ASQ Awards for Scholarly Contribution

The ASQ Award for Scholarly Contribution was established in 1995 to recognize authors of papers published in ASQ that have made exceptional contributions to the field of organization studies. 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:

2009
Martha S. Feldman and Brian T. Pentland
"Reconceptualizing Organizational Routines as a Source of Flexibility and Change"
Administrative Science Quarterly, March 2003

2008
Nicolaj Siggelkow
"Evolution toward Fit"
Administrative Science Quarterly, March 2002

2007
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

2006
Jesper B. Sørensen and Toby E. Stuart
"Aging, Obsolescence, and Organizational Innovation"
Administrative Science Quarterly, March 2000

2005
Morten T. Hansen
"The Search-Transfer Problem: The Role of Weak Ties in Sharing Knowledge across "
Administrative Science Quarterly, March 1999

2004
Mark J. Zbaracki
"The Rhetoric and Reality of Total Quality Management"
Administrative Science Quarterly, September 1998

2003
Brian Uzzi
"Social Structure and Competition in Interfirm Networks: The Paradox of Embeddedness"
Administrative Science Quarterly, March 1997

2002
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

2001
Kathleen M. Eisenhardt and Behnam N. Tabrizi
"Accelerating Adaptive Processes: Product Innovation in the Global Computer Industry"
Administrative Science Quarterly, March 1995

2000
Jane E. Dutton,Janet M. Dukerich, and Celia V. Harquail
"Organizational Images and Member Identification"
Administrative Science Quarterly, June 1994

1999
James R. Barker
"Tightening the Iron Cage: Concertive Control in Self-Managing Teams"
Administrative Science Quarterly, September 1993

1998
Anne S. Tsui, Terri D. Egan, and Charles A. O'Reilly III
"Being Different: Relational Demography and Organizational Attachment"
Administrative Science Quarterly, December 1992

1997
Jennifer A. Chatman
"Matching People and Organizations: Selection and Socialization in Public Accounting Firms"
Administrative Science Quarterly, September 1991

1996
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

1995
Charles A. O'Reilly III, David F. Caldwell, and William P. Barnett
"Work Group Demography, Social Integration, and Turnover"
Administrative Science Quarterly, March 1989