Academy of Management Journal

1. Academy of Management Journal Academy of Management Meetings August, 2008

2. Background Data about AMJ • Well established • 50th-year anniversary issue appeared in December 2007 • Influential • Consistently among the top 5 journals • In terms of impact factor scores • Widely cited • In business publications (e.g., Wall Street Journal; Business Week) • As well as by scholars

3. Background Data--Continued • AMJ publishes • Empirical work • With strong theoretical contributions • Testing theory, extending theory, or building theory • That is relevant to managerial practice • AMJ publishes • Six issues annually

4. AMJ’s Context • AMJ • Is one of 4 journals published by the • Academy of Management • AMJ • Is a “big tent” journal • Publishing eclectic research • As partially represented by the Academy’s Divisions & Interest Groups

5. What is AMJ’s Editorial Mission? • “The mission of the Academy of Management Journal is to • Publish empirical research • That tests, extends, or builds management theory • And contributes to management practice” • All empirical methods are welcome • Field, laboratory, meta-analytic, qualitative, quantitative • And combinations of several methods

6. More on What AMJ Seeks to Publish • “Authors should strive to produce • Original, insightful, interesting, important • And theoretically bold research” • AMJ seeks to publish this type of research • In both the micro & macro areas

7. More on What AMJ Seeks to Publish (Credit to Micki Kacmar) • As a management journal, AMJ is attracted to • Papers addressing • Broad, current & important management issues • Strong theoretical component • Should frame the questions being asked • Emphasize the variables selected • Clearly predict the results

8. More on What AMJ Seeks to Publish • The sample needs to be appropriate for the questions that are asked • The data should be valid & reliable • Measures must map directly to the theory • Conceptual definitions & the operational definitions must mesh • Results must be strong & logically explained • The discussion of the results must show clear links to management theory & practice

9. How Can I Learn More about What AMJ Publishes & How to Publish in AMJ? • From the Editors’ entries • These entries offer valuable information regarding • How to publish in AMJ • As well as what is published in the Journal • From the Editors’ entries • Are available on the AMJ Web site • And in each issue

10. What is AMJ’s Review Process? • Papers are submitted as per the instructions in the • Information for Contributors’ section at the front of each issue & on AMJ’s Web site • The editor assigns each paper to an action editor • One of 8 associate editors or to her or himself • Action editors have decision-making responsibility

11. AMJ’s Review Process--Continued • The editor • Chooses three reviewers for the double-blind review process • After reviews are completed & submitted to the Manuscript Central system • The action editor writes the decision letter • Sixty days is the target time for receipt of an editorial decision

12. What Feedback Can I Expect from AMJ? • AMJ’s team (editorial review board members, associate editors, the editor, the managing editor & ad hoc reviewers) • Prides itself in providing feedback that is • Timely • Constructive • Supportive • Developmental • Professional

13. What Do the Numbers Look Like? • The number of papers submitted to AMJ • Is large (over 800 new submissions annually) • The geographic diversity of authors & their institutions • Is increasing • AMJ • Now handles close to 1000 papers annually (including R&Rs) • The acceptance rate is around 6-8 percent

14. The Editorial Team • The current editorial team is • Peter Bamberger (Technion-Israel Institute of Technology) • Jason Colquitt (University of Florida) • Duane Ireland (Texas A&M University) (Editor) • Micki Kacmar (University of Alabama) • Dave Ketchen (Auburn University) • Elizabeth Morrison (New York University) • Mike Pratt (Boston College) • Gerry Sanders (Rice University) • Wenpin Tsai (Penn State University)

15. How Can I Become Involved with AMJ? • AMJ uses a meritocracy system • Excellent Ad Hoc reviewers become editorial board members • Excellent editorial board members become associate editors • Quality and timeliness are the key criteria • Used to evaluate reviews • To get started • Contact an associate editor or the editor • Express an interest in completing Ad Hoc reviews • Provide details about your research interests when doing so

16. What Else Might I Want to Know about AMJ? • AMJ is a large, complex enterprise • AMJ operates with individuals • Committing their time & energy on a totally voluntary basis • AMJ’s core strength is that the collective body • Cares deeply about the collective good • When you are called to serve • Cherish the chance to give to the collective body

17. Concluding Remarks • Academy of Management Journal wants to • Publish the highest-quality, empirical research • Provide value-creating reviews/feedback for all authors • Continue to be extremely attractive • As an outlet for interesting, important, & bold empirical research • Contribute to the creation of knowledge stocks • Effectively serve the needs of • Scholars in multiple disciplines • Academy of Management members • Be your journal of first choice for high-quality empirical research • Remain as a “must-read” for management scholars