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  • 1.  7/50 Target Journal Validity

    Posted 04-22-2008 15:07

    SIM Colleagues,

     

    Many business schools facing accreditation have moved towards a specified list of target journals for their faculty to publish in to maintain their AQ status. As our school goes through the process (with 7 "A" and 50 "B" journals, I have wondered what kind of quantitative evidence supports the practice. From a HR performance management perspective (and as the results of the publications impact tenure/retention, etc...) you would anticipate a validity study of the practice. Many schools have had the practice in effect for years, but I have not found any studies in the literature. If you have any related studies, I would appreciate you passing them on to me, providing the citations or a synopsis of your unpublished results.

     

    Thank you in advance,


    Dan

    Daniel E. Martin, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor

    Department of Management

    California State University, East Bay

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  • 2.  7/50 Target Journal Validity

    Posted 04-23-2008 07:05
    On the validity of such classifications/categorizations in general ("A" vs. "B" jnls, etc.), two EXCELLENT studies:

     

    Oswald, A. J. (2007). An examination of the reliability of prestigious journals: Evidence and implications for decision-makers. Economica, 74, 21-31.

     

    Starbuck, W. H. (2005). How much better are the most-prestigious journals? The statistics of academic publications. Organization Science, 16(2), 180-200.

     


     

    Thanks,


    Marc


    Marc Orlitzky, Ph.D.
    e-mail: marcorli2007@yahoo.com


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    Subject: [SIM] 7/50 Target Journal Validity

    SIM Colleagues,

     

    Many business schools facing accreditation have moved towards a specified list of target journals for their faculty to publish in to maintain their AQ status. As our school goes through the process (with 7 "A" and 50 "B" journals, I have wondered what kind of quantitative evidence supports the practice. From a HR performance management perspective (and as the results of the publications impact tenure/retention, etc...) you would anticipate a validity study of the practice. Many schools have had the practice in effect for years, but I have not found any studies in the literature. If you have any related studies, I would appreciate you passing them on to me, providing the citations or a synopsis of your unpublished results.

     

    Thank you in advance,


    Dan

    Daniel E. Martin, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor

    Department of Management

    California State University, East Bay

    (510) 885-2060

     

    Vice President

    Alinea Group

    SF, CA-Washington , DC

    (800) 590-8095

     

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  • 3.  7/50 Target Journal Validity

    Posted 04-23-2008 11:02

    Marc,

     

    Thanks and good to hear from you. I am familiar with the various approaches to ranking quality (and the surprising findings of the Oswald paper); however, the question is about the validity of the quality rankings to actually measure performance. After implementing a 'list' the criteria could be time to publish, citations (indices such as the H-index, etc...), number of publications, etc..., but I haven't seen any empirical evidence that the use of these tools actually impact faculty performance, for better or worse.

     

    Best,


    Dan

    From: Social Issues in Management Listserv [mailto:SIM@AOMLISTS.pace.edu] On Behalf Of Marc Orlitzky
    Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 4:05 AM
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    Subject: Re: [SIM] 7/50 Target Journal Validity

     

    On the validity of such classifications/categorizations in general ("A" vs. "B" jnls, etc.), two EXCELLENT studies:

     

    Oswald, A. J. (2007). An examination of the reliability of prestigious journals: Evidence and implications for decision-makers. Economica, 74, 21-31.

     

    Starbuck, W. H. (2005). How much better are the most-prestigious journals? The statistics of academic publications. Organization Science, 16(2), 180-200.

     


     

    Thanks,

     

    Marc

     

    Marc Orlitzky, Ph.D.
    e-mail: marcorli2007@yahoo.com

     

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    Subject: [SIM] 7/50 Target Journal Validity

    SIM Colleagues,

     

    Many business schools facing accreditation have moved towards a specified list of target journals for their faculty to publish in to maintain their AQ status. As our school goes through the process (with 7 "A" and 50 "B" journals, I have wondered what kind of quantitative evidence supports the practice. From a HR performance management perspective (and as the results of the publications impact tenure/retention, etc...) you would anticipate a validity study of the practice. Many schools have had the practice in effect for years, but I have not found any studies in the literature. If you have any related studies, I would appreciate you passing them on to me, providing the citations or a synopsis of your unpublished results.

     

    Thank you in advance,


    Dan

    Daniel E. Martin, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor

    Department of Management

    California State University, East Bay

    (510) 885-2060

     

    Vice President

    Alinea Group

    SF, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">CA-Washington</st1:city> , <st1:state w:st="on">DC</st1:state></st1:place>

    (800) 590-8095

     

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