Opening the Black Box of Editorship

STEPHEN R. BARLEY is the Charles M. Pigott Professor of Management Science and Engineering and the Co- Director of the Center for Work, Technology and Organization at Stanford's School of Engineering, USA JEAN M. BARTUNEK is the Robert A. and Evelyn J. Ferris chair and Professor of Organization Studies at Boston College, USA, as well as a Fellow (since 1999) and a past president (2001 2002) of the Academy of Management ARTHUR G. BEDEIAN is a Boyd Professor at Louisiana State University. He is a past-president of the Academy of Management, a former dean of the Academy's Fellows Group, and a recipient of the Academy's Distinguished Service Award, the Ronald G. Greenwood Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Richard M. Hodgetts Service Award DONALD D. BERGH is an Associate Professor at the University of Denver. He received a PhD from the University of Colorado at Boulder and an MBA and BS from Utah State University, USA. Beginning in 2008, Don will serve as an associate editor or Organizational Research Methods and will rejoin the editorial board of the Academy of Management Journal. WAYNE F. CASCIO is US Bank Term Professor of Management at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, USA. An elected Fellow of the Academy of Management, he also has received the Distinguished Career award from the Academy's HR Division TIMOTHY CLARK is Professor of Organisational Behaviour at Durham Business School. He has been involved in editing journals since 1997 where he was an Associate Editor of Human Relations before joining Journal of Management Studies where he became a General Editor in 2002 ANGELO DENISI is Dean of the A.B. Freeman School of Business and Albert Cohen Chair in Business Administration at Tulane University. He is also a Fellow of the Southern Management Association and of the Academy of Management, and he is President-Elect for the Academy of Management. DOV EDEN is the Saltiel Professor of Corporate Leadership at Tel Aviv University's Faculty of Management where he has chaired the Organizational Behavior Program and directed the Israel Institute of Business Research DANIEL C. FELDMAN is Associate Dean for Research, Synovus Chair of Servant Leadership, and Director of the Leadership Research Consortium at the University of Georgia's Terry College of Business, USA BERNARD FORGUES is currently Professor of Organization Theory at the University of Lille's Business School, in Lille, France. Starting September 2008, he will join EM-Lyon Business School. He also serves on the editorial boards of Strategic Organization, European Management Review, and Service Business JEANIE M. FORRAY is Associate Professor of Management at Western New England College in Springfield, MA. She is on the editorial review board of Gender, Work& Organization, Management Learning, and Journal of Management Education GERARD P HODGKINSON is Professor of Organizational Behavior and Strategic Management and Director of the Centre for Organizational Strategy, Learning and Change at the University of Leeds, UK. JOHN R. HOLLENBECK received his Ph.D. in Management from New York University in 1984, and he is currently the Eli Broad Professor of Management at the Eli Broad Graduate School of Business Administration at Michigan State University, USA JERRY A. JACOBS is Merriam Term Professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. He has served as the Editor of the American Sociological Review and the President of the Eastern Sociological Society K. MICHELE KACMAR is the Durr-Fillauer Chair of Business at the University of Alabama. She received her Ph.D. in Human Resource Management from Texas A&M University MARTIN KILDUFF is Professor of Management, and editor of Academy of Management Review. He has also published articles on social networks in the major research journals including Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization Science, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and Academy of Management Journal. CAROL T. KULIK is a Research Professor of Human Resource Management at the University of South Australia. She has served as Senior Associate Editor at the Journal of Management, and is currently Division Chair for the Organizational Behavior Division of the Academy of Management. ANN MARIE RYAN is a Professor of Organizational Psychology at Michigan State University, USA. She currently serves on the DOD Defense Advisory Committee on Military Personnel Testing. SARA RYNES is the John F. Murray Professor of Management and Organizations at the University of Iowa, USA. She is currently Editor of the Academy of Management Journal DEBRA L. SHAPIRO is the Clarice Smith Professor of Management at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business, and currently an Associate Editor of The Academy of Management Journal HARIDIMOS TSOUKAS is the George D. Mavros Research Professor of Organization Theory at ALBA, Greece, Professor of Organization Studiesat Warwick University, UK, and the Editor-in-Chief of Organization Studies THERESA M. WELBOURNE is President and CEO of eePulse, Inc., a technology and management research company. Prior to founding the company, she worked full time in academics with Cornell University and the University of Michigan.. She is the Editor-in-Chief of Human Resource Management. LARRY J. WILLIAMS received his Ph.D. in organizational behavior from the Indiana University School of Business. He is the Founding Editor of Organizational Research Methods, and he previously served as Consulting Editor for the Journal of Management. Dr. Williams received the 2005 Distinguished Career Contributions Award by the Academy of Management's Research Methods Division MIKE WRIGHT is Professor of Financial Studies at Nottingham University Business School, UK, Director of the Center for Management Buy-out Research and visiting professor at INSEAD, Erasmus University and University of Siena. He has been an editor of Journal of Management Studies since 2003. He is a consulting editor for International Journal of Management Reviews SHELDON ZEDECK is Editor of the Journal of Applied Psychology, and has served on the editorial boards of Contemporary Psychology, and Industrial Relations.

