Table of Contents

Contents: 1 Publishing in management - exhilaration, bafflement and frustration 1 Timothy Clark, Mike Wright and David J. Ketchen, Jr. PART I THE PUBLISHING PROCESS 2 The publishing process: a case study 11 Petra Andries and Mike Wright 3 Getting published: an editorial and journal ranker's perspective 23 Geoffrey Wood and Pawan Budhwar 4 Ethics and integrity in publishing 29 Ben R. Martin 5 Sustaining a publications career 49 Mike Wright 6 Why publish in Asia management journals? 74 Daphne W.Yiu 7 Squeezing lemons to make fresh lemonade: how to extract useful value from peer reviews 85 William H. Starbuck PART II RESOLVING PRACTICAL KEY ISSUES Section II.I Becoming a Scholar 8 Rules of the game 109 Denny Gioia 9 Learning by walking through the snow 113 R. Duane Ireland 10 Suggestions for strengthening the discussion section and increasing your odds of publication success 116 Donald D. Bergh 11 You miss 100% of the shots you don't take 121 Annette L. Ranft and Anne D. Smith 12 Why I don't want to co-author with you and what you can do about it 125 David J. Ketchen, Jr. Section II.II Getting Your Methods Right 13 Are your results really robust? 131 Bruce T. Lamont 14 The reviewers don't like my sample! What can I do? 135 Brian K. Boyd 15 When being normal is not enough: a few thoughts about data, analyses, and (the storm of) re-analyses 143 Philip L. Roth and Wayne H. Stewart, Jr. Section II.III Navigating the Review Process 16 Selling your soul to the devil? Mistakes authors make when responding to reviewers 149 Pamela L. Perrewe 17 Respond to me - please! 153 James G. Combs 18 Challenging the gods: circumstances justifying the protest of a journal rejection decision 157 Gerald R. Ferris Section II.IV Understanding the Journals 19 Publishing in the top journals: the secrets for success 163 Michael A. Hitt 20 Hitting your preferred target: positioning papers for different types of journals 168 Yehuda Baruch 21 Targeting journals: a personal journey 180 Franz W. Kellermanns 22 Read the damn article: the appropriate place of journal lists in organizational science scholarship 188 M. Ronald Buckley 23 Publishing in special issues 193 Timothy Clark 24 Using new media to promote and extend published work 199 Aija Leiponen and Will Mitchell 25 Should you publish in an open access journal? 203 Charles C. Snow PART III PUBLISHINGACROSS DISCIPLINARYBOUNDARIES 26 Publishing in finance versus entrepreneurship/management journals 211 Douglas Cumming 27 Publishing in management journals: how is it different from economics journals? 223 Saul Estrin and Sumon Kumar Bhaumik 28 Publishing in management journals as a social psychologist 237 Rolf van Dick 29 Publishing historical papers in management journals and in business history journals 245 Steven Toms 30 Publishing human resource management research in different kinds of journals 253 Bill Harley 31 Publishing in top international business and management journals 262 Stephen Tallman and Torben Pedersen 32 Publishing at the interfaces of psychology and strategic management 275 Gerard P. Hodgkinson Index 287

About the Author

Edited by Timothy Clark, Provost and Professor, Singapore Management University, Singapore, the late Mike Wright, formerly Professor of Entrepreneurship and Director, Centre for Management Buyout Research, Imperial College Business School, London, UK and David J. Ketchen, Jr., Harbert Eminent Scholar and Professor of Management, Raymond J. Harbert College of Business, Auburn University, US

Reviews

'For many, the process of publishing in the best management journals is an enigma wrapped in a mystery. Even when they are successful, they are never sure why. And too often rejections hurt, but don't provide insight about how to increase the likelihood of success. This book begins to unwrap this enigma by describing the process and providing practical guidance that scholars at all levels can use to navigate this intellectual minefield. I wish I had this book earlier in my career.' -- Jay B. Barney, University of Utah, US
'Scholars seek to have their work published in the top journals, both because these elite outlets provide the most visible platforms for research products and because they confer stature on the authors and their institutions. Of course, getting published in the top journals is known to be devilishly difficult. This book, How to Get Published in the Best Management Journals, consisting of chapters written by premier, highly accomplished scholars from around the world, provides invaluable insights - ranging from the philosophical and motivational to the tactical and nitty-gritty. I wish this book had existed when I was starting out, and I will be encouraging my students and colleagues to dig into it.' -- Donald C. Hambrick, Pennsylvania State University, US