Rigor and Relevance in Organization Studies: Idea Migration and Academic Journal Evolution

R. Daft, A. Lewin
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This paper addresses the issues of rigor and relevance in organizational studies in the context of idea migration and journal evolution. The paper argues that creeping parochialism can happen to any journal, which reflects the evolving narrowness within boundaries of academic sub-communities. Evidence suggests that ideas do migrate across academic sub-communities, although the underlying process is not well understood and the idea flow is not symmetrical. Two kinds of knowledge relevance are discussed - the value for end users such as managers in organizations, and the value for one's own or other academic sub-communities. Evidence about the journal article review process is also analyzed along with the amount of time required to recognize the significance of a published article. Implications of these points for a journal such as Organization Science are discussed.
组织研究的严谨性和相关性:思想迁移和学术期刊进化
本文讨论了在思想迁移和期刊进化的背景下组织研究的严谨性和相关性问题。文章认为,任何一种期刊都可能出现匍匐性的狭隘主义,这反映了学术亚群体边界的不断狭窄。有证据表明,思想确实会在学术子群体之间迁移,尽管其潜在的过程还没有被很好地理解,思想流动也不是对称的。本文讨论了两种类型的知识相关性——对最终用户(如组织中的管理者)的价值,以及对个人或其他学术子社区的价值。关于期刊文章评审过程的证据也会与识别发表文章的重要性所需的时间一起进行分析。讨论了这些观点对《组织科学》等期刊的影响。
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