Opening the Black Box of Editorship

Preface; Yehuda Baruch, Alison M. Konrad, Herman Aguinis, and William H. Starbuck PART I: GENERAL/INTRODUCTORY CHAPTERS Knowledge Creation and the Journal Editor's Role; ALison M. Konrad The Role of Editing in Knowledge Development: Consensus Shifting and Consensus Creation; John R. Hollenbeck How may I help you? Editing as Service; Ann Marie Ryan A Letter to Editors; Stephen R. Barley PART II: EFFECTIVE EDITORSHIP Setting up an effective manuscript review process; K. Michele Kacmar Communicating with authors; Sara L. Rynes Building and maintaining strong editorial board and cadre of ad-hoc reviewers; Daniel C. Feldman Managing the Editorial Review Process: It's the People That Matter; Angelo S. Denisi Being an Ethical Editorial Board Member and Editor: The Integral Role of Earned Trust; Debra L. Shapiro& Jean Bartunek Use of technology in improving the editorial process; Martin Kilduff Moving a journal up the rankings; Gerard P. Hodgkinson The developmental editor: Assessing and directing manuscript contribution; Donald D. Bergh The Case for an Activist Editorial Model; Jerry A. Jacobs Balancing Authorial Voice and Editorial Omniscience: The "It's My Paper and I'll Say What I Want To" versus "Ghostwriters in the Sky" minuet; Arthur G. Bedeian PART III: EDITING DIFFERENT TYPES OF JOURNALS Editing a top academic journal; Sheldon Zedeck Editing a bridge journal; Theresa M. Welbourne Developing a Global Journal: Embracing Otherness; Haridimos Tsoukas Sustaining independent journals; Timothy Clark& Mike Wright Reflections on Creating a New Scholarly Journal: Perspectives from a Founding Editor; Larry J. Williams Running an electronic journal: Considerations and Possibilities; Bernard Forgues& Jeanie M. Forray PART IV: EDITORSHIP AND ACADEMIC CAREER Opening the Black Box of Editorship: Editors' voice; Yehuda Baruch The motivating potential of an associate editor's role; Carol T. Kulik How editors are selected; Wayne F. Cascio What Authors Need to Know to Navigate the Review Process Successfully: Understanding and Managing the Editor's Dilemma; Dov Eden Epilogue: Tradeoffs among Editorial Goals in Complex Publishing Environments; William H. Starbuck, Herman Aguinis, Alison M. Konrad, and Yehuda Baruch