Management Science / Management Studies

New and notable

Emerald acquires the American Journal of Business

Emerald is proud to announce the addition of the distinguished American Journal of Business (AJB) to its management research portfolio. Supported by a prestigious list of North American AACSB-accredited (the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) business schools, the publication is aimed at both academics and practitioners. Throughout its 25-year history, American Journal of Business has addressed key developments and issues in the business community through the application, transfer and interpretation of knowledge.

The editorial scope of the American Journal of Business covers all the major business disciplines, including Accounting, Business Education, Business Law, E-Business, Economics, Finance Human Resources, Information Systems, International Business, Management, Marketing, New Media, Organizational Behaviour, Production Operations, Small Business, and Social Impact. Volume 26, Issue 1, is the first issue of American Journal of Business published by Emerald and is currently free of charge to access. The journal publishes discipline-based scholarship and, in line with Emerald’s publishing philosophy, it welcomes contributions that apply research to practice.

Any questions about the American Journal of Business can be directed to the Publisher Zoe Sanders

New Book Series

Emerald is proud to announce the addition of a new book series, Dialogues in Critical Management Studies to its management research portfolio. Critical Management Studies (CMS) is an evolving collection of radical challenges to mainstream perspectives in Business & Management research and education. Countering the normal focus on techniques for managerial success, CMS develops many alternative approaches to understanding business, management, work, organizations and their social and political context. Using complementary disciplines such as sociology, political economy, history, anthropology and political studies, CMS is also characterized by a commitment to constructive critical dialogue. CMS is now well-established with biennial conferences alternating between Europe and North America, but there are few clearly-badged channels for CMS writing. This series will help rectify this, with regular edited volumes focused around a key emergent issue. The first volume is focused on the Third Sector, and is due for publication in October 2011. All volumes will be available in both print and online formats. See the series homepage for more information.

Coming soon

Electronic HRM in Theory and Practice, the latest volume of Advanced Series in Management.

Special Issues

• Honouring Douglas McGregor and the 50th Anniversary of The Human Side of Enterprise A special issue of the Journal of Management History published in Volume 17, Issue 2, 2011.
  
  This special issue re-visits, re-assesses and honours the work of Douglas McGregor, in particular his 1960 book The Human Side of Enterprise which popularized the idea that managerial assumptions about human nature and human behaviour are all-important in determining managers’ styles of operating.
  
  
• Conflict management and performance outcomes, a Special Issue of the International Journal of Conflict Management published in Volume 22, Issue 2, 2011.
  
  This themed issue of the journal looks at research that focuses specifically on the outcomes of conflict management, it contains five excellent case studies focusing on various performance outcomes. The studies describe the ways in which conflict management research can and does predict important outcomes for negotiators and their organizations.

New journals

Sport, Business and Management (SBM) 1:2 now available

The second issue of Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal (SBM) will be published in July 2011. Among the highlights is a follow up to the March Madness article published in SBM’s inaugural issue, this time examining office gambling and its effect on workplace productivity. Emerald is delighted to offer early access to all of the content to be published in this issue.

To view the papers please log on SBM table of contents. Please note that as the papers have been made available via our pre-publication system they appear here as final draft versions, having not yet undergone the final editing process.

For more information and details on the full coverage of SBM please visit the journal website.

The editor, Professor Simon Chadwick, is currently assessing papers for inclusion in forthcoming issues. For more information on how to submit manuscripts please consult the journal’s author guidelines.

If you have any comments or questions about SBM please contact Kieran Booluck.

South Asian Journal of Global Business Research

Emerald Group Publishing is proud to announce the launch of the South Asian Journal of Global Business Research in 2012, further strengthening its publishing output in South Asia. Reflecting our efforts to support research and develop authorship in all regions, this new publication, edited by Dr. Shaista E. Khilji of George Washington University, will be the first international journal focusing exclusively on the world’s most populous region and one of the fastest growing regional economies. For more information about the journal, including the call for papers, please visit the journal’s website.

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