Research Statement
(Revised October 21, 2004)
STATEMENT OF SCHOLARSHIP
I. Mission of the Department of Management's Scholarship and Research
The Department of Management is committed to excellence in research and scholarship. Its mission is to develop knowledge in those disciplines represented by the department and disseminate it to professional colleagues in these fields, to practitioners who use that knowledge and to students who will bring that knowledge into their future careers.
II. Scholarship Agenda and Initiative
As a department dedicated to both the development and application of knowledge, it views scholarly pursuits in a very broad sense and as an inherent part of all activities. Clearly the criteria of scholarly quality research are built into the research work itself. However, the members of the department also stress the importance of maintaining the highest standards of quality in bringing expertise and knowledge to bear in all their activities, including service to the University and consultation to those served outside the University. Therefore, the standards for evaluating scholarly efforts are applied not just to the more traditional areas of journal publication, which the department strongly emphasizes, but to a very broad range of faculty pursuits that also reflect the quality of the individual's work.
As an essential part of its research agenda the department encourages and rewards collaborative efforts among the faculty, especially between the two disciplines, organizational behavior and strategic management. The complexity of today's organizations demands a diversity of viewpoints as a means of analyzing and solving many of their problems. Research that joins different perspectives offers a powerful approach to developing concepts and models that can meet the challenges of these complex issues.
III. Areas of Scholarly Contribution
Since the department recognizes the importance of both theory and practice, it gives equal weight to specific activities in both contexts. With respect to the former, recognition is given to theory development, hypothesis testing, integration and advancement of existing concepts, and state-of-the-art evaluations of knowledge in the field. Regarding the latter, emphasis is given to direct application of concepts and models to real-life problems, contributions to the advancement of technologies and assessments of the impact of interventions derived from theory.
IV. Vehicles for the Dissemination of Knowledge
Given the broad and inclusive definition of scholarship in the department, the range of outlets for the dissemination of knowledge is equally broad and includes publications intended for specific academic audiences as well as vehicles that reach practicing managers. Since the commitment is to reach those audiences through whatever publications are appropriate, the department does not rate the publications as necessarily higher or lower in status relative to each other. However, it must be noted that certain journals in each of the disciplines are recognized as representing the highest standards of academic excellence, and that publication of articles in these journals reflects outstanding achievement on the part of the author(s). These journals are listed in a later section referring to "quality refereed journals." The quality judgment in any case is based upon the standards of acceptance of articles by the publication, the esteem in which its readers hold that publication and the ultimate effectiveness of it in reaching the audiences sought by the contributor. Consequently, the outlets for scholarly work of the department, arranged in order of scholarly value, include:
- - traditional refereed (peer reviewed) research journals
- refereed journals devoted to application of research
- books that advance the state of knowledge
- journals devoted to teaching methodology - - publications intended for practicing managers and executives
- - published proceedings from professional meetings
- presentations at professional meetings - - journals devoted to case studies
- books that effectively disseminate knowledge in the field
- published articles in popular outlets that bring recognition
to the contributor for quality scholarly work
- - published reviews of books or articles that contribute to the advancement of knowledge
- - documents and reports related to studies conducted for outside agencies or companies
Although we look for a balance among the categories listed above, we still place a strong emphasis on publication in peer reviewed journals.
V. List of Quality Journals and Other Outlets *
The quality refereed journals in the areas of organizational behavior and management include:
Academy of Management Executive
Academy of Management Journal
Academy of Management Review
Administrative Science Quarterly
American Journal of Sociology
American Sociology Review
California Management Review
Group and Organization Management
Human Relations
Human Resource Management
Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
Journal of Applied Psychology
Journal of Applied Social Psychology
Journal of Business
Journal of Management
Journal of Management Education
Journal of Management Inquiry
Journal of Organizational Change Management
Leadership Quarterly
Management Learning
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
Organizational Dynamics
Sloan Management Review
Small Group Research
The quality refereed journals in the areas of strategic management, policy, and the organization and its environment include:
Academy of Management Journal
Academy of Management Review
American Journal of Political Science
American Political Science Review
Business Horizons
California Management Review
Case Research Journal
Columbia Journal of World Business
Economic Development Quarterly
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
Journal of Business Ethics
Journal of Business Venturing
Journal of Economics and Management Strategy
Journal of International Business Studies
Journal of Management
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
Journal of Political Economy
Journal of Small Business Management
Journal of Teaching in International Business
Journal of Urban Affairs
New England Economic Review
Sloan Management Review
Strategic Management Journal
The American Prospect
The less academic outlets for reaching various audiences include:
Business Week
Fortune Magazine
Harvard Business Review
The New York Times
The Wall Street Journal
* The above list of journals is not all inclusive and may change as new journals appear and current journals change their standards.