68th Western Academy of Management Annual Conference (WAM)

Western Academy of Management · in person · Official site ↗

Trust

Trusted · 8/10

Legitimate. Long history and real committee; small gaps, e.g. next year's fees not out yet.

Quality: Mid 3/5

Good conference, but indexing or review rigour only partly verified.

✕Committee international — All board members at US institutions
!Committee listed — 9-member executive board with affiliations (Mission & Executive Board page); 2027 call names no track chairs
?Indexing verified — Nothing to verify
✓Archive history — Past conferences page
✓Domain age — wamonline.org registered 2004-07-30
✓Double blind — 2027 call: traditional and developmental papers blind reviewed, no author identifying info; authors opted in as reviewers
✓Indexing specific — No indexing claimed
✓Known mill — Single annual society meeting
✓Organizer reputable — AOM affiliate since 1960; publishes Journal of Management Inquiry
✓Past editions — 68th conference; 2024-2026 pages online

✕Failed !Warning ?Not verified ✓Passed

Promotion (NN 42/2026)

no category

0.0 points per paper (≤ 4 authors)

— Abstracts only: no full paper in proceedings, so it doesn't count as a scientific paper.
— Proceedings papers can supply at most 1/3 of the required minimum points.
— Max 1 paper per author per proceedings volume.

Deadlines & fees

Abstract: TBA
Full paper: 12-10-2026
Notification: TBA
Registration: TBA

Indexing

What is trust?

Trust is ANA's verdict on whether a conference is a real scientific event rather than a fee-collecting mill. It says nothing about prestige or promotion points; those are shown separately.

Established	9–10	Major society or long-running conference. Indexing and committee verified.
Trusted	7–8	Legitimate. Long history and real committee; small gaps, e.g. next year's fees not out yet.
Plausible	5–6	Probably legitimate, but key claims (indexing, review, committee) are only partly verified.
Doubtful	3–4	Several checks failed or couldn't be verified. Check it yourself before submitting.
Avoid	1–2	Matches a known conference mill or has serious red flags.

How it's scored: every conference starts at 3. Points are added for a listed committee, an international committee, 3+ past editions, a domain and archive several years old, and a university or society organiser. Points are taken off for vague indexing ("major databases"), an indexing claim that turns out false, review faster than 7 days, a brand-new domain, missing committees, or many unrelated conferences on one site. A known conference mill is capped at 2.

Quality is a separate 1–5 score for whether it's worth presenting there: the conference's tier (flagship, mid, regional), verified WoS/Scopus indexing, double-blind review, a reputable organiser and an international committee. A small regional conference can be fully trusted and still Modest.

Top	5/5	Flagship conference: verified indexing or a major society, rigorous review.
High	4/5	Strong international conference with solid review and a reputable host.
Mid	3/5	Good conference, but indexing or review rigour only partly verified.
Modest	2/5	Real but small or regional, little verified indexing. Fine for networking and a2/a3 points.
Low	1/5	Real, but little evidence of selectivity or reach.

Venue: Outrigger Kauai Beach Resort and Spa, Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii. Theme 'New Challenges, New Threats, New Opportunities'. Submission deadline 2026-10-12 11pm PT (about a week after this check). Conference managed by Podium Conferences. Attending without a paper is allowed but WAM membership is required (bundled with registration). 2026 had 'Inspirational Paper' 5-minute format and pre-doctoral/doctoral/junior faculty consortia. Fees not shown on the public page.