Meet the Editors BRITISH JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT Mustafa Özbilgin (UEA)

1. Meet the Editors BRITISH JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT Mustafa Özbilgin (UEA)

2. Overview • Establishing BJM as home for thoughtful and engaged scholarship • Editorial board – new members • Addressing the backlog • EAB Meetings in main academic conferences (BAM, EURAM and AoM) • Writing, reviewing and editing workshops • Special issues – French-English scholarship and Performance Management in times of Global Crises

3. British Journal of Management calls for intersectional analysis in the last two decades (Acker 2006; Andersen and Collins 1992; Belkhir and Ball 1993; Cole 2009; Crenshaw 1991; McCall 2005; Risman 2004; Xu and Leffler, 1992; Weber 2001; West and Fenstermaker 1995). • General Management• Human Resource Management• Organizational Behaviour• Management Development• Accounting and Finance• Business Ethics• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion• Strategic Management• Marketing• Operations Management• R&D Management• Business Economics• Public Sector Management• Research Methods

4. British Journal of Management Official journal of the British Academy of Management (BAM) est. 1990 BJM covers theoretical and empirical articles in all areas of management (but does not publish review papers, nor papers that are too narrow) 1 EIC, 10 AEs, 69 MEB from 16 countries Over 1500 reviewers Impact factor: 1.83 ABS 4*, ABDC ‘A’ ranked ISI ranking: 18/77 Business; 30/89 Management Four Issues per year One special issue per year

5. Review System: Author submits manuscript via Manuscript Central Managing editor (ME) checks in manuscript, removes identifiers. Revise & Resubmit (R&R) Desk Reject (Editor may send to an AE for additional input and decision to reject or send for review Author notified via MC (within 3 - 7 daysof submission) Editor selects associate editor (AE) (or guest editor for SRFs). Editorinvites 2-3 reviewers. ME checks for reviewers response in MC. Reviewers accepts / declines invitation. Editor selects additional reviewers if necessary. 2-3 reviewsdue to MC. Auto reminders sent (by MC) to late reviewers. Replacement reviewers selected if necessary. Assigned AE or editor writes decision letter in MC: Reject, R&R, conditional acceptance, or acceptance. Author issued final decision letter via MC. Copies to reviewers (without author´s name) and ME. 1 - 3 days About 60 days from submission 14 days 1 - 3 days 7 days 30 days ASAP 4 – 6 months Time to Complete Task If R&R, author accepts / declines invitation. Adopted from: Ireland, 2008, p. 410 (AMJ) Author submitts R&R via MC. Cycle begins again with the same reviewers assigned.

6. 2010 Submission Data

7. 2010 Submission Data Strengths: Europe (UK=39) Developing: Asia and North America Emergent: Australia and South America No submissions: Africa

8. British Journal of Management All manuscript submission via electronic system (MC) Reviewers can subscribe via Manuscript Central Number of manuscripts submitted ~ 500 p.a. Accept rate ~ 5% Main reasons for rejection: Weak theoretical contribution Too broad or too narrow focus Prescriptive approach Poor relevance to management Weak methodological description

9. Special Issue Call for Papers Managing Performance in States of Global CrisisGuest edited by Vinh Sum Chau, Professor Howard Thomas, Stewart Clegg and Alicia LeungSubmission deadline: December 6, 2010 Entente Cordiale? English and French language management scholarship - a cross-cultural reflectionGuest edited by Yochanan Altman, Frank Bournois and Terri LituchySubmission deadline: December 6, 2010

10. Thank You! For providing high-quality reviews For participating in life of the journal via workshops, championing initiatives, attending panels, and improving quality of the publication process For encouraging submissions from colleagues and students FOR SUBMITTING PAPERS!