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Editorial: Enhancing the usefulness of management research

Editorial: Enhancing the usefulness of management research 443164 AUM0010.1177/0312896212443164EditorialAustralian Journal of Management Editorial Australian Journal of Management 37(1) 3 –5 Editorial: Enhancing the usefulness © The Author(s) 2012 Reprints and permission: sagepub. co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav of management research DOI: 10.1177/0312896212443164 aum.sagepub.com Towards the end of last year, the Area Editors had a long and fruitful discussion as to role that the Australian Journal of Management could play in enhancing management research within Australia, regionally, and on a global basis. We had fairly universal support that the Journal was not just about Australian research and, indeed, a perusal of past issues will show that we have had many diverse and interesting papers using data from many corners of the world, throwing light on management problems. The only stipulation that we place is that there are lessons that go somewhat beyond the specific geographic scope of the studies we publish, whether directly or by analogy. If we do see ourselves as an international management journal, the question obviously arises as to how we see ourselves as different from other management journals some of which have a higher impact factor than the one we currently enjoy (though few rank higher on the Immediacy Index). Rather than specific areas that we will http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian Journal of Management SAGE

Editorial: Enhancing the usefulness of management research

Sidhu, Baljit
Australian Journal of Management , Volume 37 (1): 3 – Apr 1, 2012
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443164 AUM0010.1177/0312896212443164EditorialAustralian Journal of Management Editorial Australian Journal of Management 37(1) 3 –5 Editorial: Enhancing the usefulness © The Author(s) 2012 Reprints and permission: sagepub. co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav of management research DOI: 10.1177/0312896212443164 aum.sagepub.com Towards the end of last year, the Area Editors had a long and fruitful discussion as to role that the Australian Journal of Management could play in enhancing management research within Australia, regionally, and on a global basis. We had fairly universal support that the Journal was not just about Australian research and, indeed, a perusal of past issues will show that we have had many diverse and interesting papers using data from many corners of the world, throwing light on management problems. The only stipulation that we place is that there are lessons that go somewhat beyond the specific geographic scope of the studies we publish, whether directly or by analogy. If we do see ourselves as an international management journal, the question obviously arises as to how we see ourselves as different from other management journals some of which have a higher impact factor than the one we currently enjoy (though few rank higher on the Immediacy Index). Rather than specific areas that we will

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