{"title":"Reader Perceptions of Authorial Voice in Top-Tier Management Journals: The Case of Doctoral Students of Management From Eastern Europe","authors":"I. Lehman, Ł. Sułkowski","doi":"10.1177/10525629231170619","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10525629231170619","url":null,"abstract":"The pressure to publish in scholarly journals has been increasingly pervading doctoral education worldwide and has become a high-stakes activity for any novice writer who wishes to pursue an academic career. In this manuscript, we explore how doctoral students of management from Eastern Europe identify and evaluate authorial voice and compare their perceptions with those of established academics. Perceptions of authorial voice, as manifested in conclusions to six articles published in top-tier management journals, were collected from 24 students and six academics, and analyzed from their responses to a questionnaire. The study highlighted differences in what these groups considered as the rhetorical nature of a convincing authorial voice. The examination of students’ perceptions was expanded through interviews which revealed that for this group, a reader-considerate voice is essential for a text to be convincing. To enable novice academics’ visibility and participation in their discipline’s global discourse community, we provide a compelling case for de-emphasizing the methodological and theoretical soundness (“rigor”) in reporting scholarly work and prioritizing the effective communication of meaningful and practical research (“relevance”). It is also argued that the provision of strategic writing instruction at graduate level will help achieve this goal.","PeriodicalId":47308,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Management Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46560466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Spotlight on Three Upcoming Special Issues to Appear in JME","authors":"J. Leigh, Melanie A. Robinson","doi":"10.1177/10525629231172916","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10525629231172916","url":null,"abstract":"To open this fourth issue of the year, we look ahead to the three exciting Special Issues (SIs) slated to appear in the Journal of Management Education in 2024 and 2025. Each will center on a highly salient topic in management education—from teaching about contemporary careers, to technology in management education, to the 50th anniversary of the journal! In this editorial, we start with a preview of each SI, drawing from the Special Issue Editors’ reflections about their respective upcoming issues. We briefly situate these forthcoming SIs among those published in the journal over the last decade, offering a reminder for new and enduring readers about our archives. Next, we introduce the articles featured in JME’s August issue. Finally, we encourage everyone to read the 50th Anniversary Call for Papers and join us in celebrating peer review with our Thanks to Reviewers list.","PeriodicalId":47308,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Management Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46943226","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"50 Years of JME: Then, Now, Next","authors":"Cindi Fukami, Diana Bilimoria","doi":"10.1177/10525629231170257","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10525629231170257","url":null,"abstract":"January 1975 saw the launch of The Teaching of Organizational Behavior: A Journal of Teaching Theory and Technique. Emerging from an idea hatched by Organization Behavior teaching faculty at 14 US Business Schools, the goal of the journal was to be “as uncomplicated as possible and devote it to teaching techniques and theory rather than making it another research publication” (Bradford, 1975). The first edition contained 8 papers, all authors were from US-based institutions, and the longest paper stretched to only 5 pages and contained no references. Nearly fifty years later, the now Journal of Management Education (JME) is a bi-monthly publication, a leading voice in the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), and with published contributions which extend across a global community of scholars in Management and Education. Our longevity, flexibility, responsiveness, and creativity have added to the overall depth of coverage we have given to management education, and the esteem in which JME is held in the community. The aim of this Special Issue is to celebrate fifty years of the Journal of Management Education. As one of the oldest journals in the field of Management Education, there is indeed much to look back on. In embarking on this commemoration our intention is to launch a journey of discovery through the rich annals of the journal, to seek answers to conundrums facing the field of Management Education. In other words, our call to the JME and management education communities is for work which develops insights from the archives of the journal to look forward by looking back with a critical eye. We particularly seek manuscripts which use the JME archive to explore the following issues:","PeriodicalId":47308,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Management Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43164695","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Redesigning a Course Evaluation Instrument: Experience, Practical Guidance, and Lessons Learned","authors":"A. Williamson, Irene Guannan Wang","doi":"10.1177/10525629231167296","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10525629231167296","url":null,"abstract":"Course evaluation instruments (CEIs) are widespread, influential components of faculty professional development and evaluation processes. Given their importance to continuous instructional improvement and their weight in promotion, tenure, and other evaluation processes, it is critical that business schools and higher education institutions more broadly ensure a well-designed instrument. While the literature covering course evaluation instruments is extensive, coverage of the CEI revision process is virtually nonexistent. This article seeks to fill that gap, providing a case study of a successful CEI change process at an AACSB accredited business school. We offer practical recommendations for a revision process, including a sample timeline, revised instrument, and lessons learned from experience.","PeriodicalId":47308,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Management Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49351926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Teaching During War in Ukraine: Service-Learning as a Tool for Facilitating Student Learning and Engagement During Times of Uncertainty and Crisis","authors":"A. Kenworthy, Sophia Opatska","doi":"10.1177/10525629231166695","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10525629231166695","url":null,"abstract":"As the past 3 years have illustrated, crisis and uncertainty are part of the fabric of our lives. In our roles as