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An increasing number of universities around the globe are rewarding faculty who place their work in top management journals. Drawing on the insights from top journal editors and leading scholars in the field, this book is a treasure trove of tips for publishing in the best management journals. The topics covered include the mysteries of the review process, getting your methodology right, publishing across disciplinary boundaries, the rise of open access journals, publishing ethics, making use of peer review, targeting special issues, sustaining a publications career, and making sense of journal rankings. Drawing on the considerable experience of its authors, and offering candid insights that are often held as secrets among senior faculty, this book takes the reader behind the scenes of the journal review process, making it a must-read for those seeking to advance their career.

TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Preface 1. Publishing in management exhilaration, bafflement and frustration Mike Wright, David J. Ketchen, Jr and Timothy Clark PART I THE PUBLISHING PROCESS 2. The publishing process: a case study Petra Andries and Mike Wright 3. Getting published: an editorial and journal rankers perspective Geoffrey Wood and Pawan Budhwar 4. Ethics and integrity in publishing Ben R. Martin 5. Sustaining a publications career Mike Wright 6. Why publish in Asia management journals? Daphne W.Yiu 7. Squeezing lemons to make fresh lemonade: how to extract useful value from peer reviews William H. Starbuck 8. Managing a research pipeline Brian Connelly 9. Everything you always wanted to know about research impact Anne-Wil Harzing 10. Positioning papers for publication Jay B. Barney PART II RESOLVING PRACTICAL KEY ISSUES Section II.I Becoming a Scholar 11. Rules of the Game Redux 2.0 Denny Gioia 12. Learning by walking through the snow R. Duane Ireland 13. Its all about contribution! Using the discussion to define and develop your papers contributions Donald D. Bergh 14. You miss 100% of the shots you dont take Annette L. Ranft and Anne D. Smith 15. Why I dont want to co-author with you and what you can do about it David J. Ketchen, Jr. Section II.II Getting Your Methods Right 16. Are your results really robust? Bruce T. Lamont and Gonzalo Molina Sieiro 17. The reviewers dont like my sample! What can I do? Brian K. Boyd 18. When being normal is not enough: a few thoughts about data, analyses, and (the storm of) re-analyses Philp L. Roth and Wayne H. Stewart, Jr. Section II.III Navigating the Review Process 19. Selling your soul to the devil? Mistakes authors make when responding to reviewers Pamela L. Perrewé 20. Respond to me please! James G. Combs 21. Challenging the gods: circumstances justifying the protest of a journal rejection decision Gerald R. Ferris 22. Beginners Muck: Maximizing Your Papers Chances of Success with a Novice Editor Kevin Corley and Beth Schinoff Section II.IV Understanding the Journals 23. Publishing in the top journals: the secrets for success Michael A. Hitt 24. Hitting your preferred target: positioning papers for different types of journals Yehuda Baruch 25. Targeting journals: a personal journey Franz W. Kellermanns 26. Read the damn article: the appropriate place of journal lists in organizational science scholarship M. Ronald Buckley and John E. Baur 27. Publishing in special issues Timothy Clark 28. Open access and open conversations: the role of digital technologies in promoting and extending published work Aija Leiponen and Will Mitchell 29. Should you publish in an open access journal? Charles C. Snow PART III PUBLISHING ACROSS DISCIPLINARY BOUNDARIES 30. Publishing in finance versus entrepreneurship/management Journals Douglas Cumming 31. Publishing in management journals: how is it different from economics journals? Saul Estrin and Sumon Kumar Bhaumik 32. Publishing in management journals as a social psychologist Rolf van Dick 33. Publishing historical papers in management journals and in business history journals Steven Toms 34. Publishing human resource management research in different kinds of journals Bill Harley 35. Publishing in top international business and management journals Stephen Tallman and Torben Pedersen 36. Publishing at the interfaces of psychology and strategic management Gerard P. Hodgkinson Index.