We give the award annually for the most significant paper published in ASQ five years earlier. A committee composed of members of our editorial board selects the paper to received the award, after considering citation counts as well as qualitative evidence of a paper's impact on subsequent scholarship. Recipients receive a plaque commemorating the award and a free five-year subscription to ASQ. The award has been presented to the authors of the following papers:
2015- Jason P. Davis, Kathleen M. Eisenhardt, and Christopher B. Bingham
“Optimal Structure, Market Dynamism, and the Strategy of Simple Rules”
Administrative Science Quarterly, September 2009
2014
- Klaus Weber, Kathryn L. Heinze, and Michaela DeSoucey
"Forage for Thought: Mobilizing Codes in the Movement for Grass-fed Meat and Dairy Products”
Administrative Science Quarterly, September 2008
- Luis R. Gómez-Mejia, Katalin Takács Haynes, Manuel Núñez-Nickel, Kathyrn J. L. Jacobson, and José Moyano-Fuentes
"Socioemotional Wealth and Business Risks in Family-controlled Firms: Evidence from Spanish Olive Oil Mills”
Administrative Science Quarterly, March 2007
- Katherine J. Klein, Jonathan C. Ziegert, Andrew P. Knight, and Yan Xiao
"Dynamic Delegation: Shared, Hierarchical, and Deindividualized Leadership in Extreme Action Teams"
Administrative Science Quarterly, December 2006
- Roy Suddaby and Royston Greenwood
"Rhetorical Strategies of Legitimacy"
Administrative Science Quarterly, March 2005
- Kevin G. Corley and Dennis A. Gioia
"Identity Ambiguity and Change in the Wake of a Corporate Spin-Off"
Administrative Science Quarterly, June 2004
- Martha S. Feldman and Brian T. Pentland
"Reconceptualizing Organizational Routines as a Source of Flexibility and Change"
Administrative Science Quarterly, March 2003
2009 ASQ Award Acceptance Remarks
- Nicolaj Siggelkow
"Evolution toward Fit"
Administrative Science Quarterly, March 2002
- Robin J. Ely and David A. Thomas
"Cultural Diversity at Work: The Effects of Diversity Perspectives on Work Group Processes and Outcomes"
Administrative Science Quarterly, June 2001
- Jesper B. Sørensen and Toby E. Stuart
"Aging, Obsolescence, and Organizational Innovation"
Administrative Science Quarterly, March 2000
- Morten T. Hansen
"The Search-Transfer Problem: The Role of Weak Ties in Sharing Knowledge across Organization Subunits"
Administrative Science Quarterly, March 1999
- Mark J. Zbaracki
"The Rhetoric and Reality of Total Quality Management"
Administrative Science Quarterly, September 1998
- Brian Uzzi
"Social Structure and Competition in Interfirm Networks: The Paradox of Embeddedness"
Administrative Science Quarterly, March 1997
- Walter W. Powell, Kenneth W. Koput, and Laurel Smith-Doerr
"Interorganizational Collaboration and the Locus of Innovation: Networks of Learning in Biotechnology"
Administrative Science Quarterly, March 1996
- Kathleen M. Eisenhardt and Behnam N. Tabrizi
"Accelerating Adaptive Processes: Product Innovation in the Global Computer Industry"
Administrative Science Quarterly, March 1995
- Jane E. Dutton, Janet M. Dukerich, and Celia V. Harquail
"Organizational Images and Member Identification"
Administrative Science Quarterly, June 1994
- James R. Barker
"Tightening the Iron Cage: Concertive Control in Self-Managing Teams"
Administrative Science Quarterly, September 1993
- Anne S. Tsui, Terri D. Egan, and Charles A. O'Reilly III
"Being Different: Relational Demography and Organizational Attachment"
Administrative Science Quarterly, December 1992
- Jennifer A. Chatman
"Matching People and Organizations: Selection and Socialization in Public Accounting Firms"
Administrative Science Quarterly, September 1991
- Rebecca Henderson and Kim B. Clark
"Architectural Innovation: The Reconfiguration of Existing Product Technologies and the Failure of Established Firms"
Administrative Science Quarterly, March 1990
- Charles A. O'Reilly III, David F. Caldwell, and William P. Barnett
"Work Group Demography, Social Integration, and Turnover"
Administrative Science Quarterly, March 1989