James G. March Prize

The James G. March Prize is awarded biennially for the best article published in the EGOS online journal Organization Theory, published by SAGE.

• This prize pays tribute to the scholarship and legacy of Jim March who has been a great inspiration to many scholars within the EGOS community.

• The winning paper reflects the diversity of social science perspectives as they relate to organizations, organizing, and the organized. Furthermore, it offers a clear theoretical contribution to the scholarly debate, demonstrating impact, significance, critique, and novelty.

• The prize of € 2,000 is co-awarded by the journal Organization Theory, EGOS, and SCANCOR, with SCANCOR being also the sponsor.

On July 1, 2020, the James G. March Prize has been awarded for the first time during the Awards Ceremony at the virtual 36^th EGOS Colloquium 2020.
 

Finalists

• Ann L. Cunliffe:
  Must I Grow a Pair of Balls to Theorize about Theory in Organization and Management Studies?
  Organization Theory, 2022, 3 (3)

• Peter Fleming:
  Sartre’s Lost Organization Theory: Reading the Critique of Dialectical Reason Today
  Organization Theory, 2022, 3 (3)

• Marianna Fotaki:
  Why Do We Desire and Fear Care: Toward Developing a Holistic Political Approach
  Organization Theory, 2023, 4 (1)

• Francesca Polletta:
  Best Friends Forever: Relationship Schemas, Organizational Forms, and Institutional Change
  Organization Theory, 2022, 3 (1)

• Michael Power:
  Theorizing the Economy of Traces: From Audit Society to Surveillance Capitalism
  Organization Theory, 2022, 3 (3)

Acknowledgements: EGOS cordially thanks the following persons as jury members for their contributions in 2023:
Laure Cabantous, Joep Cornelissen, Markus Höllerer & Silviya Svejenova, together with the Associate Editors & the members of the Editorial Review Board of Organization Theory.
 

Finalists

• Stewart Clegg, Miguel Pina e Cunha, Arménio Rego & Filipe Santos:
  ‘Open purpose: Embracing organizations as expressive systems
  Organization Theory, 2021, 2 (4)

• Luciana D’Adderio, Vern L. Glaser & Neil Pollock:
  The Biography of an Algorithm: Performing algorithmic technologies in organizations
  Organization Theory, 2021, 2 (2)

• Maddy Janssen & Patrizia Zanoni:
  Making Diversity Research Matter for Social Change: New Conversations Beyond the Firm
  Organization Theory, 2021, 2 (2)

• Martin Kornberger & Saku Mantere:
  Thought Experiments and Philosophy in Organizational Research
  Organization Theory, 2020, 1 (3)

Acknowledgements: EGOS cordially thanks the following persons as jury members for their contributions in 2021: Eva Boxenbaum, Laure Cabantous, Joep Cornelissen, Penny Dick,  Joel Gehman, Markus Höllerer, Juliane Reinecke, David Seidl,  Jesper Strandgaard & the members of the Organization Theory Editorial Review Board.
 

Finalists

• Charlotte Cloutier & Ann Langley:
  What Makes a Process Theoretical Contribution?
  Organization Theory, 2020, 1 (1)

• Tor Hernes & Majken Schultz:
  Translating the Distant into the Present: How actors address distant past and future events through situated activity
  Organization Theory, 2020, 1 (1)

• Jörgen Sandberg & Haridimos Tsoukas:
  Sensemaking Reconsidered: Towards a broader understanding through phenomenology
  Organization Theory, 2020, 1 (1)

Acknowledgements: EGOS cordially thanks the following persons as jury members for their contributions in 2020: Eva Boxenbaum, Joep Cornelissen, Penny Dick, Joel Gehman, Markus Höllerer, Juliane Reinecke, and David Seidl (Editorial Board Organization Theory), as well as Jesper Strandgaard (SCANCOR) and the members of the Organization Theory Editorial Review Board.