International studies of management and organization: half a century of advancing scholarship

Abstract To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of International Studies of Management & Organization (ISMO), the Founding Editor, Jean J. Boddewyn, the past Editor-in-Chief, Moshe Banai, and the current Editor-in-Chief, Abraham Stefanidis, compile this issue that describes the journal’s half-a-century journey. In this article, we present ISMO’s evolution from a platform that included translations of non-US-published articles in the 1970s to an internationally renowned journal that represents a truly universal scholarship of management and organization research. Drawing on contributions from six prominent scholars, we further reflect on the themes of culture, expatriation, employment, and leadership that have shaped international business scholarship during the past fifty years and are expected to herald future streams of research in the years to come.