WHAT THEY DO WHEN THEY GET YOUR MANUSCRIPT: A SURVEY OF ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEWER PRACTICES.

Abstract

This study seeks to promote an understanding of the practices of reviewers for the Academy of Management's Journal (AMJ) and Review (AMR). A survey of reviewers for the two journals revealed that the practices of those reviewing empirical articles for AMJ varied little from the practices of those reviewing nonempirical articles for AMR. Factor analysis revealed three dimensions of significance identifying differences among reviewers' practices. We termed them thoroughness, guidance, and substance. Further analysis of indexes derived from those factors and their correlates provided insight into forces at work in reviewers as they participated in the review process.