In Search of the Impactful and the Interesting: Swings of the Pendulum?
Timothy Clark, Steven W. Floyd, Mike Wright
Journal of Management Studies · 2013 · Volume 50 · Issue 8
Abstract
In this article we reflect on our time as editors ofJMSduring 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 setJMSon 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 ofJMS, 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 ofJMSbut that recent developments inJMSprovide new conceptual frameworks and empirical methods that contribute to enhanced insights for practice.
Keywords
business schools, impact, journal editing, open access
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