Editorial

Citation

Altman, Y. (2003), "Editorial", Journal of Managerial Psychology, Vol. 18 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/jmp.2003.05018aaa.001

Editorial

This issue starts the eighteenth annual cycle of the Journal of Managerial Psychology, and, I am pleased to say, we have come of age.

Readers of the journal will be aware that editorials are not a common feature. I always believed that the journal should speak for itself. However, two recent developments merit a special note. Since the beginning of 2002 we have been experimenting with a full double blind referee procedure, and this has now become our standard routine. And as of January 2003 we have moved to a new editorial structure with the appointment of three Associate Editors.

These are distinguished academics based in North America, Europe and Asia. Their names will be familiar to the readers of the journal through their extensive contribution to our scholarly communities. Dr Chay Yue Wah is Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour at the Singapore Management University. A psychologist by training (and formerly a merchant marine officer) he has studied and worked in the UK and South Africa in addition to his native Singapore. Dr Yehuda Baruch is Reader in Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour at the University of East Anglia, Norwich. Initially trained as an electronic engineer, he completed his doctoral studies in Israel before moving to the UK. He recently spent a sabbatical in the USA. Dr Hugh Gunz is Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. He studied in the UK, obtaining a doctorate in Chemistry before completing his PhD in Organization Studies, and eventually moving to and settling in Canada.

The new structure was required in order to accommodate the growing number and quality of submissions year on year. Although we have kept the number of issues per volume at eight, we publish now about 20 percent more papers than we did four years ago. In addition to “standard” articles, we also feature “Research notes” as well as “Observations” and “Reflections”. We have one to two special issues per volume and very occasionally monographs.

We continue to operate as two editorial boards: an Advisory Board and a Review Board. Each submitted paper is guaranteed to have been read by an Associate Editor as well as the Editor before a decision is made. If entered into review at least two independent reviewers will read and comment on the paper.

The journal’s mission to act as a meeting forum for two large and distinctive communities – psychologists and management scholars – continues to drive our approach as does our desire to act as a bridge between academics and practitioners.

Ours is a truly international forum. Volume 17 (2002) featured contributions from the USA, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, The Netherlands, Germany, Portugal, Israel, Italy, Sweden, UAE, India, Canada and Hong Kong.

We are proud that so many of you have chosen us as an outlet for your research. We wish to thank you for your confidence and we are looking forward to continuing our thrust as the journal of preference for management and psychology scholars.

Yochanan Altman