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British Academy of Management
Getting Published in IJMR
Co-editors: Oswald Jones & Caroline Gatrell
First reviews journal of its kind in Management Sub-disciplines
Broadly focused: HRM; OB; IM; SM; Operations; Man. Sci.;
IS; Acc & Fin; Marketing
State of the Art Reviews: Specific aspect of sub-discipline, e.g.
HRM, Appraisal systems
Launched 1999
4 Issues per year (approx 24 articles)
Current Impact Factor 3.333 (4.981) 20th /172 in Management 13th /116 in Business
IJMR: History & Impact
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2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Impact
Global Readership
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Australia/NZCanadaChinaEuropeJapanRest of WorldUKUS
23%
US
Rest ofWorld
Europe
China
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Japan
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Percentage of Articles Accepted/Rejected
Percentage of articles returned for further work 10%
Percentage of articles rejected without sending for review 69%
Percentage of articles sent to Associate Editors for review 25%
Total percentage of articles rejected 89%
Percentage of articles accepted (of all submissions) 6%
Percentage of articles withdrawn by authors 5%
Approximately 300 articles submitted each year.
Why Review the Literature?
•Precursor to empirical research ▫Establish current state of knowledge▫Critically evaluate previous contributions▫Identify ‘research gaps’ ▫Demonstrate your competence as a
researcher▫Provide a context for your research▫Provide an intellectual framework (theory)
Test existing theory Develop a ‘new’ theory
▫Define the research questions
Why Review the Literature for IJMR?•Precursor to empirical study (PhD etc)
▫Establish the current state of knowledge▫Critically evaluate previous contributions▫Identify research gaps/research questions
•Developing a new research trajectory▫Evaluating the current state of knowledge▫Evidence-based management (perhaps)
•Enhancing your career▫Good literature reviews attract citations
Benefits of publishing in IJMR
Having a clear overview enables scholars to articulate and spotlight areas where the research field may most ‘fruitfully direct its attention’ (Webster and Watson 2002: xiv, see also Baumeister and Leary, 1997). Time to produce major literature review is when topic area is mature: an ‘accumulated body of research exists that needs analysis and synthesis’ (Webster and Watson 2002: xiv; Baumeister and Leary, 1997).
Benefits of publishing in IJMR
Potential IJMR authors may be experienced researchers who have completed a literature review prior to leading a major research project. Or, they may be early career scholars who have a clear and up-to-date knowledge of an existing body of literature, such as those who have recently completed their doctoral studies (Baumeister and Leary, 1997).
Benefits of publishing in IJMR
•As PhD students, you will develop a clear and substantial overview of your field, which facilitates the identification of patterns and gaps within the literature. You will be ‘ahead of the game’ in this respect
•A review paper can offer you a springboard or platform from which to launch your research
Benefits of publishing in IJMR • Özbilgin et al.’s (2011) IJMR review ‘work-life
balance, diversity and intersectionality’ led to IJMR ‘Emic Approach to Intersectional Study of Diversity at Work: A Bourdieuan Framing, and later paper in Human Relations ‘The tragedy of the uncommons: Reframing workforce diversity’
• Gatrell’s (2011) transdisciplinary review, ‘Managing the Maternal Body’: platform for the introduction of socio-cultural constructions of maternity and employment to management and organization studies – later paper in Human Relations
How to write for IJMR
Need to join discussion on at least two levels:obvious gaps, or where disciplinary silos exist: no synergies between related research arenas [for example among and between organizational psychology and the sociologies of family and work life balance, as in the previous example of Özbilgin et al.’s (2011) paper].
How to write for IJMR
Equally, you might review literatures in an emerging, or rapidly changing arena, which is sufficiently mature to warrant a review, but where there is potential for developing stronger ‘theoretical foundations’ (Webster and Watson 2002:xiv).
How to write for IJMR
•Need to be clear where you are joining the debate and in particular, how and where you are joining existing debate in IJMR.
• See Gatrell, C. J., Burnett, S. B., Cooper, C. L., & Sparrow, P. (2013). Work–Life Balance and Parenthood: A Comparative Review of Definitions, Equity and Enrichment, IJMR 15(3), 300-316 and how this links with Özbilgin, M. F., Beauregard, T. A., Tatli, A., & Bell, M. P. (2011). Work–life, diversity and intersectionality: a critical review and research agenda.IJMR 13(2), 177-198.
How to write for IJMR
•Critically analyse literature. Set it in the wider context of the field
•Be explicit about how you are joining the debate in your field and how your research moves things forward
•Identify how you made decisions about what to include (your methods)
• Read guidelines and look at existing reviews
•Consider writing with your supervisor
Structuring the review
Literature review
Key sources Key theories and concepts
Epistemological &ontological issues
Main problemsto date
Structure & organizationof the topic
Origins & definitions of topic
Political standpoints
Major issues& debates
Status of journals
Key authors
Reviewing the literature?
Constructivism PositivismCritical realism
Traditional Meta- Realist Meta- Metanarrative ethnography synthesis narrative analysis
Systematic literature reviews Conceptual papers Bibliometric analysis
• IJMR papers dominated by traditional narrative and SLRs• More innovatory approaches to literature reviews in business & management
Reasons for IJMR Rejections• Based on our experience as editor (desk rejections)
▫ Did not read the author guidelines▫ Did not read any papers from the journal
Includes empirical data Too short (less than 5000 words) Conceptual paper without adequate literature review Topic not appropriate for IJMR Field of study not mature – limited papers/status of journals Bibliometric analysis (effectively a ‘list’)
▫ Rejections by reviewers Literature review too descriptive (and insufficiently analytical) Review poorly organized – no clear sequence/flow Did not cite key sources Citations not up-to-date Misinterpreting or misrepresenting key contributors No significant contribution to knowledge
• Good lit reviews central to publication in business and management
What makes an IJMR Article?o Is field/sub-field mature to warrant an extensive review? o Is the review coherently bounded? o What has been included/excluded?
o A synthesis & evaluation of existing state of knowledge?o A categorisation of themes and sub-themes?o A complete analysis of the literature?
oContrasting methods/methodologieso Strengths and weaknessesoAgreement and disagreements
oAuthoritative conclusions about the current state of literature?oDoes the review identify gaps & future research directions?o Clear about contributions to theory, practice & policy?
•Key contact details:•Managing Editor:
▫Emma Missen: ijmr@bam.ac.uk ▫Website:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1468-2370
▫Journal Submission:▫http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ijmr
•Editors:•o.jones@liverpool.ac.uk •c.gatrell@lancaster.ac.uk
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