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Our research studies the human aspects that drive much of what goes on at work — human emotion, motivation, social interactions, and leadership. It unpacks how these forces can be leveraged to improve all aspects of performance as well as well-being, at three levels:

individuals: we seek to understand and improve how people think, feel, and therefore perform, in a changing world of work;

groups: we use human insights to optimize leadership and team dynamics;

organizations: we study the systems, processes and technologies that support human needs and maximize human potential.

The Future of Work is a topic of increasing importance to practitioners. But the Future of Work appears far less in management scholarship than would be expected given its prevalence in society, and research relevant to the topic in management thus far is fragmented. This annual research competition aims to foster management scholarship on the Future of Work by supporting promising research on the topic.

Meet 2024 winner Max Bogaert (KU Leuven)

Meet 2023 winner Jackson Lu (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Meet 2022 winner Brittany Torrez (Yale University)

Meet 2021 winner Eva Lin (London Business School)

Learn more here on how to submit your research for the 2025 Future of Work research prize.

Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2025 - Publishing Rigorous and Impactful Research on the Future of Work

Organized by CLFW team members Ryan Miller, Lauren Howe, and Jochen Menges with LSE professor Laura Giurge, this workshop focuses in on the unique challenges and opportunities associated with publishing research on the future of work. Three editors representing top management journals presented their perspective on this topic, with a rich Q&A and breakout sessions where attendees discussed specific issues. Part of a recurring series of professional development workshops on the future of work, this year's iteration featured engagement from attendees and promises to promote rigorous and impactful research on the future of work!

This Special Research Forum aims to bring scholarly attention to the human side of the future of work. Submissions were invited from a broad range of disciplines. Within management and organizational research, the Special Research Forum attracted submissions related to the role of human cognition, emotion, and behavior in the future of work, advances in HR practices and processes, ethical and social responsibilities in the future of work, managing change in organizations, technological innovation and management, and diversity and inclusion in the future of work.

Click here to read one of the published articles from the Special Research Forum

Click here to read more about the AMD Special Research Forum