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In Search of the Impactful and the Interesting: Swings of the Pendulum?

Clark, T.; Floyd, S.W.; Wright, M.

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Authors

T. Clark

S.W. Floyd

M. Wright



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.

Citation

Clark, T., Floyd, S., & Wright, M. (2013). In Search of the Impactful and the Interesting: Swings of the Pendulum?. Journal of Management Studies, 50(8), 1358-1373. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12038

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Dec 1, 2013
Deposit Date May 13, 2013
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Journal of Management Studies
Print ISSN 0022-2380
Electronic ISSN 1467-6486
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 50
Issue 8
Pages 1358-1373
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12038
Keywords Business schools, Impact, Journal editing, Open access.
Publisher URL http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joms.12038/abstract

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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Clark, T., Floyd, S. W. and Wright, M. (2013), In Search of the Impactful and the Interesting: Swings of the Pendulum?. Journal of Management Studies, 50 (8): 1358–1373, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joms.12038. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.




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