Publication Type

Transcript

Publication Date

12-2013

Abstract

In this article we reflect on our time as editors of JMS during the period 2003-09. First we describe the context as we saw it on assuming editorship of the Journal and the actions that we took to improve the quality of scholarship published in the journal in order to set JMS on the trajectory to become a world-leading Journal. We articulate our view of what quality means in this context and observe that we eschewed the USA-Europe divide. Rather, to be publishable, all papers had to meet the highest standards relative to their epistemological assumptions. Finally, we address two important challenges facing the Journal, and indeed management research in general, and consider what they mean for the future of JMS, notably in relation to open access publishing and to provide greater practical relevance. We conclude that the latter represents a swing of the pendulum towards the kinds of papers published in the early years of JMS but that recent developments in JMS provide new conceptual frameworks and empirical methods that contribute to enhanced insights for practice.

Keywords

Business schools, Journal editing, Impact, Open access

Discipline

Business | Scholarly Publishing

Research Areas

Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources

Publication

Journal of Management Studies

Volume

50

Issue

8

First Page

1358

Last Page

1373

ISSN

0022-2380

Identifier

10.1111/joms.12038

Publisher

Wiley: 24 months

Copyright Owner and License

Authors

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12038

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