International in scope and readership, the Journal of Management Studies is a multidisciplinary journal, publishing articles on organization theory and behaviour, strategic and human resource management - from empirical studies and theoretical developments to practical applications.

TopHighlights

Featured article:
Employee's loyalty to workplace damaged by unfair treatment:
Organizational Justice and Individuals' Withdrawal: Unlocking the Influence of Emotional Exhaustion
Michael S. Cole , Jeremy B. Bernerth , Frank Walter and Daniel T. Holt

Winner of the 2007 Best Paper Prize
The Influence of Decision, Environmental and Firm Characteristics on the Rationality of Strategic Decision-Making
John Child and Said Elbanna (Volume 44, Issue 4, June 2007)

Winner of a Citation of Excellence Award from Emerald Management Reviews - available free online
Acquisition Premiums, Subsequent Workforce Reductions and Post-Acquisition Performance
Hema A. Krishnan, Michael A. Hitt and Daewoo Park

Point Counterpoint
Point Counterpoint is a twice-yearly feature of JMS in which we invite differing perspectives on a topical issue in the management field. Issues explored include the resource-based view of the organization, the future of business schools, agency theory and learning, communities of practice, offshoring, quantitative and qualitative research, the dynamics of cooperation, the peer review process and global strategy.
Point Counterpoint articles are available free. See Volume 47, Issue 4, Volume 46 Issue 6, Volume 46 Issue 3, Volume 44 Issue 4, Volume 43 Issue 7, Volume 43 Issue 3, Volume 42 Issue 7, Volume 42 Issue 3

Special Issues
47:2 The Family and Enterprise: Unpacking the Connections
William S. Schulze, Eric R. Gedajlovic
Read the guest editors introduction

45:8 Special Themed Symposium: Research and Technology Commercialization
Gideon D. Markman, Donald S. Siegel and Mike Wright
Read the guest editors introduction

45:6 Field-Configuring Events as Structuring Mechanisms: How Conferences, Ceremonies, and Trade Shows Constitute New Technologies, Industries, and Markets
Joseph Lampel, Alan D. Meyer

45:4 Inter-Organizational Knowledge Transfer
Mark Easterby-Smith, Marjorie A. Lyles, Eric W. K. Tsang

44:7 The Entrepreneurial Theory of the Firm
Edited by Sharon A. Alvarez and Jay B. Barney

44:2 Managerial Dimensions of Organizational Health: The Healthy Leader at Work
Edited by James Campbell Quick, Marilyn Macik-Frey, Cary L. Cooper

43:1 Corporate Social Responsibility: Strategic Implications
Edited by Abagail McWilliams, Donald S. Siegel, Patrick M. Wright

42:5 Manufactured authenticity and creative voice in cultural industries
Edited by Candace Jones, N Anand and Jose Luis Alvarez

42:1 Strategy research in emerging economies: Challenging the conventional wisdom
Edited by Mike Wright, Igor Filatotchev, Robert E Hoskisson and Mike W Peng

41:3 Controversies and Continuities in Management Studies: Essays in Honour of Karen Legge
Edited by Timothy Clark

JMS Best paper prize 2006
Winner: Entrepreneurship and Dynamic Capabilities: A Review, Model and Research Agenda
Shaker A. Zahra, Harry J. Sapienza and Per Davidsson
2nd prize: Multinational Retailers in China: Proliferating 'McJobs' or Developing Skills?
Jos Gamble
3rd prize: Components of CEO Transformational Leadership and Corporate Social Responsibility
David A. Waldman, Donald S. Siegel and Mansour Javidan
Best Reviewer 2006: Frans van den Bosch

TopEndorsements

'The Journal of Management Studies is a premier outlet that publishes leading edge management research while not limiting itself to rigid paradigms. It combines high quality with lively variety.'
Patrick Wright, Cornell University

'There is clearly an ongoing need for a major management research journal that is based outside the US. The Journal of Management Studies has long played this important role. It continues to be a major alternative outlet for quality management research.'
Professor Lex Donaldson, Australian Graduate School of Management, UNSW Sydney

'The Journal of Management Studies is now one of the premier management journals. It represents a collection of cutting edge studies of organizational issues that most importantly are not constrained by a parochial mentality. Work published in JMS is an essential reference point for the conduct of excellent research by both micro and macro Organization researchers. '
ChungMing Lau, Department of Management, Chinese University of Hong Kong

"An important player in the field of management and organizational studies… a well-run, high quality journal with an international readership."
Dr David Grant, University of Sydney

'The quality of the contributors is extremely high. They are drawn from leading institutions in Europe and are now also attracting publication from faculty in leading US schools.'
Dame Sandra Dawson, Director of the Judge Institute of Management Studies, University of Cambridge