EAM-I XXI
21st Biennial Conference of the Eastern Academy of Management International
June 15-19, 2026 | Nariobi, Kenya
Deadline for Submissions: December 12, 2025
Conference Theme: Leveraging Africa's Resources and Potential for the Future
Theme Track: Unlocking Africa's Potential
In Partnership with
Strathmore University
COME TO NAIROBI, KENYA!
Nairobi the capital city of Kenya, is a vibrant and dynamic city that offers a unique blend of urban and wildlife experiences. It has one of the most diverse landscapes in the entire world, which is what makes this small but breathtaking city such a magical place to visit. It is home to a wide variety of rare wildlife species, many of which can only be found in the grassy plains, rain forests, and wooded savannas of Kenya. This is due to the wide variety of temperatures, habitats, and geography (https://ole-sereni.com/).
SUBMISSION DOMAINS
Business Policy & Strategy:
Focuses on strategic management and policy issues that arise when engaged in international business in a global economy, as well as government-business interface.
Corporate Governance:
Focuses on theory and practice of corporate governance. This domain explores roles and responsibilities of primary participants who are owners, supervisory and management board members, and managers of the organization.
Diversity & Identity in the Workplace:
Focuses on individual differences that broadly include both surface and deep level aspects (e.g., gender, culture, personality) .and the implications for work and business practices in organizations around the world.
Entrepreneurship:
Focuses on issues related to the creation, support, and growth of small businesses and entrepreneurial organizations to include innovative small business practices and supporting entrepreneurial ventures in developing countries.
Human Resources:
Focuses on aspects of human resource management including recruitment, selection, performance appraisal, compensation, socialization, training, and the development of human capital around the globe.
Management Education & Development:
Focuses on issues of pedagogy and learning across cultures (e.g., distance learning) and classroom teaching methods that facilitate the acquisition of skills for managing in a global economy.
Organizational Theory & Behavior:
Focuses on motivation, leadership, organizational learning, change, and the management of people in organizations across the globe.
Research Methods:
Focuses on methodologies that advance management research and practice. These include quantitative and qualitative methods, survey and archival methods, experimental and nonexperimental methods, cross-cultural approaches, and statistical modeling approaches.
Social Issues in Management:
Focuses on the ways that organizations operating in a global environment fulfill their social responsibilities, create ethical cultures, and
address issues surrounding sustainability.
Technology, Communication, and Information Systems:
Focuses on the use of technology and IS to manage and increase efficiency and effectiveness of the firm in a global environment as well as explores communication within and across organizations and how technology interacts with human systems.
Developmental Papers and Posters
Authors are invited to submit drafts of full manuscripts in need of additional work or extended abstract (700-1,000 words) to this track. Authors of accepted papers must agree to review and provide feedback to others in their session and will, in turn, receive feedback about their own paper.
PDW
Professional development workshops (PDWs): Develop a presentation, or hands-on session to share your best professional practices with EAM-I colleagues! Topics vary and have included: research roundtable, research methods, writing strategies, administration, career balance, assessment, service learning, curriculum development, Professors of practice, etc. Topics with international aspects are especially welcomed. PDW submissions are 4-10 pages and include: title, brief abstract with keywords), learning objective(s), and a detailed description of the workshop plan (including the timeline).
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Submissions may take the form of either case studies in any domain, theoretical or empirical papers, symposia, panel discussions, or experiential learning sessions. All submissions are to be written in English and follow Academy of Management Guidelines.
If a proposed idea does not seem to fit any of the described domains, authors should contact Program Chair Rickie Moore. Your submission will be directed to the most appropriate domain.
Those submitting work to the conference are expected to serve as reviewers and are invited to register as both an author and a reviewer upon submitting their work.
Once a submission is accepted, all panelists and at least one (1) author in each co-authored paper must register for the conference. If authors/panelists do not register by the conference deadline, their submissions will not appear in the Conference Program or Proceedings.
Conference administrators cannot accommodate special requests regarding timing of individual presentations.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Program Chair: Rickie Moore, emlyon business school, Lyon, France
Conference Coordinator: Monika Hudson, University of San Francisco, USA
Host Program Coordinator: Vincent Ogutu, Strathmore University, Kenya
Host Program Coordinator: Majid Twahir, Strathmore University, Kenya
Host Program Coordinator: Tom Kimani, Strathmore University, Kenya
EAM-I CONFERENCE DIRECTORS
EAM-I CONFERENCE DIRECTORS
Senior Director: Shalei Simms, SUNY Old Westbury, USA
Junior Director: Holly Chiu, Brooklyn College, USA
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD
Norman de Paula Arruda Filho, ISAE/FGV, Brazil
Anthony Butterfield, UMass Amherst, USA
Miles Davis, Linfield University, USA
David Ford, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Marie-Line Germain, Western Carolina University, USA
Shanthi Gopalakrishnan, NJIT, USA
Irena Guszak-Cerovecki, Rochester Institute of Technology - Croatia
Donald Hudspeth, Rochester Institute of Technology - Croatia
Eric Kessler, Pace University, USA
Sarah Kovoor-Misra, University of Colorado - Denver, USA
Mzamo Mangaliso, UMass Amherst, USA
Dilip Mirchandani, Rowan University, USA
Rickie Moore, emLyon Business School, France
Paulo Cesar Motta, PUC-Rio, Brazil
Stella Nkomo, University of South Africa, South Africa
dt ogilvie, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
Abhoy K Ojha, IIMB, India
Ana Perez-Luno, UPO, Spain
Orlando Richard, UMass Amherst, USA
Joy Schneer, Rider University, USA
Kathleen Suchon, UMass Dartmouth, USA
Rosalie Tung, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Joan Weiner, Drexel University, USA