• Preface; Yehuda Baruch, Alison M. Konrad, Herman Aguinis, and William H. Starbuck   PART I: GENERAL/INTRODUCTORY CHAPTERS Knowledge Creation and the Journal Editor's Role; ALison M. Konrad   The Role of Editing in Knowledge Development: Consensus Shifting and Consensus Creation; John R. Hollenbeck   How may I help you? Editing as Service; Ann Marie Ryan   A Letter to Editors; Stephen R. Barley   PART II: EFFECTIVE EDITORSHIP Setting up an effective manuscript review process; K. Michele Kacmar    Communicating with authors; Sara L. Rynes   Building and maintaining strong editorial board and cadre of ad-hoc reviewers; Daniel C. Feldman  Managing the Editorial Review Process: It's the People That Matter; Angelo S. Denisi  Being an Ethical Editorial Board Member and Editor: The Integral Role of Earned Trust; Debra L. Shapiro& Jean Bartunek  Use of technology in improving the editorial process; Martin Kilduff  Moving a journal up the rankings; Gerard P. Hodgkinson  The developmental editor:Assessing and directing manuscript contribution; Donald D. Bergh  The Case for an Activist Editorial Model; Jerry A. Jacobs   Balancing Authorial Voice and Editorial Omniscience: The "It's My Paper and I'll Say What I Want To" versus "Ghostwriters in the Sky" minuet; Arthur G. Bedeian   PART III: EDITING DIFFERENT TYPES OF JOURNALS Editing a top academic journal; Sheldon Zedeck   Editing a bridge journal; Theresa M. Welbourne  Developing a Global Journal: Embracing Otherness; Haridimos Tsoukas  Sustaining independent journals; Timothy Clark& Mike Wright   Reflections on Creating a New Scholarly Journal: Perspectives from a Founding Editor; Larry J. Williams   Running an electronic journal: Considerations and Possibilities; Bernard Forgues& Jeanie M. Forray   PART IV: EDITORSHIP AND ACADEMIC CAREER Opening the Black Box of Editorship: Editors' voice; Yehuda Baruch   The motivating potential of an associate editor's role; Carol T. Kulik   How editors are selected; Wayne F. Cascio   WhatAuthors Need to Know to Navigate the Review Process Successfully: Understanding and Managing the Editor's Dilemma; Dov Eden  Epilogue: Tradeoffs among Editorial Goals in Complex Publishing Environments; William H. Starbuck, Herman Aguinis, Alison M. Konrad, and Yehuda Baruch

"This book is one of the most innovative contributions to academe for many years. Central to the scientific process is the role of the editor of scholarly journals and the processes used to evaluate the scientific contribution of research. This book is a 'must' read for all academic scholars, want-to-be editors and all those newly entering the academic community." Professor Cary L. Cooper, CBE, Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at Lancaster University, UK. "This superb book is the one we have all been waiting for. Finally, four leading scholars have produced a book that opens up the black box of editing. The outstanding quality of all the contributors makes this a terrifically instructive work for junior and senior scholars alike. This marvellous volume provides the mother lode of insights into journal editing. I'll be consulting this book and sharing its wealth of knowledge with others for many, many years to come." Christine Oliver, Professor and Henry J. Knowles Chair in Organizational Strategy, Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, Canada "Editorial decisions in the organization sciences shape both the field and the careers of its members. This collection of essays by editors and former editors provides a unique look at what editors do and takes on a number of myths about the journal editing process." Jeffrey Pfeffer, Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stanford University