Opening the Black Box of Editorship

by Baruch, Yehuda; Konrad, Alison; Aguinis, Herman; Starbuck, William

• ISBN13: 9780230013605
• ISBN10: 0230013600
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-08-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Understanding the roles of editors, and the processes of editorship in knowledge dissemination, are highly relevant issues for most scholars. Written by leading scholars with strong editorial experience, this book will serve as a guide for editors and scholars wishing to become editors in management and behavioral sciences.

Author Biography

YEHUDA BARUCH (DSc Technion, Israel) is Professor of Management at UEA Norwich UK. He is the Editor of Group & Organization Management and former editor of Career Development International, serving on the Editorial Board of several journals, including Journal of Management. Professor Baruch served as the Chair for the Careers Division of the Academy of Management.
 
ALISON M. KONRAD was 2003-07 Editor of Group & Organization Management. She joined the Richard Ivey School of Business, U. of Western Ontario in 2003 as a Professor of Organizational Behavior and holder of the Corus Entertainment Chair in Women in Management. She received the Divisions Sage Scholarship Award for contributions to the field of gender and diversity in organizations in 1998. 
 
HERMAN AGUINIS is Professor of Management and the holder of the Mehalchin Term Professorship of Management in The Business School at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center (UCDHSC).  He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and past editor of Organizational Research Methods.  
 
WILLIAM H. STARBUCK is Professor-in-Residence at University of Oregon and Professor Emeritus at New York University. He edited Administrative Science Quarterly, chaired the screening committee for Fulbright awards in business management, directed the doctoral program in business administration at New York University, and was President of the Academy of Management.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. x
List of Tables	p. xi
Notes on Contributors	p. xii
Preface	p. xxi
Acknowledgments	p. xxvi
List of Abbreviations	p. xxvii
General/Introductory Chapters
Knowledge Creation and the journal Editor's Role	p. 3
The Role of Editing in Knowledge Development: Consensus Shifting and Consensus Creation	p. 16
How May I Help You? Editing as Service	p. 27
A Letter to Editors	p. 39
Effective Editorship
Setting up an Effective Manuscript-Review Process	p. 49
Communicating with Authors	p. 56
Building and Maintaining a Strong Editorial Board and Cadre of Ad Hoc Reviewers	p. 68
Managing the Editorial Review Process: It's the People That Matter	p. 75
Being an Ethical Editorial Board Member and Editor: The Integral Role of Earned Trust	p. 88
Using Technology to Improve the Editorial Process	p. 97
Moving a Journal up the Rankings	p. 104
The Developmental Editor: Assessing and Directing Manuscript Contribution	p. 114
The Case for an Activist Editorial Model	p. 124
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	p. 134
Editing Different Types of Journals
Editing a Top Academic Journal	p. 145
Editing a Bridge Journal	p. 157
Developing a Global Journal: Embracing Otherness	p. 167
Sustaining Independent Journals	p. 176
Reflections on Creating a New Scholarly Journal: Perspectives from a Founding Editor	p. 188
Running an Electronic Journal: Considerations and Possibilities	p. 197
Editorship and Academic Career
Opening the Black Box of Editorship: Editors' Voice	p. 209
The Motivating Potential of an Associate Editor's Role	p. 223
How Editors are Selected	p. 231
What Authors Need to Know to Navigate the Review Process Successfully: Understanding and Managing the Editor's Dilemma	p. 239
Epilogue: Trade-Offs among Editorial Goals in Complex Publishing Environments	p. 250
Author Index	p. 271
Subject Index	p. 276
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