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How to Get Published in the Best Management Journals
Third Edition
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9781035322428 Edward Elgar Publishing
This revised and extended third edition of the highly successful How to Get Published in the Best Management Journals draws on a wealth of knowledge from leading scholars and journal editors to showcase the latest advice in securing publication in the world’s top management journals.
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This revised and extended third edition of the highly successful How to Get Published in the Best Management Journals draws on a wealth of knowledge from leading scholars and journal editors to showcase the latest advice in securing publication in the world’s top management journals.
Contributors expand on the impact of research, explain how to attract and retain co-authors and provide guidance for positioning research papers for publication within journals of various disciplines within the management field. They also delve into the intersection of management journal publishing and psychology, the ethics and integrity in the industry, and explore the nuances of special issues and open access publications. Chapters offering guidance on effectively developing the front end of your research paper, constructing a successful research portfolio and pipeline, and managing a career in business research have been added to this latest edition.
Offering insider perspectives and candid advice, this How to guide is an essential read for business academics of all levels seeking to advance their career and expand their knowledge of the journal publication process. Academics across a broad range of fields, including entrepreneurship, strategic management, organizational behaviour, marketing, and international business will find this book invaluable.
Contributors expand on the impact of research, explain how to attract and retain co-authors and provide guidance for positioning research papers for publication within journals of various disciplines within the management field. They also delve into the intersection of management journal publishing and psychology, the ethics and integrity in the industry, and explore the nuances of special issues and open access publications. Chapters offering guidance on effectively developing the front end of your research paper, constructing a successful research portfolio and pipeline, and managing a career in business research have been added to this latest edition.
Offering insider perspectives and candid advice, this How to guide is an essential read for business academics of all levels seeking to advance their career and expand their knowledge of the journal publication process. Academics across a broad range of fields, including entrepreneurship, strategic management, organizational behaviour, marketing, and international business will find this book invaluable.
Critical Acclaim
‘Even the most intrepid management scholar knows the road to publication can be a long and lonely journey. For authors seeking the pinnacles of academic publishing, there is an indispensable guide. The third edition of How to Get Published in the Best Management Journals — an expanded compilation of 40 articles with insight and practical advice from leading scholars — is more vital now than ever.’
– Ming-Jer Chen, University of Virginia, USA
‘When Giants Speak: In this book, world-class researchers offer powerful guidance and practical tips, brilliantly illuminating the path to successful publishing and academic career advancement. The result? An immensely valuable aid for management scholars at all stages.’
– Lutz Kaufmann, WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, Germany
‘All management scholars aspire to be published in the most visible and prestigious journals, but those outlets are notoriously picky, so disappointment abounds. This book provides a roadmap for maximizing success. The contributing authors, who themselves have superb records, provide us with a cornucopia of compelling, super-readable, even fun insights into how to beat the odds as a management researcher.’
– Donald C. Hambrick, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
‘This lucid, insightful, and comprehensive volume, which represents the collective wisdom of leading “gatekeepers” and scholars in management, is a “must-read” for anyone seeking to publish in top management journals. It also serves as a definitive career guide for tenure-track faculty at research universities who wish to secure tenure and promotion to full professor. Bravo!’
– Donald Siegel, Arizona State University, USA
– Ming-Jer Chen, University of Virginia, USA
‘When Giants Speak: In this book, world-class researchers offer powerful guidance and practical tips, brilliantly illuminating the path to successful publishing and academic career advancement. The result? An immensely valuable aid for management scholars at all stages.’
– Lutz Kaufmann, WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, Germany
‘All management scholars aspire to be published in the most visible and prestigious journals, but those outlets are notoriously picky, so disappointment abounds. This book provides a roadmap for maximizing success. The contributing authors, who themselves have superb records, provide us with a cornucopia of compelling, super-readable, even fun insights into how to beat the odds as a management researcher.’
– Donald C. Hambrick, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
‘This lucid, insightful, and comprehensive volume, which represents the collective wisdom of leading “gatekeepers” and scholars in management, is a “must-read” for anyone seeking to publish in top management journals. It also serves as a definitive career guide for tenure-track faculty at research universities who wish to secure tenure and promotion to full professor. Bravo!’
