Academic Journal Guide 2015 - page 1 SEO version Table of Contents | Flash version ACADEMIC JOURNAL GUIDE 2015 1 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,...54 Academic Journal Guide 2015 - page 2 SEO version Table of Contents | Flash version CONTENTS Acknowledgements. 3 Editors’ Introduction. 5 Methodology. 6 Conclusion. 10 References . 14 Tables Accounting. 15 Business History and Economic History. 17 Economics, Econometrics and Statistics. 18 Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management. 25 Finance. 26 General Management, Ethics and Social Responsibility. 29 Human Resource Management and Employment Studies. 30 Information Management. 31 Innovation. 33 International Business and Area Studies. 34 Management Development and Education. 35 Marketing. 36 Operations and Technology Management. 38 Operations Research and Management Science . 40 Organisation Studies. 42 Psychology (General). 43 Psychology (Organisational) . 45 Public Sector and Health Care . 47 Regional Studies, Planning and Environment. 48 Sector Studies. 49 Social Sciences. 51 Strategy. 53 1 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,...54 Academic Journal Guide 2015 - page 3 SEO version Table of Contents | Flash version ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS A MESSAGE FROM THE MANAGEMENT BOARD We are hugely grateful to the Editors, Methodologists and members of the Scientific Committee without whom the Academic Journal Guide 2015 would not be possible. The work they have carried out to analyse data, consult with subject communities and find consensus has led to an impressive and robust Guide to the range, subject matter and quality of journals in which business and management academics publish their research. With their hard work we have a Guide which is genuinely based upon peer review, along with editorial and expert judgements following from the evaluation of many hundreds of publications. We are also very thankful to the founding Editors of the Guide. ‘The ABS Guide’ was originally created and then published in 2009 through the initiative of Professor Charles Harvey, Aidan Kelly, Professor Huw Morris, and Professor Michael Rowlinson. Supported by their peer community they have helped produce a very valuable service to the business and management academic community. This 2015 edition of the Guide continues and builds on their work. Finally, we must thank Thomson Reuters for the permission to use their JCR data, and Elsevier for the use of their SNIP and SJR metrics powered by Scopus. Academic Journal Guide Management Board Professor Rolf D. Cremer, Dean Emeritus of CEIBS and Head, Global Bridges China Forum (Chair of the Board) Professor Angus Laing, Dean of Business & Economics, Loughborough University and Chair, Association of Business Schools Professor Bob Galliers, Bentley University Anne Kiem, Chief Executive, Association of Business Schools We would like to thank the following individuals: Co-Editors in Chief Professor GeoffreyWood, Warwick Business School Professor David Peel, Lancaster University Management School Chief Methodologists Professor Marc Goergen, Cardiff Business School Professor James Walker, Henley Business School Methodologist Professor Andrew Simpson, Sheffield University Management School Chair of the Scientific Committee Professor Heinz Tüselmann, Manchester Metropolitan University Business School ABS Academic Journal Guide 2015 Acknowledgements - 3 1,2 4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,...54 Academic Journal Guide 2015 - page 4 SEO version Table of Contents | Flash version Scientific Committee Members Accounting Prof. Lisa Jack Management Control Association / University of Portsmouth Prof. Kevin Holland Cardiff Business School Banking Prof. JohnWilson British Accounting and Finance Association / University of St. Andrews Behavioural Science Prof. Wandi Bruine de Bruin European Association for Decision Making / Leeds University Business School Business & Economic History Prof. Geoffrey G. Jones Harvard Business School Economics Prof. Robert Taylor Essex University Prof. TimWorrall University of Edinburgh Business School Enterprise/ Entrepreneurship Prof. MikeWright Imperial College Business School, London Ethics, CSR and Management Prof. Stephen Brammer Birmingham Business School Finance Prof. Marco Pagano European Finance Association / University of Naples Human Resource Management Prof. Pawan Budwar Aston Business School Innovation Prof. Ammon Salter University of Bath School of Management International Business Prof. Heinz Tüselmann Manchester Metropolitan University Business School Information Management Prof. Bob Galliers Association for Information Systems / Bentley University Management Education Prof. Ken Starkey University of Nottingham Marketing Prof. Gilles Laurent Fondation Nationale pour l’Enseignement de la Gestion des Entreprises / HEC Paris Prof. Nina Reynolds Academy of Management / University of Southampton Operations Management Prof. Cipriano Forza European Operations Management Association / University of Padua Organisational Psychology Prof. Marc van Veldhoven European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology / Tilburg University Organisational Psychology and Prof. David Guest King’s College London General Management Organisational Sociology Prof. Nic Beech University of St. Andrews School of Management Operational Research and Prof. Juergen Branke Committee of Professors of Operational Research / Warwick Business School Management Science Public Sector Prof. Steve Martin Cardiff Business School Regional & Area Studies Prof. Frank Horwitz Cranfield School of Management Regional Studies, Prof. Ron Martin Judge Business School, University of Cambridge Planning & Environment Sector Studies Prof. Julie Froud Manchester Business School Prof. Peter McKiernan Strathclyde Business School Social Sciences Prof. Mark Stuart British Universities Industrial Relations Association / Leeds University Business School Sports, Leisure and Tourism Prof. Stephen Page Association for Events Management Education / School of Tourism, Bournemouth University Prof. John Tribe Association for Tourism in Higher Education / University of Surrey Business School Statistics Prof. Robert Taylor Essex University Business School Strategy Prof. Henk Volberda European Academy of Management / Rotterdam School of Management Dr Sotirios Paroutis Strategic Management Society / Warwick Business School 2010 Editorial Team We would also like to thank the Editors of the 2010 Academic Journal Quality Guide (‘The ABS Guide 2010’): Professor Charles Harvey, University of Newcastle Aidan Kelly, Goldsmiths, University of London Professor Huw Morris, formally University of Salford, nowWelsh Government Professor Michael Rowlinson, Queen Mary University of London ABS Academic Journal Guide 2015 Acknowledgements - 4 1,2,3 5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,...54 Academic Journal Guide 2015 - page 5 SEO version Table of Contents | Flash version EDITORS’ INTRODUCTION The Purpose and Features of the The Guide is distinctive in that, unlike other journal guides, it is not based purely on some weighted average of journal Academic Journal Guide metrics. Rather, the Guide reflects the perceptions of the Editors, informed by the Scientific Committee and by expert Welcome to the Association of Business Schools’ Academic peers and scholarly associations with whom they consulted Journal Guide (the Guide). The Guide is based upon as to the relative standing of journals in each subject area. peer review, editorial and expert judgements following As a consequence, there is no mechanistic metrics based the evaluation of many hundreds of publications, and is formula that will capture the published ratings. informed by statistical information relating to citation. It is a guide to the range, subject matter and relative quality of On occasion, the ratings of some journals, when based purely journals in which business and management academics on such metrics, do not reflect the views of the relevant publish their research. academic community. Our purpose therefore was to produce a guide that took into consideration this subjective input. The primary motivation of the Editors and the Scientific Committee is to provide a level playing field. Emerging The subject experts (members of the Scientific Committee scholars will have greater clarity as to which journals to representing individual subject areas) were provided with a aim for, and where the best work in their field tends to be variety of metrics for each journal (detailed below) and were clustered. By the same measure, publication in top journals asked to consult widely within their respective subject area gives scholars a recognised currency on which career academic communities. In the case of overlapping fields or progress can be based; should personal networks deny its expertise, subject experts worked together in a process that was currency in one institution, there will be others who will distinguished by a collegiate approach. Proposed ratings were recognise and welcome it. considered by the Editors and Methodologists. The Editors then engaged in feedback and consultation with subject experts. On Good work may of course be found anywhere, but it is the basis that a disproportionate number of highly rated journals a generally held view that good work is more likely to undermines the notion of excellence in any given subject area, be found in some journals as compared to others. The as well as comparisons across subject areas, the Editors, in some Editors recognise that any guide that seeks to differentiate cases, were not able to follow the initial advice given, leading to between journals will naturally