Organization Studies & Sage Student Paper Impact Award

The Organization Studies (OS) & Sage Student Paper Impact Award is awarded annually to reward post-graduate students (i.e., master and doctoral students), who have written a paper that has generated, or has the potential to generate, considerable societal impact (e.g., on societal, environmental, and policy matters).

This award is sponsored by Sage Publishing, amounting to EUR 1,000.

Submissions are assessed by a panel composed of the Editors-in-Chief of Organization Studies (Chairs), former and current members of the Editorial team of OS, representatives from Sage Publishing and practitioners engaged in relevant societal work.
 

Organization Studies & Sage Student Paper Impact Award 2026

Winners:

Attabik Awan, Bob Walrave, Vincent de Gooyert, & Gunter Bombaerts

for the paper: Vicious and Virtuous Loops: Uncertainty, Leadership, and Convergence–Divergence in Collaborative Innovation

FINALISTS for the Organization Studies & Sage Student Paper Impact Award 2026

  • Attabik Awan, Bob Walrave, Vincent de Gooyert, & Gunter Bombaerts
    Vicious and Virtuous Loops: Uncertainty, Leadership, and Convergence–Divergence in Collaborative Innovation
  • Amanda Baum, Pauline C. Reinecke, & Moritz Goeldner
    Hot Market, Cold Feet: Entrepreneurs’ Storytelling Between Public Enthusiasm and Investor Hesitation
  • Rosalie Saemann, Janina Klein, Elco van Burg, & Joerg Bueechl
    The Role of Emotional Attachment in Family Firm Succession
  • Cornelia K. Schlott
    Design Thinking as a Trust Catalyst: Unlocking Team Performance

Organization Studies & Sage Student Paper Impact Award 2025

Winner:

Stephanie Chan-Ahuja

for the paper: Remote Socialization: Evidence from a Field Experiment in India

Organization Studies & Sage Student Paper Impact Award 2023

Winner:

Marija Roglić

for the paper: Playing the Scales to Protect Public Value: The Story of the Pelješac LEADER initiative

FINALISTS for the Organization Studies & Sage Student Paper Impact Award 2023

  • Lukas Falcke, Ann-Kristin Zobel & Stephen Comello – for the paper:
    How Firms Realign to Tackle the Grand Challenge of Climate Change: An Innovation Ecosystems Perspective

  • McKenzie Lloyd-Smith – for the paper:
    Organisational Resilience as a Function of Emergent Coordination: The Integration of Intensive Care in Response to COVID-19

  • Marija Roglić & Florence Palpacuer – for the paper:
    Playing the Scales to Protect Public Value: The Story of the Pelješac LEADER Initiative