-AI Hybrid Teams: Investigating the behavioural dynamics of teams composed of both humans and AI agents, focusing on how leadership styles must adapt to foster psychological safety, trust in algorithms, and effective collaboration within Asian corporate settings.
  • The Behavioural Science of Digital Work: A multi-level study on the cognitive and affective consequences of hyper-connectivity and remote work, exploring its impact on employee well-being, work-life integration, and engagement in diverse Asian cultural contexts.

  • Strategic Agility in Asian Platform Ecosystems: Investigating how firms build and deploy dynamic capabilities to navigate digital disruption, competitive dynamics, and institutional voids within the region's rapidly scaling digital platforms.
  • Non-Market Strategy and Geopolitical Risk: Examining how Asian multinational corporations and foreign MNEs in Asia formulate corporate political strategies and other non-market actions to manage risks and opportunities arising from trade tensions and shifting political alliances.

Important dates

Submission opens 1 September 2025
Paper submission deadline 1 December 2025
Acceptance notification 1 March 2026
Registration for the conference 1 March 2026 – 10 June 2026
Full conference programme 12 June 2026
Conference dates 16 – 20 June 2026

About the Asia Academy of Management (AAOM)​

The mission of the Asia Academy is to assume global leadership in the advancement of management theory, research and education of relevance to Asia. In August 1997, more than 60 Academy of Management conference participants met and agreed to set up the Asia Academy of Management with the above mission. They endorsed the principle that the Asia Academy should be an independent organisation run in Asia, with links to the Academy of Management and other scholarly organisations. The objective of the Asia Academy is thus to encourage contextualised management research with Asia relevance towards global contribution to scholarship.

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About The Business School, RMIT Vietnam

Renowned for excellence in management education and impactful research, The Business School at RMIT Vietnam is deeply connected to industry and focused on the future of work. As the host of the AAOM 2026 Main Conference, it reaffirms its commitment to regional collaboration, thought leadership, and innovation in business and management.

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Contact us

For enquiries, please contact us at: aaom2026@rmit.edu.vn​

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