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PublishorPerish–BuildingStrongAcademicCareersbyPublishinginTopRankedAcademicJournalsQingHu,Ph.D.FloridaAtlanticUniveristyOverviewPublishorPerish:ThePerilsofAcademicsLearningtheGameofPublishingTopRankedJournalsforBusinessSchoolsEthicsinAcademicResearch1/15/20232Dr.QingHu-FloridaAtlanticUniversityPublishorPerish:ThePerilsofAcademics1/15/2023Dr.QingHu-FloridaAtlanticUniversity3PublishorPerish:ThePerilsofAcademicsThreemissionsofacademicsResearch:creatingknowledgeTeaching:disseminatingknowledgeService:enrichingthelifeofstudentsandcitizensThreecriteriaforevaluatingacademiccareerResearchResearchResearchThreeindicatorsofresearchexcellenceJournalpublicationsAcademicbooksEditorialship1/15/2023Dr.QingHu-FloridaAtlanticUniversity4PublishorPerish:ThePerilsofAcademicsInmostNorthAmericanacademicinstitutionsDoctoralorpost-doctoralgraduatesarehiredastenure-trackassistantprofessorsTenure-tracklastforsixyears,attheendofthefifthyears,yousubmitaP&Tapplicationtoyouruniversity.YouareevaluatedprimarilybyyourpublicationsThenumberofpaperspublishedoraccepted(productivity)Thejournalsyouhavepublished(quality)Thegrantsyoureceived,ifanyIfyoumeetthecriteriasetforthbyyourcollege,youarepromotedtoassociatedprofessorwithtenure.Ifyoudonotmeetthecriteria,youaregivenoneyearterminalemploymentcontract–YouMustLeave!1/15/2023Dr.QingHu-FloridaAtlanticUniversity5PublishorPerish:ThePerilsofAcademicsOnceyouarepromotedandtenured,youareevaluatedannuallybasedonyourresearchproductivityandqualityHighlyproductivefacultymembersgetIncreasedfundingfordoingmoreresearchandpublicationReducedteachingloadtodomoreresearchandpublicationIncreasedsalarytomakesureyoustaywiththisuniversityInvitedtoattendingseminarsandconferencesallovertheworldLessproductivefacultymembersgetIncreasedteachingloadfornotdoingenoughresearchStagnatingsalaryfornothavingmarketabilityandmobilityAlmostnofundingtoattendingconferencesandtravelGradualbodyandminddecayinthesmalloffice1/15/2023Dr.QingHu-FloridaAtlanticUniversity6PublishorPerish:ThePerilsofAcademicsPromotiontofullprofessorusuallycomes6-7yearslater.YoumusthavepublishedintoprankedjournalssinceyourtenureYoumusthaveestablishednationalandinternationalrecognitioninoneormoreareasofresearchYoumusthaveservedasofficersinmajorinternationalandnationalprofessionalorganizationsYoumusthaveservedasorganizersformajorinternationalandnationalconferencesYoumusthaveservedasassociatededitors,senioreditors,oreditorsofsignificantacademicjournals.1/15/2023Dr.QingHu-FloridaAtlanticUniversity7PublishorPerish:ThePerilsofAcademicsIntheNorthAmericauniversities,atleast20-30assistantprofessorswillnotmaketenureeachyear.ThereisajokeaboutwhyJesuswouldhavenotgettenureatAmericanuniversities.Why?IntheNorthAmericauniversities,atleast50%ormoreassociatedprofessorwillnotbepromotedtofullprocessfortherestoftheirlife.So,publishorperish,thatisthequestion!1/15/2023Dr.QingHu-FloridaAtlanticUniversity8LearningtheGameofPublishing1/15/2023Dr.QingHu-FloridaAtlanticUniversity9LearningtheGameofPublishingTherulesofthegameIfpublishinginacademicjournalsisagame,therearenorulesofthegameeverwritten.However,everyoneseemstounderstandsomeoftherulesofthegame!Everyoneislearningtherulesofthegamebytrialanderrorandeveryoneseemstohavelearneddifferentrules.Infact,nooneknowsalltherules,andeveryoneknowssomeoftherules.That’swhatmakingpublishinginacademicjournalsvaluable,challenging,andneverboring!1/15/202310Dr.QingHu-FloridaAtlanticUniversityLearningtheGameofPublishingLearningfromotherpeople’smistakesNoonecanlearntowriteanexcel1entpaperbasedonexamplesoffailure.Thebestpapersarealreadypublishedandoutthereforyoutolearn.Itisthemistakesauthorsmadethatgottheirpaperrejectedthataredifficulttocomeacrossandyetvaluabletolearn.Byavoidingthemistakestherejectedpapersmade,youincreasethechancestogetyourpapersaccepted.1/15/202311Dr.QingHu-FloridaAtlanticUniversityLearningtheGameofPublishingCommonreasonspapersgetrejected(Daft,1995)ProblemNoin111Paper%ofProblems%ofManuscriptNotheory5621.750.5Conceptsandoperationnotinalignment3513.831.5Insufficientdefinition-theory2713.524.3Insufficientrationale-design2710.524.3Organizationandflow2610.123.4Armaturestyleandtone238.920.7Inadequatedesign228.519.8Norelevanttothefield207.718.0Over-engineering114.39.9Conclusionsnotinalignment62.35.4Cuttingupthedata51.94.51/15/202312Dr.QingHu-FloridaAtlanticUniversityLearningtheGameofPublishingLearntoplaygolfThreegamesneededtobeagolfpro,eachrequiresdifferentskills,yeteachispartoftheoverallgameThewoodsTheironsTheputtingLearntopublishThreeskillneededtopublishintopjournalsTheoryskillsWritingskillsDesignskills1/15/202313Dr.QingHu-FloridaAtlanticUniversityLearningtheGameofPublishingSkillsneededtopublishintopjournals(Daft,1995)SkillsN(258Problems)%TheorySkills(defineconcepts,enactmodels,writestories,developtheory,integratevariables)149 59WritingSkills(flow,style,tone,integrationofparts,rationale,openness,AtoZthenbacktoA)82 32DesignSkills(inadequatemethod,wrongmethod,novalidity)2291/15/202314Dr.QingHu-FloridaAtlanticUniversityGuidelinesforWritingaGoodPaper(Daft,1995)TellaStoryThinkofeachvariableinthestudyasacharacterinastory.Theauthor'sresponsibilityistofullydescribeeachcharacter,andthentoexplainhowandwhycharactersinteractwithoneanother.Storytellingexplainsthewhyofthedata,andgivesmeaningtoobservedrelationships.Aidtostorytellingbyusingvisualfigures,tables,andmodels.1/15/202315Dr.QingHu-FloridaAtlanticUniversityGuidelinesforWritingaGoodPaper(Daft,1995)DiscussfullyyourproceduresandthoughtprocessesOpennessisarefreshingandpositivecharacteristicinamanuscript.Don’thidethedetailsoftheirresearchprocedures,especiallyweaknessesindesign,data,andanalysis.Thereisnobetterwaytodiffusecriticismthantoadmittheweaknessesandpointouttheproblems.1/15/202316Dr.QingHu-FloridaAtlanticUniversityGuidelinesforWritingaGoodPaper(Daft,1995)ConcentrateonmacrostructureManyproblemsinamanuscriptarecausedbypoorcoordinationamongsectionsofthemanuscript.Thetheoryhastobecongruentwiththemethod,themethodwiththeresults,theresultswiththediscussionsection,andallsectionswitheachother.Thepapershouldflowlogicallyinastraightlineofthought,withoutdigression.Eachsectionshouldcomeacrossasaself-containedunit,andthesectionsmustaddupsotheentirepaperisacoherentmeaningunit.1/15/202317Dr.QingHu-FloridaAtlanticUniversityGuidelinesforWritingaGoodPaper(Daft,1995)FindtheoperationalbaseofyourresearchandsticktoitThecoreofanempiricalresearchpaperistheoperationalbaseoftheresearchmethodology.Thetheory,results,anddiscussionmustallcorrespondtotheoperationalbase.Otherpartsofthepapershouldcorrespondtothisoperationalbase.Ifthestudymeasuresorganizationalsizeinthemethodsection,thereisnoreasontoproposeahypothesisaboutorganizationalcomplexityinthetheorysection.Iftheoperationalbasemeasurestechnology,thereisnoreasontowriteaconcludingsectionaboutorganizationalideology.1/15/202318Dr.QingHu-FloridaAtlanticUniversityGuidelinesforWritingaGoodPaper(Daft,1995)ListentoyourreviewersAuthorsareoftendismayedwhenreviewersdonotreceivethemessagethatwassent.Reviewersprovideimportantfeedbackbecausetheydonotknowthebackgroundofthestudy;theyseeonlythewrittenmanuscript.Whenthestudyisflawed,reviewerswillbequicktopointitout,buttheflawisnottheirfault.Incorporatetheirsuggestionsasbestyoucan.Ifthepaperisunpublishable,useitasalearningexperienceandmoveontothenextresearchproject.1/15/202319Dr.QingHu-FloridaAtlanticUniversityGuidelinesforWritingaGoodPaper(Daft,1995)Allowthemanuscripttoripennaturallymostpapershavedifficultywiththeorydevelopmentandwriting.Theorydevelopmenttakestime;goodtheoryfollowsamaturationprocess.Goodwritingalsotakestimetodrawouttheimplicitreasoningunderlyingresearchdecisions,toseealltheinsights,todiscoveralloftheimportantfactorswithintheresearch.Witheachrevision,thepaperripens.Exposeyourpapertothefreshairandsunshineofcollegialfeedback.Witheachdiscussion,newideasemerge.Theripeningprocessisfacilitatedwithhardworkandfrequentrevisions.1/15/202320Dr.QingHu-FloridaAtlanticUniversityGuidelinesforWritingaGoodPaper(Daft,1995)Don’texaggerate!Anunderlyinglawofreviewerreactionisthatunderstatementismorepersuasivethanoverstatement.Nothingwillmotivateareviewertofindflawslikeoverstatementsandcontrivedemphasisaboutresearchresultsandimportance.Avoidstatementslike,"thefindingsprove,""certainly,""obviously,"and"verystrongrelationships."Nomatterhowstrongthecorrelations,itisbettertosubstitutephrasinglike,"thefindingssuggest,""tentatively,"andtotalkabout"moderaterelationships."1/15/202321Dr.QingHu-FloridaAtlanticUniversityMakingNewContributions(Whetten,1989)Makingnewcontributionsisanecessaryconditiontogetpublishedintopjournals.Whatconstituteanewcontribution?What’snew?Sowhat?Whyso?Welldone?Donewell?Whynow?Whocares?1/15/2023Dr.QingHu-FloridaAtlanticUniversity22MakingNewContributions(Whetten,1989)What’snew?Doesthepapermakeasignificant,value-addedcontributiontothecurrentthinking?Doesthispaperextendthescopeofthetheory(leveloftheorizing)?Doesthispaperenhancethedegreeofthetheory(radicalnessofproposal)?Ingeneral,score(howmuchofthefieldisimpacted)islessimportantthanthedegree(howdifferentisthisfromcurrentthinking).1/15/2023Dr.QingHu-FloridaAtlanticUniversity23MakingNewContributions(Whetten,1989)Sowhat?WillthetheoryortheproposalenhancementtothetheorylikelychangethemanagementpracticeofITinorganizations?Willthetheoryoftheproposedenhancementtothetheoryenrichoralterourunderstandingaboutthephenomena?Doesthepapergobeyondtokenstatementsaboutthevalueoftestingorusingtheseideas?Aresolutionsproposedforremedyingallegeddeficienciesincurrenttheories?1/15/2023Dr.QingHu-FloridaAtlanticUniversity24MakingNewContributions(Whetten,1989)Whyso?Aretheunderlyinglogicandevidencecompellingandclearlyarticulated?Aretheassumptionsexplicit?Aretheviewsbelievable?Arepropositionsandhypothesesbuiltonafoundationofconvincingargumentationandgroundedinreasonable,explicitviewsofhumannatureandorganizationalpractices?1/15/2023Dr.QingHu-FloridaAtlanticUniversity25MakingNewContributions(Whetten,1989)Welldone?Arethepaperreflectsseasonedthinking,conveyingcompletenessandthoroughness?Aremultipletheoreticalelements(what,how,why,who-where-when)covered?Dotheargumentsreflectabroad,currentunderstandingofthesubject?Dotheargumentshaveanyglaringlogicalflaws?Arethemethodologiesusedappropriateforthetheoreticalargument?Arethestatisticalanalysiscompleteandcorrect?1/15/2023Dr.QingHu-FloridaAtlanticUniversity26MakingNewContributions(Whetten,1989)Donewell?Isthepaperwellwritten?Isitfreefromtypos,grammaticalerrors,andlongcompoundsentences?Doesitflowlogically?Arethecentralideaseasilyaccessed?Isitenjoyabletoread?Isthepaperlongenoughtocoverthesubjectbutshortenoughtobeinteresting?Doesthepaper’sappearancereflecthighprofessionalstandards?1/15/2023Dr.QingHu-FloridaAtlanticUniversity27MakingNewContributions(Whetten,1989)Whynow?Isthetopicofthepaperinterestingtoscholarsandpractitioners?Willitlikelyadvancecurrentdiscussions,stimulatenewdiscussions,orrevitalizeolddiscussions?Isthispaperlikelytobeperceivedasredundant,unconnected,orantiquated?1/15/2023Dr.QingHu-FloridaAtlanticUniversity28MakingNewContributions(Whetten,1989)Whocares?Whatpercentageofacademicscholarswouldbeinterestedinthispaper?Doesitprovideanyinsightonmanagementpractices?Paperswithnarrowandspecializedtopicsareusuallyheldwithhigherevaluationstandardsandthusmoredifficulttogetpublished.1/15/2023Dr.QingHu-FloridaAtlanticUniversity29TopRankedJournalsforBusinessSchools1/15/2023Dr.QingHu-FloridaAtlanticUniversity30TopRankedJournalsforBusinessSchoolsWhatconstitutesatopjournal?Hasalongpublishinghistoryandwidelyindexedbymajorindexingservices(SCI,SSCI,EI,etc.);Hashighimpactfactor(theaveragenumberofcitationsinayeargiventothosepapersinajournalthatwerepublishedduringthetwoprecedingyears);Hasastrongeditorialboard(topscholarsinthefieldaremembers);Frequentlyusedbytopuniversitiesfortenureandpromotionalpurposes;Frequentlyusedbyratingagenciesforacademicoutputrankingofuniversitiesandfaculties.1/15/2023Dr.QingHu-FloridaAtlanticUniversity31TopRankedJournalsforBusinessSchoolsWhypublishingintoprankedjournals?Tomostpeople,toprankedjournalequalstopqualitypapers,bylargeitistrue!Paperspublishedintoprankedjournalsgetcitedmoreoften,thuscreatemoresignificantimpacttothediscipline.Paperspublishedintoprankedjournalsmakestheauthorsmorerecognizablebytheirpeersintheprofession.Paperspublishedintoprankedjournalsmaketheauthorsmorevaluabletotheirinstitutions.Paperspublishedintoprankedjournalsmaketheauthorsmoremarketableandhavehighermobility.1/15/2023Dr.QingHu-FloridaAtlanticUniversity32TopRankedJournalsforBusinessSchoolsSo,whodeterminesthetopjournals?Universitiesandcollegeshavetheirtopjournallistsfortenureandpromotionpurposes.Academicprofessionalorganizations,suchasAIS,selectstheirtopjournallists.Ratingagencies,newspapers,andmagazinesusejournalliststoratetheacademicqualityofuniversitiesandprograms.MostpopularandwidelyrespectedtopjournallistsforbusinessschoolsaretheFinancialTimes(FT)Top40andBueinessWeek(BW)Top20.1/15/2023Dr.QingHu-FloridaAtlanticUniversity33TopRankedJournalsforBusinessSchoolsAccounting:Accounting,organizationsandsociety(FT)Accountingreview(BW,FT)Journalofaccountingandeconomics(FT)Journalofaccountingresearch(BW,FT)Economics:Americaneconomicreview(BW,FT)Econometrica(FT)Journalofpoliticaleconomy(FT)Randjournalofeconomics(FT)1/15/2023Dr.QingHu-FloridaAtlanticUniversity34TopRankedJournalsforBusinessSchoolsEntrepreneurship:Entrepreneurshiptheoryandpractice(FT)Journalofbusinessventuring(FT)Finance:Journaloffinance(BW,FT)Journaloffinancialandquantitativeanalysis(FT)Journaloffinancialeconomics(BW,FT)Reviewoffinancialstudies(FT)1/15/2023Dr.QingHu-FloridaAtlanticUniversity35TopRankedJournalsforBusinessSchoolsGeneralManagement:AcademyofManagementjournal(BW,FT)AcademyofManagementreview(BW,FT)Journalofinternationalbusinessstudies(FT)Managementinternationalreview(FT)Strategicmanagementjournal(BW,FT)HumanResourceManagement:Humanresourcemanagement(FT)Internationaljournalofhumanresourcemanagement(FT)Personnelpsychology(BW)1/15/2023Dr.QingHu-FloridaAtlanticUniversity36TopRankedJournalsforBusinessSchoolsGeneralManagement:AcademyofManagementjournal(BW,FT)AcademyofManagementreview(BW,FT)Journalofinternationalbusinessstudies(FT)Managementinternationalreview(FT)Strategicmanagementjournal(BW,FT)HumanResourceManagement:Humanresourcemanagement(FT)Internationaljournalofhumanresourcemanagement(FT)Personnelpsychology(BW)1/15/2023Dr.QingHu-FloridaAtlanticUniversity37TopRankedJournalsforBusinessSchoolsMarketing:Journalofconsumerresearch(FT)Journalofmarketing(BW,FT)Journalofmarketingresearch(BW,FT)Marketingscience(FT)Operations,IT,andSupplyChainManagement:Informationsystemsresearch(BW,FT)Journalofbusinesslogistics(BW)Journalofoperationsmanagement(FT)Managementscience(BW,FT)MISquarterly(FT)Operationsresearch(BW,FT)Productionandoperationsmanagement(BW)1/15/2023Dr.QingHu-FloridaAtlanticUniversity38TopRankedJournalsforBusinessSchoolsOrganizationalBehavior:Journalofappliedpsychology(FT)Organizationscience(FT)Organizationalbehaviorandhumandecisionprocesses(FT)Practitioners:AcademyofManagementperspectives(FT)Californiamanagementreview(BW,FT)Harvardbusinessreview(BW,FT)MITSloanManagementReview(BW,FT)Other:Administrativesciencequarterly(FT)Journalofbusinessethics(BW,FT)JournaloftheAmericanStatisticalAssociation(FT)1/15/2023Dr.QingHu-FloridaAtlanticUniversity39EthicsinAcademicResearch1/15/2023Dr.QingHu-FloridaAtlanticUniversity40EthicsinAcademicResearchDefinitionofethics(AguinisandHenle,2002)Ethicsreferstoabranchofphilosophyconcernedwithhowpeopleshouldact,judgmentsaboutthoseactions(e.g.,rightversuswrong,goodversusbad),anddevelopingrulesforjustifyingactions.Inthecontextofresearch,ethicsfocusesonprovidingguidelinesforresearchers,reviewingandevaluatingresearch,andestablishing