– Donald Siegel, Arizona State University, USA
Contents
Contents
Preface ix
1 Publishing in management: Exhilaration, bafflement, and
frustration 1
David J. Ketchen, Jr., Timothy Clark and Mike Wright
PART I THE PUBLISHING PROCESS
2 The publishing process: A case study 10
Petra Andries and Mike Wright
3 Getting published: A view from a journal editor and
journal ranker 21
Geoffrey Wood and Pawan Budhwar
4 Ethics and integrity in publishing 28
Ben R. Martin
5 Sustaining a publications career 51
Mike Wright
6 Why publish in Asian management journals? 77
Daphne W. Yiu
7 Squeezing lemons to make fresh lemonade: How to
extract useful value from peer reviews 87
William H. Starbuck
8 Managing a research pipeline 105
Brian Connelly
9 Everything you always wanted to know about research impact 117
Anne-Wil Harzing
10 Positioning papers for publication 131
Jay B. Barney
11 Avoid being doomed from the start: How to craft an
effective front end in your manuscript 142
Christopher W. Craighead
PART II RESOLVING PRACTICAL KEY ISSUES
Section II.I The Evolution of a Scholar
12 Rules of the game redux 3.0 154
Denny Gioia
13 Learning by walking through the snow 160
R. Duane Ireland
14 Why I don’t want to co-author with you and what you can
do about it 163
David J. Ketchen, Jr.
15 Constructing a successful academic research record as an
exercise in portfolio management 168
Mark S. Kamlet
16 Managing a career in business research: An
administrator’s perspective 176
Bill Hardgrave
17 Administrators can go home again 181
Nathan Bennett
Section II.II Getting Your Methods Right
18 Are your results really robust? 195
Bruce T. Lamont and Gonzalo Molina Sieiro
19 The reviewers don’t like my sample! What can I do? 201
Brian K. Boyd
20 When being normal is not enough: A few thoughts about
data, analyses, and (the storm of) re-analyses 208
Philip L. Roth and Wayne H. Stewart, Jr.
Section II.III Navigating the Publication Process
21 It’s all about contribution! Using the discussion to define
and develop your paper’s contributions 212
Donald D. Bergh
22 “You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take” 218
Annette L. Ranft and Anne D. Smith
23 Selling your soul to the devil? Mistakes authors make
when responding to reviewers 222
Pamela L. Perrewé
24 Respond to me—please! 226
James G. Combs
25 Challenging the gods: Circumstances justifying the protest
of a journal rejection decision 229
Gerald R. Ferris
26 Beginner’s muck: Maximizing your paper’s chances of
success with a novice editor 232
Kevin G. Corley and Beth S. Schinoff
Section II.IV Understanding the Journals
27 Publishing in the top journals: The secrets for success 237
Michael A. Hitt
28 Hitting your preferred target: Positioning papers for
different types of journals 242
Yehuda Baruch
29 Targeting journals: A personal journey 255
Franz W. Kellermanns
30 “Read the damn article”—or, the appropriate place of
journal lists in organizational science scholarship 262
M. Ronald Buckley and John E. Baur
31 Publishing in special issues 268
Timothy Clark
32 Open Access and open conversations: The role of digital
technologies in promoting and extending published work 274
Aija Leiponen and Will Mitchell
33 Should you publish in an Open Access journal? 282
Charles C. Snow
PART III PUBLISHING ACROSS DISCIPLINARY BOUNDARIES
34 Publishing in finance versus entrepreneurship/
management journals 288
Douglas Cumming
35 Publishing in management journals: How is it different
from economics journals? 301
Saul Estrin and Sumon Kumar Bhaumik
36 Publishing in management journals as a social psychologist 314
Rolf van Dick
37 Publishing historical papers in management journals and
in business history journals 322
Steven Toms
38 Publishing human resource management research in
different kinds of journals 329
Bill Harley
39 Publishing in top international business and management journals 337
Stephen Tallman and Torben Pedersen
40 Publishing at the interfaces of psychology and strategic
