Call for Abstract Submissions

Submit abstract via email to: OTHCassociation@gmail.com

We invite abstract submissions from health care organization researchers, including faculty and doctoral students, for the Organization Theory in Health Care Association 
(OTHC) 2026 Conference. Up to five abstracts will be chosen for podium presentations based on peer review, with preference given to those that directly integrate and contribute to organizational theory and to those that demonstrate the paper will be completed by the time of the conference. Submissions that are not selected for a podium presentation will be considered for a poster presentation, another key part of the conference. 
Research using qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods may be submitted. Theory development papers are also welcome (these should be original contributions to theory and not review articles).  

Submission 

If you would like to present your research at the conference, please submit an abstract for your work by email to othcassociation@gmail.com. Abstracts are due by Friday, March 20 at 11:59 p.m. ET.  

Abstract may be up to two pages double-spaced, 12-point font, and includes the following sections:

• Empirical papers: Title of abstract; Author names/affiliations/titles; Presenting author(s), email, and phone number; Study objectives; Hypotheses / theory /conceptual model / research questions; Study design; Data sources; Measures; Methods; Results; Conclusions; Implications for policy or practice, or both; Implications for theory
  

• Theoretical papers: Title of abstract; Author names/affiliations/titles; Presenting author(s), email, and phone number; Problem to be addressed; Purpose of the conceptual approach; Logic and structure of the conceptual approach; Potential hypotheses; What is new in the conceptual approach; Implications for Research and, potentially for practice.
  

For either type of abstract, please include at the end a statement (1) describing the state of completeness of the work upon which the abstract is based and (2) whether you wish your abstract to be considered for podium and/or poster presentation ​


Key dates for conference abstracts and papers:
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Open call for abstracts: February 6, 2026

Abstracts due: March 20, 2026

Authors notified of selection:  April 10, 2026

Complete papers due: June 12, 2026

Papers emailed to registrants: June 17, 2026

Conference: June 24-26, 2026 

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