Call For Papers - IOBC 2026
Resilience and Innovation in the Times of Uncertainty
Call for Submissions December 29–31, 2026
Following the success of previous Israel Organizational Behavior Conferences (IOBC), we are pleased to announce the call for submissions for the 7th IOBC, to be held at Tel-Aviv University on December 29-31,
2026. Sponsored by Tel Aviv University, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Bar-Ilan University, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa University, The Open University of Israel, Ben Gurion
University of the Negev, Kiryat Shmona University in the Galilee, and cosponsored by the Organizational Behavior Division of the Academy of Management (AOM), the 7th conference will focus on Resilience and
Innovation during Times of Uncertainty.
Two outstanding scholars have tentatively agreed to give keynote addresses, namely Mo Wang (University of
Florida), and John R. Hollenbeck (Michigan State University). The conference will also honor Miriam Erez and Dov
Eden as Lifetime Achievement Award recipients, in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the field
of Organizational Behavior (OB).
The conference will offer a unique opportunity to explore how individuals, teams, and organizations respond
to uncertainty through resilience and innovation. Recent years have highlighted how economic volatility, technological change, global crises, and social instability challenge established organizational practices while
simultaneously creating opportunities for adaptation and innovation. These conditions have underscored the importance of resilience processes and innovative responses at the individual, team, and organizational levels.
Resilience and innovation are core topics in OB, each supported by rich and diverse literatures. The growing uncertainty suggests an increasing need to further examine adaptive capacities, leadership responses, creative
problem-solving, and recovery processes, as well as the implications of technological change, AI, and new
forms of work for resilience and innovation. At the same time, emerging research highlights the potential costs,
unintended consequences, and ethical challenges associated with constant adaptation and innovation.
In this context, we welcome submissions relating to the theme of resilience and innovation in times of
uncertainty. We invite submissions applying both quantitative and qualitative methodologies, and building
on any organization-related discipline (e.g., management; organizational behavior; I/O psychology; cognitive
and neuro-psychology; labor and behavioral economics; sociology).
• How do individuals, teams, and organizations develop and sustain resilience under uncertainty?
• How do leaders foster resilience and innovation in turbulent environments?
• How do individuals and teams balance stability and change during periods of disruption?
• What role do identity, diversity, and social relationships play in adaptation, recovery and innovation as a mode of managing uncertainty and crises?
• What insights can we glean from individual, team and organizational responses to such crises and disruptions as war, the imposition of tariffs, the banning of DEI initiatives?
• What factors determine when innovation under uncertainty is beneficial versus harmful?
• What are the dark sides and paradoxical aspects of of resilience and innovation, and what factors drive maladaptive responses?
• How do resource scarcity and constraints influence innovation and resilience?
• How do technology, AI, and digital tools shape adaptive and innovative processes?
• How do uncertainty and change affect employee engagement, burnout, and willingness to adapt?
Submissions unrelated to the conference theme will also be considered for the scholarly program.
The scholarly program will include a parallel track showcasing important and interesting studies exploring
more general and non-theme-related OB topics.