management 349
Gerard P. Hodgkinson
Preface ix
1 Publishing in management: Exhilaration, bafflement, and
frustration 1
David J. Ketchen, Jr., Timothy Clark and Mike Wright
PART I THE PUBLISHING PROCESS
2 The publishing process: A case study 10
Petra Andries and Mike Wright
3 Getting published: A view from a journal editor and
journal ranker 21
Geoffrey Wood and Pawan Budhwar
4 Ethics and integrity in publishing 28
Ben R. Martin
5 Sustaining a publications career 51
Mike Wright
6 Why publish in Asian management journals? 77
Daphne W. Yiu
7 Squeezing lemons to make fresh lemonade: How to
extract useful value from peer reviews 87
William H. Starbuck
8 Managing a research pipeline 105
Brian Connelly
9 Everything you always wanted to know about research impact 117
Anne-Wil Harzing
10 Positioning papers for publication 131
Jay B. Barney
11 Avoid being doomed from the start: How to craft an
effective front end in your manuscript 142
Christopher W. Craighead
PART II RESOLVING PRACTICAL KEY ISSUES
Section II.I The Evolution of a Scholar
12 Rules of the game redux 3.0 154
Denny Gioia
13 Learning by walking through the snow 160
R. Duane Ireland
14 Why I don’t want to co-author with you and what you can
do about it 163
David J. Ketchen, Jr.
15 Constructing a successful academic research record as an
exercise in portfolio management 168
Mark S. Kamlet
16 Managing a career in business research: An
administrator’s perspective 176
Bill Hardgrave
17 Administrators can go home again 181
Nathan Bennett
Section II.II Getting Your Methods Right
18 Are your results really robust? 195
Bruce T. Lamont and Gonzalo Molina Sieiro
19 The reviewers don’t like my sample! What can I do? 201
Brian K. Boyd
20 When being normal is not enough: A few thoughts about
data, analyses, and (the storm of) re-analyses 208
Philip L. Roth and Wayne H. Stewart, Jr.
Section II.III Navigating the Publication Process
21 It’s all about contribution! Using the discussion to define
and develop your paper’s contributions 212
Donald D. Bergh
22 “You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take” 218
Annette L. Ranft and Anne D. Smith
23 Selling your soul to the devil? Mistakes authors make
when responding to reviewers 222
Pamela L. Perrewé
24 Respond to me—please! 226
James G. Combs
25 Challenging the gods: Circumstances justifying the protest
of a journal rejection decision 229
Gerald R. Ferris
26 Beginner’s muck: Maximizing your paper’s chances of
success with a novice editor 232
Kevin G. Corley and Beth S. Schinoff
Section II.IV Understanding the Journals
27 Publishing in the top journals: The secrets for success 237
Michael A. Hitt
28 Hitting your preferred target: Positioning papers for
different types of journals 242
Yehuda Baruch
29 Targeting journals: A personal journey 255
Franz W. Kellermanns
30 “Read the damn article”—or, the appropriate place of
journal lists in organizational science scholarship 262
M. Ronald Buckley and John E. Baur
31 Publishing in special issues 268
Timothy Clark
32 Open Access and open conversations: The role of digital
technologies in promoting and extending published work 274
Aija Leiponen and Will Mitchell
33 Should you publish in an Open Access journal? 282
Charles C. Snow
PART III PUBLISHING ACROSS DISCIPLINARY BOUNDARIES
34 Publishing in finance versus entrepreneurship/
management journals 288
Douglas Cumming
35 Publishing in management journals: How is it different
from economics journals? 301
Saul Estrin and Sumon Kumar Bhaumik
36 Publishing in management journals as a social psychologist 314
Rolf van Dick
37 Publishing historical papers in management journals and
in business history journals 322
Steven Toms
38 Publishing human resource management research in
different kinds of journals 329
Bill Harley
39 Publishing in top international business and management journals 337
Stephen Tallman and Torben Pedersen
40 Publishing at the interfaces of psychology and strategic
management 349
Gerard P. Hodgkinson
