Aims and Scope Academy of Management Journal (AMJ) publishes empirical research that tests, extends, or builds management theory and contributes to management practice. Publisher Academy of Management (AOM) Publishes five journals in all: Academy of Read More
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Latin abbreviations are increasingly rare in today’s scientific writing: the Council of Science Editors recommends and others instead of et al. and such abbreviations as op. cit. and loc. cit., commonly used in citing Read More
Web searches can be a critically useful tool for researchers. Although hundreds of web pages are devoted to the topic of better searches, let me mention three simple yet effective ways to ensure that the “Read More
Hyphens are of two kinds, accidental and intentional. Accidental hyphens are those that occur at the end of a line of text and signal that the last word in the line is incomplete; such hyphens Read More
Constructions like “the data reveal that,” “Table 1 shows that,” or ‘Figure 2 indicates that’ are common enough in research papers—and all are commonly used to connect a source (data, Read More
Tables and figures, although important components of many research papers, are just that—components; you can publish a paper without them but you cannot publish tables or figures without a paper. And if text is Read More
Science demands precision, and part of mastering a subject involves learning the exact differences between words that mean more or less the same thing. An entomologist, for example, knows the difference between a grub and Read More
For most researchers, one of the biggest challenges is to generate text or to deal with the task of translating your research findings into a research paper. A famous quotation by Gene Fowler, an Read More
Headings or headlines are a special kind of text and are not as rigidly governed by conventions of punctuation. In particular, whenever a heading is on a separate line (the text that follows the heading Read More
Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) tend to have less red tape with research funding – unlike government agencies as discussed in the previous post. This makes for a less taxing process overall in which inquiring about funding options, Read More