In search of the impactful and the interesting: Swings of the pendulum?

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 be...

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Main Authors: CLARK, Timothy Adrian Robert, FLOYD, Steven W., WRIGHT, Mike
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spelling sg-smu-ink.lkcsb_research-72692019-09-20T03:56:00Z In search of the impactful and the interesting: Swings of the pendulum? CLARK, Timothy Adrian Robert FLOYD, Steven W. WRIGHT, Mike 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. 2013-12-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6270 info:doi/10.1111/joms.12038 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/7269/viewcontent/Search_impactful_interesting_2013_sv_dro.pdf Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Business schools Journal editing Impact Open access Business Scholarly Publishing
institution Singapore Management University
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Singapore
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topic Business schools
Journal editing
Impact
Open access
Business
Scholarly Publishing
spellingShingle Business schools
Journal editing
Impact
Open access
Business
Scholarly Publishing
CLARK, Timothy Adrian Robert
FLOYD, Steven W.
WRIGHT, Mike
In search of the impactful and the interesting: Swings of the pendulum?
description 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.
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author CLARK, Timothy Adrian Robert
FLOYD, Steven W.
WRIGHT, Mike
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title In search of the impactful and the interesting: Swings of the pendulum?
title_short In search of the impactful and the interesting: Swings of the pendulum?
title_full In search of the impactful and the interesting: Swings of the pendulum?
title_fullStr In search of the impactful and the interesting: Swings of the pendulum?
title_full_unstemmed In search of the impactful and the interesting: Swings of the pendulum?
title_sort in search of the impactful and the interesting: swings of the pendulum?
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2013
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6270
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