Thus, manuscripts should be written as simply and concisely as possible without sacrificing meaningfulness or clarity of exposition. Manuscripts will be evaluated by the action editor in terms of their contribution-to-length ratio. Authors should make evident the contributions of specialized research to general management theory and practice, should avoid jargon, and should define specialized terms and analytic techniques.
The fields and topics of interest to the Academy membership are reflected in the Divisions and Interest Groups. We realize that practical relevance may be rather indirect in some cases however, authors should be as specific as possible about potential implications.Īll articles published must be accessible to the AOM's wide-ranging readership. The best submissions are those that identify both a compelling management issue and a strong theoretical framework for addressing it. Methodological articles are welcome, but they must contain accompanying theoretical and empirical contributions.Īll articles published must also be relevant to practice. Submissions should clearly communicate the nature of their theoretical contribution in relation to the existing management and organizational literatures. Meaningful new implications or insights for theory must be present in all AMJ articles, although such insights may be developed in a variety of ways (e.g., falsification of conventional understanding, theory building through inductive or qualitative research, first empirical testing of a theory, meta-analysis with theoretical implications, constructive replication that clarifies the boundaries or range of a theory). Because both of these features are determined at the research design stage, authors should seek peer review of their research designs and instrumentation before collecting their data.Īll articles published in the AMJ must also make strong theoretical contributions. Two of the most common sources of manuscript rejection involve: (1) creation of new, weakly validated measures when well-validated ones already exist, and (2) implementation of flawed research designs. Moreover, these submissions will also be peer reviewed.Ī manuscript's empirical contribution is usually the most difficult element to revise in response to reviewer concerns, since measures and methods have already been applied and data collected. Responses to or commentaries on previously published articles will be considered only if they make independent empirical contributions. Manuscripts that are evidence based rather than theory driven and papers with a primary focus of bringing new perspectives to an academic debate should be submitted to the Academy of Management Perspectives. Papers focusing on management education should be sent to Academy of Management Learning and Education. Purely conceptual papers should be submitted to the Academy of Management Review. Submissions that do not offer an empirical contribution will not be reviewed.
All articles published in Academy of Management Journal must make strong empirical contributions.
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