Academy of Management Perspectives is eager to publish your relevant, rigorous, and readable scholarship that provides evidence-based solutions to pressing managerial problems. Practitioners and policy makers hunger for robust insights that can credibly guide their actions through the complex environments in which they operate. So what else can we do to facilitate this?
At AMP, we have put forth a substantial amount of guidance on how to produce work that fits our format. You can find details on our website, which includes videos and templates, and in our editorials that are openly available online, as well as in various LinkedIn tips I've posted, and in the ongoing workshops we hold online and in-person. Yet, more than a year in, our desk rejection rate remains very high.
We can't do much more to advise those who simply don't pay attention to what we put forth, but for those who are paying attention, well what else would you like us to do to help you to understand AMP's format and to produce work that fits within it? We are all ears. You may respond here or email me (mbarnett@business.rutgers.edu) or any of our associate editors with your constructive ideas.
Things we seek feedback on include:
- What other topics would you like to see us write an editorial about? Thus far we have written about implementing the new mission, what fits at AMP, and crafting credible conceptual contributions.
- What other formats do you think would work well at AMP? Currently we accept conceptual papers, empirical papers, Constructive Confrontations, and Practitioner Perspectives essays.
- What other outreach activities would you like to see? Currently we offer quarterly online workshops across time zones that share information about AMP's format and give feedback on paper ideas. We also have in-person events across the globe; generally two per year. And of course we have multiple events at the annual AOM meeting.
Thanks in advance for your constructive ideas.
AMPly yours,
Mike, Editor-in-Chief
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Mike Barnett
Professor
Rutgers University
Newark NJ
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