management educators, the importance of helping our students develop skills to navigate these challenges has never been greater. In this interview article, we talk with Dean Sophia Opatska, the Founding Dean of the Business School and Vice-Rector for Strategic Development of Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, Ukraine. Dean Opatska reflects upon navigating the initial trauma of war by expeditiously redesigning her international business course to incorporate a service-learning project for the first time. She shares about her aim of creating desperately needed stability, focus, contribution, and connection for her students during the early days, weeks, and months of the war in Ukraine. We consider Dean Opatska’s reflections and contextualize them in terms of examples drawn from the extant literature of other faculty who have used service-learning in times of crisis and uncertainty. We offer suggestions for future research and comments regarding the importance of creating connection, facilitating open lines of communication, and remaining flexible when using service-learning during a time of crisis. Finally, we conclude with a call for management educators to move beyond awareness toward a place of preparedness, togetherness, and action.","PeriodicalId":47308,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Management Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44321163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thanks to Reviewers","authors":"","doi":"10.1177/10525629231167988","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10525629231167988","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47308,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Management Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135676483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ode to Cover Letters","authors":"Melanie A. Robinson, J. Leigh","doi":"10.1177/10525629231163586","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10525629231163586","url":null,"abstract":"The last editorial, we discussed the conference presentation to publication pipeline. This was the first in a series we hope to write over the next year, to support more authors having a constructive and productive experience in the peer-review process. Notably, we sometimes find that authors cannot gain access to peer-review and are stopped at the very beginning, due to a lack of preparation or an incomplete understanding of the whole process. This is a fact that former JME editor Jon Billsberry laments in his 2014 editorial where he shared that “[o]ne of my greatest sorrows as editor is that so many manuscripts we receive are rejected at the first hurdle” (p. 3). In this editorial, we","PeriodicalId":47308,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Management Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47195062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Conference to Journal Article Pipeline: Myth or Muscle?","authors":"J. Leigh, Melanie A. Robinson","doi":"10.1177/10525629231154896","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10525629231154896","url":null,"abstract":"One of the busiest times of the year for management-related conferences is upon us. As you book your travel arrangements and prepare for the meetings, you may be considering whether to develop your SoTL research and instructional innovations into journal submissions. In this editorial, we explore this process. We begin with a brief overview of helpful practices from literature, followed by some personal reflections. Next, we highlight some upcoming manuscript development opportunities at JME. Finally, we close with an introduction to the articles featured in this issue, including our first contribution to the Interviews section.","PeriodicalId":47308,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Management Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45070475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amanda Shantz, M. Sayer, Janice Byrne, Kiera Dempsey-Brench
{"title":"Grand Challenges and the MBA","authors":"Amanda Shantz, M. Sayer, Janice Byrne, Kiera Dempsey-Brench","doi":"10.1177/10525629231154891","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10525629231154891","url":null,"abstract":"Humanity is facing multiple grand challenges, compelling a myriad of diverse actors to interact, coordinate, and collaborate like never before. Business schools have a role to play in equipping future leaders to tackle them and we posit that to do so, leaders must be able to take multiple perspectives into consideration and look to the future while being morally aware. We carry out an in-depth audit of how MBA programs currently fare in this regard. We find that despite the urgency and salience of these transnational and intractable issues, little attention is paid to preparing MBA students to address grand challenges. We identify three barriers that may prevent educators from facilitating student acquisition of these competencies and conclude by proposing potential models of MBA programs for grand challenges.","PeriodicalId":47308,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Management Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47412195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Aging Well in Management Education: An Interview","authors":"Stephen D. Risavy, G. Deszca","doi":"10.1177/10525629221150794","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10525629221150794","url":null,"abstract":"With an unprecedently aging population and the abolition of mandatory retirement in many countries, management educators are remaining in their jobs longer than ever before; thus, it has never been more important to ask the question of: how can management educators remain effective and engaged while avoiding burnout throughout a career in the academy? The issue of aging well in management education is relatively under-acknowledged in the literature and we sought to move this topic into focus for higher education institutions and management educators. The interview we present focuses on the experiences of an accomplished management scholar and educator: Professor Emeritus and Full Professor, Gene Deszca. Dr. Deszca aged well as a management educator during his 37-year career at his institution until his retirement at the age of 69 and a half. The major themes from the interview suggest the benefits of interactions and relationships, autonomy, institutional support, and a willingness and ability to change. Based on these major themes, we provide implications for higher education institutions and management educators. It is our hope that management educators will engage with this interview and reflect on their own experiences while considering how they can age well throughout their career in the academy.","PeriodicalId":47308,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Management Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43555026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}